Health & safety bulletins
29th September 2006
Work platforms
All Xmo Strata crews have now been issued with Sherpascopic or Sherpamatic Work Platforms. These are purpose made working platforms designed to replace stepladders. After an initial trial of the work platforms, they have been purchased for all crews and it is now company policy that normal stepladders must not be used.
22nd September 2006
Footwear
Foot care is often overlooked when we consider health and safety in the workplace. It is seen as trivial and unimportant compared to other safety issues. This is wrong considering how important our feet are to us.
29th June 2006
Skin cancer
In the UK there are over 7000 new cases of skin cancer diagnosed each year, and many cases are not reported, so the exact number is probably much higher. The number of cases has doubled since the early 80s and over 2000 people die each year in the UK. In 2000 there was an increase of 16%, and 24% over the next 5 years up to 2005.
13th May 2006
Revised site rules
The following rules are designed to enforce and educate our workforce to latest statutory regulations and Company policy.
13th April 2006
Incident reporting
In the past two months, two companies have been reprimanded by different customers of Xmo Strata because one of their employees suffered relatively minor injuries on site and they weren’t reported until several days later.
10th March 2006
Near-miss reporting (update)
Xmo Strata is delighted to advise that bulletin No 20 (Near Miss Reporting) has generated more feedback than any other.
28th February 2006
Near-miss reporting
A “Near Miss” or “Incident” is an unplanned event that, given slightly different circumstances, could have resulted in loss, damage or injury. In simple terms, for every 400 incidents there is likely to be 80 cases of damage, 50 cases requiring first aid, 3 lost time injuries (time off work) and 1 fatality.
13th February 2006
Harnesses
Approximately 50% of all fatalities in the construction industry are as a result of falls from height. Between 1996/7 and 2002/3, 294 workers died as a result of a fall from height. In 2005 the law regarding working at height changed, there is now no longer a height that is classed as working at height, the previous rules applied when working above 2m. Now any work at a place that if the person fell could result in injuries comes under the regulations.