Page 4 - AWTX Internal Newsletter December 2018 UK

Every Accident is Preventable

Zero Harm update

Health and safety progress in 2018

This year we relaunched our Zero Harm initiative to the There’s still more to do
business, starting with a survey in June to find out how
our employees were feeling about health and safety at In 2019, we are looking for every employee to identify
work. more hazards, near misses and improvement ideas for
Prevention Pete.
From the survey results, small focus groups from different
areas across the business were created to write their own The Health and Safety Committee will also be working
objectives to improve health and safety. on a better communications channel to make it easier
for all employees to find out about the health and safety
Prevention Pete, our Zero Harm Ambassador was activities happening around the business.
introduced to the business to make it easier for
employees to report health and safety issues. December competition

Accidents this year We want you to keep sending in your improvement ideas,
hazards and near misses – no suggestion is too small!
In 2018, the business had 6 lost time accidents. Not Remember, even if you think your suggestion is small it
only do these cause pain and inconvenience for the could prevent a bigger incident further down the line.
individuals, but they also disrupt the business. This is
why hazard and near miss reporting is so important, so Throughout December, anyone who makes an
we can put actions in place to prevent the accident from improvement idea or reports a hazard or a near miss to
happening in the first place. Prevention Pete will receive a Prevention Pete keyring
AND be entered into a January draw to win a £50
Near miss target voucher!

In Lance’s message on health and safety in the October Call, text or WhatsApp the Prevention Hotline on
newsletter he spoke about near misses and how after 300 07740 772 229 or email preventionpete@awtxglobal.com
times carrying out a task with no issues, on the 301st time
an accident will happen.
If we applied this theory to the 6 accidents that happened
this year, we should have had 1800 near misses reported!

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