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European Safety and Health campaign: Lighten the Load

By TJ (24-10-2007)
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Learning and Development News - European Safety and Health campaign: Lighten the Load

To mark the start of this year's European Week for Safety and Health campaign 'Lighten the Load', Health and Safety minister Lord McKenzie of Luton joined trade union safety representatives and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on a unionlearn course. The unionlearn course focuses on learning tools to prevent back pain and repetitive strain injury in the workplace.

The 'Lighten the Load' campaign aims to raise awareness and provide guidance for both managers and employees on how they can reduce the incidence of manual handling injuries in their workplaces.

Speaking from Congress House, London, Lord McKenzie said, "Every year more than 1.0 million workers in Great Britain suffer from back pain or repetitive strain injuries, making these the most common form of work related injury in the country.  Partnership working and events such as this play a key role in making progress in reducing the number of workplace injuries."

Further information on Euro Week's 'Lighten the Load' campaign and reducing manual handling injuries in the workplace, as well as free access to manual handling assessment charts, case studies and advice is available on the HSE's dedicated web pages www.hse.gov.uk/campaigns/euroweek or by visiting the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work website www.osha.europa.eu  where you can find out more about the European Good Practice Awards for 2007.


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