1. Health and Safety Executive Shattered Lives Campaign 2008 Building and Plant Maintenance

2. Background Around half of major injuries from falls occur during building or plant maintenance (more than 1,500 last year) Falls are the main cause of workplace fatality. 45 dead last year Slips, trips and falls account for more than a third (38%) of all major workplace injuries

3. Shattered Lives Campaign

4. Tom’s life shattered

5. Serious injury

6. A bad safety record hits profits

7. Look at the risks

8. Avoid work at height where possible

9. Competence is key

10. You don’t have to fall far to land hard

12. What next? This is what we are doing as a company –Working with the union –Reviewing risk assessment/ method statements –Training/ re-training our workers –Getting new, safer access equipment –Looking at where we can improve housekeeping to stop trips What more could we do to prevent trips and falls?