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News Release from: Health and Safety Executive | Subject: Working Well Together Roadshow
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 September 2005
Working Well Together Roadshow comes to
London
WWT promotes good practice and encourages everyone in the construction industry to work together to take action to improve health and safety on site
Stephen Williams, Chief Inspector of Construction, welcomed the construction industry's Working Well Together (WWT) 2005 roadshow to a Bovis Lend Lease site at, 123 Bankside, SE1, an area undergoing redevelopment in central London Continuing the success of previous roadshows, this year's five-week nation wide tour has visited over 1300 workers on sites to date and will visit in the region of another 5700 workers during the remaining 3 weeks of the tour
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 7 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Developed by the industry, WWT promotes good practice and encourages everyone in the construction industry to work together to take action to improve health and safety on site.
The roadshow highlights the key health and safety risks to workers on both large and small construction sites.
Speaking from the site, Stephen Williams said: "During the last year, 72 construction workers needlessly lost their lives, 13 of those fatalities were in London.
Every death is one too many.
Through the continued support of this initiative the industry is showing leadership, working in partnership and taking ownership of the management of risk.
"Sites like this, which encourage worker engagement, show that where health and safety is proactively managed to get it 'right first time, right from the start and with the right people involved', a safer and healthier environment can be created".
This year the roadshow features interactive demonstrations highlighting the importance of safe lifting techniques, transport-viewing aids, safety harnesses and gives workers an opportunity to test their hearing levels.
Sponsored by HSS Hire, with additional sponsorship from Berkeley Homes, Bovis Lend Lease, Gleeson, Persimmon Group and Taylor Woodrow, the Roadshow is also supported by Federation of Master Builders (FMB), Scafftag, Constructing Excellence, Trades Union Congress (TUC), and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
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