EEF, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are jointly running seminars across the UK as part of the European Safe Maintenance Campaign.
The HSE says more than a quarter of fatalities in manufacturing involve maintenance work. Topics at the seminars will include management of asbestos, isolating machinery and selecting contractors. Steve Pointer, EEF’s head of health and safety policy, says: “The fact that maintenance is not directly part of the manufacturing process means that it is all…
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