Health & safety chief praises pioneering ceramic industry pledge

Posted on 21 Oct 2015 by Jonny Williamson

The chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has heralded a pioneering initiative, which has seen the ceramics industry reduce the number of injuries by 75% in 15 years.

Judith Hackitt CBE described The Ceramic Industry Health and Safety Pledge as a “first class initiative”. Organised by the British Ceramic Confederation, the Pledge is a three-way collaboration between the industry, the HSE and trade unions. It was launched as a direct response to the then Government’s challenge in the late 1980s to the ceramics…

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