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Driver safety
evening back by
popular demand
On Tuesday, 26 January, Jet garage, Cooper Brothers in Newmains,
opened its doors for an evening of personal safety advice and basic
training for the lone motorist, in conjunction with Strathclyde Police.
The evening was free for participants and helped drivers to better
understand basic car mechanics, including how to undertake oil and
tyre checks, as well as explanations behind sometimes complex
equipment, such as locking wheel nuts.
Presentations on personal safety for the lone motorist were given by
the crime reduction team from Wishaw Police Office. The evening took
place at Cooper Brothers’ MOT workshop next to the Jet garage.
Garry Gibson of Cooper Brothers was excited about the event and
commented: “As a business, we feel we have an important role to play
in the local community and we hope we are delivering on that by
helping lone motorists to feel that bit safer when out and about. Our
expert mechanics are always on hand to
offer advice and are keen to make sure
our customers feel they can pop in and
gain an impartial view on safety and
mechanical issues.”
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HSE performance...if we don’t measure it, we can’t manage it! During
2010, ConocoPhillips has set some ambitious initiatives in place and, with
careful analysis of the metrics and any trends that develop, we can help
change how some things are done to reach more ambitious targets.
For example, site defects - we have encouraged delivery drivers to identify
and report any defects found at delivery points. The new 45 day target for
fixing problems identified is a big ask from 2009’s target of 60 days from
the end of the month in which the problem was raised. Progress is
commendable so far as the situation is a ‘win-win’ one with drivers feeling
they can really make a difference, whilst we are removing accident risks
from the dealer network much faster, which has a positive effect all round.
Transport contractor slow speed manoeuvring accidents is a new focus
area for 2010, and after a poor start to the year performance in this area is
improving and reflects the focus placed. We are also looking at Customer
Risk categorisation, as we are aware that some of our ‘delivered’ customers
are more likely to experience incidents than others, by definition of their
site infrastructure. Such incidents can include injuries or spills and we are
working to identify the factors, to both retail and wholesale customers, so
we can work with higher risk sites to reduce their risk.
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A spokesperson
for Strathclyde Police said: “Any event that is
committed to improving the safety of the motorist is to be welcomed
and the Cooper Brothers’ initiative is no exception. The events are
always enjoyable yet educational.” From Jet’s perspective, Tony
Conway, Marketing Manager, Strategy and Business Improvement,
agreed and noted: “The Cooper Brothers’ initiative is an extremely
positive one and we’re delighted to support it. It fits in very much with
our philosophy of supporting road safety projects in the community.”
It’s no long-haul to safety
Wincanton, one of Jet’s hauliers, places paramount importance on safety in everything it does and as such was pleased to take
part in World Day for Safety and Health at work. This is an annual event introduced in April 2003 by the International Labour
Organisation (ILO). It is based on the principle that Decent work must be Safe work and the purpose is to create worldwide
awareness of the dimensions and consequences of work-related
incidents and diseases and take the opportunity in stressing the
prevention of accidents and illnesses at work.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is fully supportive of the ILO's promotion of this day
which is recognised with events taking place around the world to raise awareness. A
spokesperson for Wincanton commented, “We have positively engaged in recognising and
supporting this annual event with the engagement of employees through Safety briefings
and Safety bulletins issued nationally and the visual impact of the T-shirts.”
The IPC office move of key staff from the terminal to
the new Newton building passed without incident
and results in a more pleasant working
environment away from the terminal. After a slow
start to the year, Safety Observations are increasing.
This is particularly pleasing as we purposely set no
individual targets in this area to test the level of
engagement in HSE.
Finally, the often overlooked ‘H’ of HSE, Health... our
Health Challenge commenced in February with a
virtual goal of seeing which team travels the most kilometres across the
world, with one point, or virtual kilometre, being awarded for every five
minutes of aerobic exercise.