(Source: IOSH - Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) The success followed a two-year project to change employees' attitudes towards their working practices after it had discovered that a very high number of injuries were resulting from slips, trips and falling objects caused by poor housekeeping methods. A '5S' methodology was introduced to enhance employees' safety and cleanliness around five key themes - sorting, setting in order, shining, standardising and sustaining. Management also trained 29 workshop staff as workplace safety representatives who act as a go-between for workers to raise safety and health issues with management. As a result of taking these steps the number of...
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