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