Progressive packaging provider, Wipak UK, welcomed a number of Mid Wales-based companies to its web site in Welshpool final month to mark the UN’s ‘World Day for Security and Well being at Work’.
Coordinated along with the Mid Wales Manufacturing Group, the occasion noticed the Powys Enterprise of the 12 months winner alternate well being and security finest apply with guests and clarify the way it developed a tradition of security throughout its web site in recent times.
“The concentrate on well being and security enhancements is our primary precedence, with the final word intention of attaining ‘zero hurt’,” defined Managing Director at Wipak UK, Andrew Newbold.
“Over current years our security document has improved considerably, leading to an 80% discount of security incidents, and a renewed focus within the final two years because of a Group-wide coaching program for all workers known as ‘I could make a distinction’ which is focussing on bettering the protection behaviour of all workers.
“It was nice to have an open dialogue with such all kinds of business representatives about our experiences, showcase our processes throughout a manufacturing unit tour, and listen to about different native well being and security successes.”
The annual World Day for Security and Well being at Work promotes the prevention of occupational accidents globally. It’s an awareness-raising marketing campaign supposed to focus worldwide consideration on how selling and making a well being and security tradition will help cut back the variety of work-related deaths and accidents.
Ceri Stephens, Group Supervisor on the Mid Wales Manufacturing Group, stated:
“Everybody has the fitting to go to work and are available house protected. It was very attention-grabbing to see and listen to how Wipak UK retains its personal workers protected, with some very interactive discussions going down through the web site go to and loads of takeaways for the attendees.”
