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Safety and health at work is everyone’s concern. It’s good for you. It’s good for business.
Healthy Workplaces Campaign PartnerExperiences, Activities and BenefitsRebekah Smith, Senior Adviser Social Affairs, BUSINESSEUROPE28 March 2012 | EU OSHA Campaign Partner meeting
www.healthy-workplaces.eu
Topic of maintenance
• Importance of maintenance for companies
- Eliminating hazards and creating a safe working environment
- Part of health and safety management
- Safe maintenance
• Main objectives of maintenance campaign
- Raise awareness of the importance of maintenance for workers’ safety and health
- Raise awareness of employers’ legal responsibilities to carry out maintenance, and of the business case for doing
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- Promote a simple, structured approach to managing maintenance activities
Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2010 – 2011: Maintenance
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www.healthy-workplaces.eu
Campaign partner
• BUSINESSEUROPE workshop: the importance of maintenance and challenges at company level
- Business benefits of maintenance activities
- Considerations for maintenance activities
• Benefits for BUSINESSEUROPE
- Exchange of information with companies and members
- Showing dedication to health and safety issues
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Health workplaces campaign 2010 – 2011: Maintenance
www.healthy-workplaces.eu
Why is BUSINESSEUROPE involved?
• Importance of risk prevention approach
• OSH systems for identifying and minimising risk
• Benefits of good safety and health
• Management leadership - worker participation and constructive engagement
• Our commitment
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2012 – 2013 campaign: Working together for risk prevention
