“The guys that built it [deserve] a medal nobody ever had before.” So says our own Jen Deeney about the London Olympics Park. Jen is carrying the Olympic Torch in Merton, south London, on 23 July. “I’m excited to be part of it because hopefully it will be the first Olympics in history to be built without a fatality,” she […]…
read moreMonth: July 2012
Keeping up with Ken
We’ve been trying to keep up with Ken Woodward. In one year alone, he took 112 flights, visited 19 different countries and made 285 presentations on safety. He doesn’t stay still for long. In the background, we’ve been translating like fury to make his film Hindsight — The Official Ken Woodward Story available to as many people as possible. We’ve […]…
read moreThe storage story
Thanking people for doing things right can have a profound effect on safety culture, award-winning Storengy UK discovered. A rigger new to the Stublach gas storage project near Northwich in Cheshire was moving a pipework spool. He checked a webbing sling and then wrapped it around the pipe and attached it to a teleporter hook. He had done everything by […]…
read moreInspiring Safety Awards 2012 – Winners announced
The Inspiring Safety Awards were presented by safety guru Ken Woodward on 26 June 2012 at a special ceremony in Blackpool. There were three main categories and a special international award, for outstanding contributions to safety. The winners are as follows. Most Inspiring Individual – John Mulholland John Mulholland, Slicing Manager at Midshire Foods was named Most Inspiring […]…
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