Safety training films designed to inspire people working in construction Construction remains a high-risk industry despite the hard work of safety professionals. The nature of the work creates special challenges and although the number of fatal injuries is now less than half the figure for the 1990s*, there is still work to be done. At Lattitude, we work closely with […]…
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The home truth about an accident
It only takes a split-second for your life to be turned inside out. But an accident’s an accident wherever it happens. Should we really be clocking out of safety when we leave work? Mike Ford started work at Kellogg’s Manufacturing Plant in Wrexham straight from school and he is well-known and well liked there. So the effects of the accident […]…
read moreFamiliar is not the same as safe
When James Gorry fell from a factory roof, he was doing a job he’d done hundreds of times before in exactly the same way he’d always done it. In 2005, James Gorry was running his own construction company, and had 25-years’ experience including being the person responsible for health and safety. So how was it he fell 26 feet from […]…
read moreTorchbearer Jen says safe Olympics workers deserve a medal
“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 moreKeeping 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 […]…
read moreThe SHE Show North West
Once again, Lattitude is proud to support The SHE Show. Details of the conference running alongside the exhibition are shown below. Full details of the conference (pdf)…
read moreInspiring Safety Awards finalists announced
The shortlist of finalists for the Inspiring Safety Awards was published today. The awards are organised by Lattitude Productions to celebrate imagination, passion and achievements in behavioural safety. They are the first of their kind. There are three categories: most inspiring individual, most inspiring team or organisation, most inspiring campaign or initiative. Among the shortlisted finalists are a company whose […]…
read moreHow Visiting Meerkats Helped Highland Spring Slash its Accident Rate
Jonathan Neale wanted a better way to train people in health and safety at the Highland Spring water plant in Perthshire, Scotland. So he took them to a safari park. It’s a clever idea. You see we can learn a lot about safe behaviour by watching what animals do instinctively. But more than that, as a way of training, it […]…
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