Accident Statistics
The BMPA has developed a system for reporting and calculating accident statistics for the meat processing and meat manufacturing sectors. This will assist businesses in benchmarking their accident data against the rest of industry. The more data from the more companies that is entered will obviously make the statistics more representative of the industry as a whole.
If you are a meat processing or meat manufacturing company and wish to benchmark your company data to make it easy for you to provide us with your incident data we have set up both semi-automated and manual facilities for you to give us your data. For more detail and a login name and password, please send an email to: >fs@bmpa.uk.com
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Health and Safety Guidance Notes for the Meat Industry
BMPA has developed Health and Safety Guidance Notes for the meat industry which have been prepared with representatives of other industry organisations in conjunction with the Health and Safety Executive. These have been developed to assist businesses get to grips with health and safety in our industry.
To download a copy please
click here.
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HSE
Food and Drink Manufacture website
The HSE have extensively revised their Food and Drink Manufacture website which also contains links to many
other sources of information.
The website can be found by
clicking here.
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Managing slips, trips and falls
HSE Campaign - “Shattered Lives”
The HSE is promoting their campaign entitled “Shattered Lives” which aims to assist employers in tackling one of the most common causes of injury within our sector.
For those companies wishing to run projects on reducing the risk of slips, trips and falls, HSE are offering assistance and can provide articles, materials and in some cases speakers.
The campaign is supported by a website hosted by the HSE and can be found by
clicking here.
The website also includes a number of very useful case studies.
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Working in Great Britain from overseas
The HSE has launched a new series of website pages which provides information on a whole range of topics which will help overseas workers and their employers understand their roles and responsibilities under British health and safety law.
Most of the information has been translated into 14 languages and a number of HSE publications are now available in 30 different languages. There is also the facility with the HSE’s infoline service to make use of a translator, this is provided via a three way conversation facility and is available to cover 100 languages.
To access the HSE website please
click here.
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Your Health and Animals
A quick guide for those working in the meat industry
In 2007 the BMPA developed a booklet for employees whose jobs involve handling animals, particularly during the slaughter and dressing stages.
The booklet highlighted diseases which can be contracted from animals and that may present a hazard to abattoir staff. It was designed in a pocket book format for ease of use by abattoir employees or when consulting with their GPs.
The booklet has now been reviewed and updated (September 2011), and you may wish to order the latest version for your employees. Copies are available on request from the BMPA offices (75p+ vat per booklet), or download a free PDF copy.
To download a copy please click here
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The health and safety of Great Britain - Be part of the solution.
The HSE has published a new strategy - "The health and safety of Great Britain – Be part of the solution". The main themes of this new strategy are: the need for strong leadership; building competence; involving the workforce, and creating healthier, safer workplaces.
During 2009/10 HSE Inspectors visiting factories will be examining the management of health and safety and in particular director/board level leadership and worker involvement. Other topics which inspectors may enquire about are; Migrant and Vulnerable Workers; Risk Management; Musculo Skeletal Disorders; Noise and Vibration; Falls from Heights; Dermatitis; Machinery and Safety; Loading and Unloading; Slips and Trips and Occupational Asthma.
To download a copy please click here
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Cattle can kill - don''t let it be you
The HSE/Meat Trades Joint Working Party have discussed the issues surrounding safety within abattoir premises and also beyond the perimeter of the premises in the case of escaping animals and have produced a poster to be placed in lairages. The poster highlights the potential hazards of working with cattle and provides a number of safety measures when unloading animals and also highlights the need for procedures should animals escape.
A pdf version of the poster is available please click here
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