Reckitt Benckiser employees awarded certificates in manual handling
Monday, January 5th, 2009Reckitt Benckiser
employees awarded certificates in manual handling
December 2008 – In an effort to protect staff and to avoid injury through mishandling heavy loads, 60 employees from Reckitt Benckiser’s Hull-based healthcare office this month received qualifications from another local business, SHEilds Training & Consultancy Services Ltd.(STCS), in CIEH Principles of Manual Handling. More than a third of all over-three-day reported injuries each year are caused by manual handling, with surveys of self-reported work-related illness estimating that 1.1 million people in Great Britain suffered from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) caused or made worse by their current or past work.
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The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) qualification is designed to introduce candidates to the hazards and risks involved in manual handling and outlines what to expect from a manual handling assessment. The presentation of the certificates marks the first time that the two companies have worked together, as Reckitt Benckiser joins the large number of business that carry out manual handling training with STCS. X% of the healthcare company’s Hull-based employeescertificates. received the
Paul Bell, Managing Director of STCS, commented:
“We are delighted to be working with Reckitt Benckiser. As such an influential local business, it is reassuring to know that it takes the safety of its employees seriously. Training staff members in CIEH qualifications is a positive first step to reducing the occurrence of workplace accidents.”
Rachel Pearson, Training Coordinator at Reckitt Benckiser, said:
“The 60 employees who carried out the CIEH Principles of Manual Handling training with SHEilds have learnt a great deal from the course in terms of how to protect themselves from potential back injuries when lifting heavy items. As a leading consumer goods company, where day to day work often involves lots of lifting and carrying, health and safety training is especially important for Reckitt Benckiser employees.”
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