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News Release from: Wakemans | Subject: Industrial skincare campaign
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 April 2007
Promoting skincare in the workplace
Wakemans takes hands-on role in skincare safety campaign.
National property and construction consultancy Wakemans has helped create a major new industrial skincare campaign with the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) and the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) Wakemans' director Paul Stokes and safety, health and environmental adviser Cheryl Beckwith played a key role in developing the campaign for the industrial and commercial sector
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Called "It's In Your Hands", the campaign has been jointly mounted by the HSE, BSIF, the Safety Groups UK, the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS), the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) and the TUC to promote improved skin care in industrial and commercial organisations.
The objective is to significantly reduce the incidence of work-related dermatitis (eczema), which can be caused by exposure to chemical agents and wet work, plants and bacteria, vibration, radiation and abrasion, and accounts for about 80% of work-related skin disease.
The campaign aims to reduce incidents of dermatitis by 20% by 2010.
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The campaign is targeted at high risk occupations including construction, hairdressing and beauty, printing and agriculture.
"In the construction industry, workers are regularly in prolonged contact with cement, brick dust and chemicals which can be hazardous to the skin," says Cheryl Beckwith.
"Dermatitis causes pain and discomfort and can, in the long run, cost industry millions of pounds every year in sickness, absence and retraining costs, as well as compensation paid out to victims and increased insurance premiums".
""The campaign encourages employers to undertake proper risk assessments and use the correct gloves and barrier creams for each task, including training employees in the risks to their skin associated with their work and the importance of wearing proper protective clothing and using the correct tools"".
"Geoff Hooke of the BSIF secretariat comments: "In setting up and managing the campaign, it was vital that the BSIF created a representative team of specialists.
Wakemans has been involved since the first planning meeting and Cheryl Beckwith has acted as the representative of the BSIF Association of Safety Professionals".
""Cheryl has, on many occasions, been able to bring some realism about the employer/employee relationship and specific workplace practices to the delivery of the campaign".
"Her involvement has been invaluable".
The ongoing campaign was launched at last year's Health and Safety Expo and is being monitored on a nationwide basis to measure its success.
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