| | VGC HSQE |
| | Nationwide |
| | Apr 2023 |
| | Apr 2023 |
After finding that hand injuries were a significant injury, we ran a hand safety campaign during September 2019.
Campaign aims
- Reduce hand injuries
- Reduce overall manual handling injuries
- Increase safety obser-vations
We designated 16-22 Sept Hand safety week
Core activities:
- Photoshoot to gain appropriate photographs, create and print posters
- Campaign web page with short url vgcgroup. co.uk/hands
- Toolbox talk
- News release
- Social media campaign
- Hand safety posters placed on site noticeboards
- Posters emailed to clients
- Social media
- Staff enews and Be safe brief
- 242-word toolbox talk
This toolbox talk and article was shared with the Supply Chian Sustainability School for others across the supply chain to access.
Results
- 33% fewer hand and foot injuries in 2019 than 2018
- 183 page views
- 346 engagements on social media; 30.4% higher social media engagement in Sept 2019 than Aug 2019
- 0 hand and foot injuries in 2019 post-campaign
