Corus offers courses to reduce accidents
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Corus Northern Engineering Services product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Oct 9, 2008
Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES) has developed training courses to reduce workplace risks.
With the focus on perception of risk and the affecting factors, the course highlights how dangerous complacency in the workplace can be.
Nick O'Hara, business development engineer, professional engineering training at CNES, said: 'We all take our eye off the ball from time to time.
'If it had been a crocodile rather than a stingray in front of Steve Irwin, he would probably still be alive now.
'In the training courses, the focus for accident prevention is therefore on behaviour.' Accidents in the workplace are caused through unsafe acts and unsafe conditions.
It is people rather than objects that cause accidents.
The commitment levels of management are more important than the behaviour of those that implement the initiative.
Ninety-five per cent of all accidents are triggered by the unsafe behaviours of employees, but unsafe acts are a consequence or symptom of the problem, not the problem itself.
Attendees to the training course will consider the following questions: why do we see the same accidents occurring? Why is housekeeping so variable? Why are standards generally variable? Why do we have unsafe acts and conditions? And why is complacency so evident everywhere? O'Hara says any risk assessment is subject to the perception of risk of the individuals undertaking the assessment.
He said: 'The presented information is the same for everyone, but an individual's perception differs to a surprising degree.
'With these differences in perception, it can be very difficult to have a consistent approach to the risks the workforce are presented with and therefore to the controls to reduce these risks to an acceptable level.
'Our training for risk assessment deals with the perception of risk and behaviour.
'This takes into account physical environment, psychological characteristics, needs, motives, goals, past experiences and social and cultural backgrounds.
'All of these factors affect people's behaviour.' These courses include project management, risk assessment, health and safety, ATEX, DSEAR, COMAH, condition monitoring, confined space training and e-learning induction courses.
They also include training that focuses on the skills of materials handling, including forklift truck training, electric overhead cranes, slinging and rigging, skid-steered loaders and oxy-fuel burning.
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