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Safety at work

Suva is active in prevention, insurance and rehabilitation. In terms of workplace safety, she is relying on her vision to save 250 lives in ten years. It is based on the application of vital roles in ensuring companies.

The vital roles of the Suva, if applied, prevent 60% of serious or fatal occupational accidents. For Philippe, head of the Health and Safety Prevention Department. “these rules are an excellent foundation. But when a company aims for the goal of zero accidents and zero occupational diseases, it is essential to expand them, to make them live, and to turn them into a true culture of safety. ”

Zero risk

Marissa is one of the largest construction companies in Switzerland. A copy of health and safety at the workplace, she won the Suva Safety Award in 2012. The objective zeroes accidents? Intermediate landing for her. “The ultimate goal should be zero risk,” continues Philippe, giving his recipe for success: Effective prevention must be carried out, experienced by the management of the company and supported by a team that commits daily. Everyone has to pull the same rope. ”

The construction company has put in place very strict and unavoidable security measures on the building sites: badge entrance door, mandatory morning warm-up, ladder replacement by nacelles, respect of vital rules, mandatory wearing of helmets, glasses, hearing protection, gloves, reflective vest and reinforced shoes for everyone present. Personal protective equipment is of course offered by the company. “But, beware, this is not a gift, a lot of material to use without exception!”

Daily safety

Health and Safety Prevention manager also noticed a change in the mentality of the “Companions”, the employees on the building sites. “The measures advocated have not always had a resounding reception. We must not fool ourselves. But in recent years, security is no longer suffered at home. She is lived. It’s part of everyday life. “Anise, a trainee with the construction company. Agrees:” I must admit that I have never had a safety-conscious companion “.

“Over the years, we have realized that effective prevention does not prevent effective work, quite the contrary,” insists Philippe. “To work safely, you have to plan, prepare. There must be no room for improvisation. “And when the work is organized and secure, motivation, productivity and satisfaction increase together.

Safety is not a choice and is no longer a duty. It has become a culture experienced at all levels of the company, from director to apprentice. No job deserves to risk one’s life. And it is important for workers to wear safety clothing and use reflective materials in their work place.

2019 Construction Site: 3rd Inspection Mission Begins

The experts of the Confederation of African Football yesterday visited all the sport facilities of the two competition sites of the Cameroonian capital. Everyone wore a helmet and a vest with reflective material.

After the second visit from 19 to 22 March, the experts of the Confederation of African Football are back in the various competition venues of the city of Yaoundé. At midday, the delegation led by Antony, deputy general secretary of the Caf, arrived at the Olembe stadium.

Each with a protective helmet and a fluorescent reflective vest, the experts of the Caf have toured the owner of the various playgrounds. It is important to wear safety clothing and use safety elements when visiting in the construction site.

Far from the press, the inspectors were able to see the progress of the work. According to testimonies collected on the spot, these last ones would have been impressed by the evolution during the last five months. From the top of the second floor of the presidential platform whose paving and assembly of the steel structure are being finished, they noted the end of the structural work in the South, North and East stands.

During the meeting, they had an idea of the future comfort of the spectators by sitting on the five types of seats that will be mounted in the different stands.

In the presence of the Minister of Sports and Physical Education, and the president of the sites of the city of Yaoundé, Naseri Paul Bea, the controllers of the Caf were able to identify the first mounted parts of the metal roof of the stadium.

Elements that are in their second week of editing. Launched last May 31, work on the stadiums starts the final straight. Initially scheduled for mid-November, the completion of work on the two training grounds is announced for the next month at the end of turf transplanting operations.

But before, operations of setting up draining layers will be completed on August 20th. On delivery time, the group Puccini Cameroon has maintained the date of 28 December 2018.

After Yaoundé, yesterday, the inspection mission was heading for Gerona today. Until next Sunday, she will visit the different sites of the next CAN 2019.

Cyclist killed in Gironde

Sunday night a cyclist was killed on the RD651. The motorist who knocked him down had fled. He was identified Monday and placed in custody on Tuesday morning.

Sunday night, between 21h and 21h30, a cyclist who was traveling on the RD651 was mortally mowed by a car. This 47-year-old Franco-German teacher residing in La Manche was in the midst of a cycle tour in the department. He was wearing a reflective vest, a helmet and a light on his bike.

For some unknown reason, a motorist hit him from behind and was thrown into the ditch.

The report of a resident identified the driver

The gendarmes who had called for witnesses found the driver 24 hours after the accident. On Monday, a resident of Saucats called the gendarmerie because she noticed that her neighbor’s car was damaged and corresponded in all respects to the description given by the investigators.

The policemen knocked on the door of the owner of the dark-colored Peugeot who had lost a rearview mirror at the scene of the collision. They seized the vehicle and carried out technical and scientific police checks to make sure it was the car in question.

The owner of the vehicle, intoxicated at the time of his arrest, was placed in a sobering cell in the premises of the Brigade Léognan. This Tuesday morning, he was subject to a measure of custody that is prolonged.

Reflective vests play an important role in life

Since a powerful 7.1 magnitude quakes struck the region on Tuesday, emergency responders, soldiers, doctors and some teachers have been working around the clock trying to rescue any survivors in the collapsed classrooms at the Enrique Rébsamen primary school. The nameless heroes wearing a reflective vest showed up in the battle again.

As rescuers tried to clear a path to any survivors without further destabilizing the damaged school building, rubble was tediously and meticulously removed, bucket-by-bucket. A makeshift field hospital was built on what had previously been a basketball court, staffed by military doctors who were prepared to treat any survivors that might be extracted from the rubble.

Throughout the day, volunteers kept workers, soldiers, medical staff, victims’ families and even the media fed and hydrated with snacks and drinks. The whole operation was overseen by military officers and Mexico’s secretary of public education, who stationed themselves on a one-storey building overlooking the school playground.

As night fell over Mexico City on Wednesday, rain began to fall. With the possibility that lives could still be saved, and the threat of aftershocks that could cause further collapses, rescuers were battling the clock to save any survivors trapped beneath the rubble. Because of the low visibility in night and rain, reflective tape attached in the safety clothing of rescuers plays an important role in the scene. The reflection of the tape or fabric reaches 330+. Victims can find them at once in the low-visible condition.

A kayak with high-visibility colors and reflective material

Coast Guard crews were notified early Sunday morning that a 55-year-old kayaker had left from Bear Creek ramp near Hoboken and was late on his return time.

A crew from Station Hoboken and a helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City launched to help search efforts with North Carolina Wildlife, Pamlico County Sheriff’s department and Pamlico County Emergency Management personnel.

The Pamlico Emergency Management boat crew located the kayaker with his kayak partially submerged. The kayaker was found without any working means of communication, reflective vest, high-visibility colors or reflective material on kayak. The man was also suffering from cold and wet exposure.

The man was transferred to local EMS and released shortly after.

“Wearing a safety clothing while out on the water may be the difference between life and serious injury or death in an emergency,” Cmdr. Matt said. “Kayakers should also carry a VHF-FM radio and a cell phone in a waterproof container to alert authorities quickly if assistance is needed.”

Common bugs for cyclists

Riding without a helmet and a reflective vest, a shopping bag on the handlebars, heavy cost conveyance, revaluation of power, alcohol, but also riding on pavements and crossings. These are the most common bugs for cyclists.

Riding without a helmet is a serious matter. “The risk of death after falling without a helmet on the head is nineteen times bigger,” warns Mire.

If you go shopping on a bicycle, then it is in his words in place to have a bicycle carrier with a basket. “The transfer of gardening equipment or harvesting of the garden can lead to a loss of balance,” he warns.

Especially for seniors, he recommends carrying a cell phone with him to call for help if necessary. He thinks of driving on pavements and crossings for a big disaster. “But it is only children up to ten years old,” explains Mire Poach.

A separate chapter is alcohol. “Zero tolerance applies throughout the Czech Republic, which also applies to cyclists. At present, some senators want to break this tolerance, they want to allow 0.5 per mile, “he said.

Mire commends that more people wear helmets and safety clothing. “The percentage of cyclists used by the helmet and safety clothing is steadily increasing, especially among parents who travel with their children,” he said.

But what’s the next thing a cyclist should have on his bike? According to Mire Poach, there are two independent brakes, orange, white and red reflectors, reduced visibility and lighting. “I also recommend to give bicycle reflective ribbons, reflective tapes to wires or wires to improve their safety. Reflective clothing, the vest is the best, “he said.

Co-coordinator Mire Poach has also cited frequent reasons for cyclist accidents: it may be inattentiveness, rethinking his abilities, or failing to comply with road traffic rules. But it can also be non-management. “For example, drinking, consuming food, handling light,” he warns.

Another reason for the accident may be the lack of priority. “The cyclist must realize that he is on a slower pace than when driving by car. It takes more time to cross the junction. “he explained.

It also highlights the need for wheel lighting. “The unlit traffic cyclist is visible at the last minute,” he said. You also need to watch cars. “One of the causes of accidents is also the impact on the door when the car driver opens the door while the bicycle passes by,” he said.

Bicycle accident statistics are sad: as Mire Poach said, in 2017 44 cyclists died of accidents, of which 37 was without a helmet. Four out of ten people were 65 years old. The worst year in terms of cyclist accidents was 1995, when 146 people died, the least accidents were in 2016 – at that time it was 39.

A man armed with a knife threatened to commit suicide

An incident at the City Hall of Bucharest. A man armed with a knife threatened to commit suicide. Police officers (who wore safety clothing)intervened on Wednesday in front of Capital City Hall for a man who, with a knife in his heart, threatened to kill himself.

The man was dressed in a reflective vest that he wrote “STAT NAZYST” and drew more swastikas. Also, at one point he took the knife to his heart and threatened to stab himself.

The cops (who wore reflective clothing with reflective tapes)finally locked up the man and led him to the station. For now, it is unclear why the man has done so.

During this incident, which lasted for several minutes, and after which there were no injured people, the traffic was blocked on Queen Elizabeth Boulevard. During this time, a session of the General Council of Bucharest took place in the mayor’s office.

Fight against the plastic soup in Oss

In Oss Saturday morning, the national kick-off is given for the National Day of Cleaning. Led by the Nederland Schroon organization, dozens of volunteers went out with a safety clothing, squeezer, bag, and gloves in the vicinity.

“Clean-up day is not so much about clearing things up, although it is great if it is cleaned up once,” says director Helene van Stephen of the Netherlands Schroon. It’s about children learning that they should not throw anything away. And other people see that the mess they throw away must be cleaned up. Then maybe the next time they think better before they throw something on the street or on the roadside. ”

Nationally, around 130,000 people (wear uniform clothing which sewn-on reflective tapes) have signed up to participate in the National Cleaning Day, but according to the organization many people also participate without having given up. According to Helene van Stephen, the popularity of cleaning up litter is due to the positive appearance that cleaning has.

“People who clean-up waste are no longer people with a community service. Someone who tidies up is doing a good job. It has become a positive thing. ” And the word plastic soup is inevitably linked to the clean-up day. The small plastic that flows through the streams and rivers of the Meuse and eventually the sea must be controlled.

“Why do not the first go with a team of people through the roadside to clean-up litter before mowing,” Menno van deer asks. “All the waste that is there is cut by the mowers, making it much more difficult to clean-up and disappears much easier in the ditch and in the plastic soup.”

It is the sixteenth time that a national clean-up day is being held. According to Nederland Schroon, more and more attention is paid to the outdoor areas. The mayor of Burgos Woodbine Boils also, armed with reflective vest, office chair, squeezer and garbage bag, cleaned up. , I have a dream, and that is that we once keep a national clean-up day, but the children are all very disappointed because we cannot find any more waste. ”

Children are seen even in the dark

The dark season starts and it brings especially cloudy weather and poor visibility with it. Children are among the weakest road users in road traffic. They are particularly vulnerable if they are not sufficiently “visible” to other road users.

In order to be better seen in rain, fog or dusk, children should wear bright and contrasting clothing. Trade offers – quite practically – even jackets with reflective stripes. For jackets or vests, without incorporating reflectors, reflective heat transfer vinyl can be ironed on later for little money.

Also, a good choice is reflective tapes that can be worn around the wrists and ankles and are quickly put on when needed and find a jacket pocket.

For children who ride their bikes, there are even bicycle helmets that light up. The control of lights and reflectors on the bike, which are frequently used in the dark season, should not be forgotten. Because: Especially with clip-on light after a long summer, in which the lights were not needed, suddenly the battery is empty.

School backpacks also have reflective areas. But if these are “pasted” with stickers, they do not serve road safety.

The classic “blinkers”, attached to a jacket or bag, are often lost. This is what Ulrike Margrave. Rector of the Western House Primary School has stated: “They are tearing away quickly.”

That’s why for the first graders of the school for some years in bright yellow vests from the ADAC hooded. Not only are they pretty glaring and well visible a few meters away from other road users. They also have reflective stripes and look pretty fragrant. The I-males from the Western house also find that. “The West is cool,” the students have stated. Class teacher Cornelia Manley has distributed the luminous vest a few days ago in her class. Almost all of the 20 children have been wearing the reflective vest since then. With traffic safety training at the elementary school, they become the right little traffic detectives. And that’s the way it should be in the best case.

At night, in the rain and winter

The ideal cycling season does not last for a whole year. In autumn the days are shorter, it cools and rain. Snow falls in the winter. However, the Nordic proverb says: There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.

The absolute basis is to have a wheel equipped with appropriate reflectors (white on the front, red at the back, orange on the string and yellow on the pedals). Replace reflectors in the string with the reflective tape on the casing, reflectors at the front and at the back with reflective stickers.

In town, you do not usually need a headlight. The streets are illuminated. But the blinkers are necessary. The front flasher is more important than the rear. For the driver’s rear is usually shining “in the mirror” and therefore reveals you even when you are light passive in the back. In front of you, cars come “from the side” and the best reflectors will not help you. Almost the same job as the rear blinker makes the reflex tape on the left calf.

In urban traffic, I can shine or flicker in the dark. Cars were previously required to shine “in low visibility,” which is exactly the condition that you should also shine on. In utter darkness, you are visibly visible with reflective materials, but in the dark, the reflectors are merging and you have to shine actively. Lighting sets with a sensor can be started automatically.

Reflective vest, flashing reflective ribbons and other massive light equipment over and above normal lighting will ensure you will be seen not only by overtaking drivers but also by pilots of aircraft landing at Ursine Airport. Consider whether it is worthwhile to shift this limit to how much light the drivers consider normal. The vest and the more powerful light fit on high-speed roads, long-distance stretches, or when “shit-shit” falls at the end of November. On the other hand, “raising” the driver with a dazzling lamp and a black coat is also not a good idea.

For a regular ride in the dark, it is worthwhile to have a deposit in addition to the “main” lighting.  the battery at least a spare battery, to the dynamically-driven light an emergency small flicker in the event of a malfunction.

Do not say that in the mountain of flashing scrap you will not find at least one that you can take with you… A left fuse on the seat post, a color changing light, a supermarket blinker, a low-beam headlamp bought there.

When you get into a situation where you need to drive without lights, you have to go slower along the secondary streets and give up the idea that you have priority at any crossing, even if traffic signs are hundreds of times the opposite. And your next trip has to lead to a cycle shop.