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Did you know that young workers are twice as likely than
their older colleagues to fall victim to workplace accidents?
Typically, young workers unfamiliar with hazards in their
work environment - especially in industrial settings - are
more likely than their seasoned colleagues to engage in
unsafe work practices that may lead to accidents. Manpower
found this statistic unacceptable, so we decided to do something
about it.
Manpower Belgium developed a
safety training program in cooperation with their client,
Arcelor Steel, and their insurance company, Axa. The program
was designed to alert temporary workers to the hazards they
could potentially face in the steel-manufacturing environment.
Before ever setting foot on the plant floor, Manpower-supplied
workers at the Arcelor plant participated in a rigorous training
program that described established plant safety procedures,
thus enabling the young workers to begin their assignments
better prepared to avoid the hazards they could face.
The results were extraordinary. Immediately following implementation
of the training program, young workers at the Arcelor plant
registered an 83% reduction in lost-time accidents compared
to the previous year. And as a result of the cooperative effort
involving Manpower Belgium, Arcelor and Axa, the companies
were recognized with the prestigious 2006 Safety Award
from the Belgian government's council for Risk Management
at Work.
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