How do you practice safety?
The main topic at this year's safety course was the attachment of loads. An area that unfortunately can lead to serious accidents time and again. Walter Wolf: “It is the duty of all of us to say STOP when it becomes dangerous. Because routine is a dangerous companion. We want safe workplaces and we want everyone to be able to go home healthy in the evening after work. We all have to work for safety together, without compromise. Every day.”
Daniel Braun, a representative of Swiss accident insurance company SUVA, joined the event on site. Together with Felix Akeret, Global Head Safety and Jörg Häller, Quality and Safety Officer, the safety experts took a close look at the work posts and drew a positive picture of the training activities.
Why is hands-on training more beneficial than theory?
It was the practical approach that the participants appreciated most. Klaus Theismann, Project Manager Construction Northwest Switzerland, explained: “Seeing with your own eyes how a severed finger should be packed in the best possible way for transport to the hospital for suturing leaves its mark. Especially when a colleague in your group with a missing finger limb tells his own story of experience and suffering about it. Such practical safety courses are certainly more helpful than any paper training courses and should ideally replace them completely.”
