Results Good Practice Competition European Week 2003

The European Week Dangerous Substances concluded on 24 November 2003 with a European summit on Dangerous Substances in Bilbao, Spain. The prize winners of the European Good Practice Award were announced at this conference.

The following were nominated from the Netherlands:

• Joint Committee for the Hairdressing Industry; Amsterdam
• Healthy hairdresser: campaign to promote ‘healthy working’ in the hairdressing industry
• FOCWA; Sassenheim
• KAMM system; fully automated system for quality, health and safety and the environment
• Arbouw Foundation; Amsterdam
   

Selection of environment-friendly uncrating equipment that fulfils health and safety requirements

Joint Committee for the Hairdressing Industry wins European Good Practice Award 2003 with Healthy hairdresser: campaign to promote ‘healthy working’ in the hairdressing industry

Dutch winner (10,000 euros):
Brakel Interieurgroep – Use of a different kind of steel sheet; gain for working conditions, the environment and production

Because the steel sheet is no longer degreased, use of the degreasing bath is reduced by about 50%. As a result of this reduction, the employees are exposed to the solvents for a shorter time.
Moreover, as the steel sheets are not degreased, a production stage is omitted. This has resulted in a reduction in the production time by 12% and the cost price of the wall has considerably reduced.

If the degreasing had had to remain, a spray tunnel (alkaline) would probably have been bought, with the result that parts would have had to be hung on a belt twice (for degreasing and for spraying).
 

Second prize (5000 euros):
Glasatelier Oud Rijswijk – Safety first for glaziers! Approach at company and industry level
Glasatelier Oud Rijswijk is a traditional glazing company with 11 employees. The company carries out, among other things, restoration works on (stained) glass lead windows. The presence of lead dust in particular is a health risk to employees. The Good Practice submitted aims to achieve the optimum working conditions for restoration glaziers and to increase their expert knowledge and knowledge in the area of safety, health and the environment.

Public prize (2500 euros):
Vakraad voor het Kappersbedrijf [Council for the Hairdressing Industry] - Healthy Hairdresser; your health matters: campaign to promote healthy working in the hairdressing industry 

The campaign ‘Healthy Hairdresser; your health matters’ consists of various communication means and activities that are connected to one another and form one logical whole. Within the framework of this campaign hairdressers receive a newsletter each quarter with, for example, tips on the use of gloves. In the spring there was a special edition on hairdressers’ eczema. A cd-rom has also been developed with, among other things, film clips, a knowledge test, tips and a game on all kinds of subjects related to health in the hairdressing industry. Press release Vakraad voor het Kappersbedrijf.

Overview of all good practices:

• Forward by Mark Rutte & Introduction in pdf format
•  Arbouw

Selection of environment-friendly uncrating equipment that fulfils health and safety requirements:

• FOCWA

KAMM system: automated programme for quality, health and safety and the environment

• Joint Committee for the Hairdressing Industry

Healthy Hairdresser; your health matters: campaign to promote healthy working in the hairdressing industry  

•  Brakel Interieurgroep

Use of a different kind of steel sheet; gain for working conditions, the environment and production

• Glasatelier Oud Rijswijk

Safety first for glaziers ! Approach at company and industry level

• Air Products Nederland

Safety and health training for gas depot holders

• Akzo Nobel Chemicals

Managing Total Health: an awareness and improvement programme for health

• Arbouw Foundation

Safe handling of construction materials and construction products on the construction site: Product Group Information System Health and Safety (Dutch PISA)

• AVR- Industrial Services

Policy and Implementation Plan: working with dangerous substances during industrial cleaning processes

• Bayer Tanatex

Dosing powders from ‘bigbags’ instead of sacks: less exposure, less physical load

• DSM Pharma Chemicals

Exposure when dosing and drying solids in a chemical factory

• Du Pont de Nemours Nederland

Operational Discipline: programme to increase risk awareness and risk management

• The Greenery

Safer working in a fruit cold store

• Intervet International

Working safely with infectious microorganisms

• Koninklijke Landmacht / LBBKL / BOSCO Bedrijf

Integrated approach to the management of dangerous substances

• Medisch Centrum Alkmaar 

A structured improvement programme for working conditions and the environment at department level

•  Meneba Meel

Method for the safe and dust-free cleaning of sieve-racks

• Nederlandse Vereniging voor het Onderwijs in de Natuurwetenschappen (NVON) (Dutch Association for Science Education)

Health and Safety Manual: improved safety in tests and practical work

• Nederlandse Vereniging van Rubber- en kunststoffabrikanten (NVR) (Dutch Association of Rubber and Plastics Manufacturers)

Knowledge system supports the Substances policy in the rubber industry

• Reym

Anchoring of health and safety care in the management system   

Composition of the jury:
An expert jury has evaluated the entries and chosen the Dutch winner and European nominations.

• Chris Dutilh, Unilever (on behalf of employers)
• Paul Ulenbelt, Trade Union Confederation (on behalf of employees)
• Annette Höppener, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
• Jos de Lange, Focal Point Nederland
  
  Jury report
   
• Homepage Dangerous Substances 2003
• Conference European Week 27 October 2003
• Information material 'Dangerous substances'