Campaign launched to help reduce workplace transport deaths

PICTURED ABOVE: Wesley Semple, Derryduff Farms, John Ahern, HSE NI, Hugh Moss, HSE NI, Bernadette Nugent, Kier, Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council Cllr Patricia Logue, Ian Beggs, Henry Brothers, HSE, Heena Jugatia, HSE NI, Dominic Scullion, Evolve, Nigel Watkin, NIE.

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched a safety awareness campaign called ‘Drive Danger Out’.

The campaign was launched in Derry last week the Mayor of Derry & Strabane District Council, Cllr Patricia Logue.

The campaign aims to to promote HSENIs ongoing inspection programme aimed at reducing the number of people killed or injured as a result of incidents involving workplace transport.

The campaign will include television and radio advertising, outdoor advertising across Northern Ireland, and social media messaging.

The campaign has been launched with a mobile billboard visiting every council area to promote awareness of the risks associated with workplace transport, and urging extra care and attention, whether in a factory, construction site, quarry, farm or any workplace.

HSENI Chief Executive Robert Kidd said: “Workplace transport safety continues to be our priority for this year and employers should expect it to be an important element of our inspections.

"Our ‘Drive Danger Out’ campaign is aimed to help employers prevent deaths and serious injuries involving vehicles in their workplace and to reduce the tragic figures we have seen over the last ten years.”