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Many UK industry representatives, including the FTA, have signed the HSE workplace safety pledge.
We the undersigned: • Agree to play our part in reducing the number of work-related deaths, ir and ill-nealth in Great Britain.
• Call on employers to put health and safety at the heart of what they do, to take a common-sense approach to health and safety.
• Commit to debunking myths around health and safety that trivialise the impact of injuries, ill health and deaths on individuals and their families.
• Recognise the importance of health and safety in difficult economic tin and the dangers of complacency.
• Pledge to work with the Health and Safety Executive and its partners to Part of the Solution.
As a joint FTA/HSE initiative, a helpline has been set up for the transport s The line will run for up to a year in an attempt to target resources more accurately towards employees and employers concerned with workplace transport (tel: 0870 099 0099 www.hse.gov.uk/press/2003/e03213.htm)