Safety culture

The employees created a forklift safety initiative at its huge Livingston facilities to change operations from the bottom up. I visited the team to hear their story and take a tour of the business. We have an in-depth feature here although to be honest I could have written a much longer article, such is the wealth of employee buy-in at the site.

If the key to improving safety lies less in gizmos and risk assessments, but more in the safety culture that is created and sustained by the engagement of all levels of employees – then the Livingston site is a great example to all.

One of the forklift operators, process co-ordinator Scott Collins, summed up the importance of the initiative when he said: "I used to work at a place where unfortunately there was a death in the yard. I look back on this when we are working on these initiatives and it brings it home that health & safety is the most important thing in here. You can replace parts or forklifts, but you can't replace somebody's life."