The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have signed a partnership agreement with EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, to promote effective health and safety management across manufacturing industries.

The agreement, the first of its kind between HSE and other organisations, builds on a strong history of co-operation. It recognises EEF’s expertise in the field of health and safety and the quality advice and services it provides to member companies.

The partnership will provide manufacturing companies with an improved network for communication with HSE. This will allow them to receive the latest information and guidance from the regulator, as well as offering opportunities to feedback issues, concerns and examples of good practice.

Industry will also benefit from joint seminar and training events covering issues that particularly affect manufacturing. These will feature technical input from HSE’s specialist staff, as well as information on best practice and implementation from EEF’s network of health and safety professionals.

The EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has a membership of 6,000 manufacturing, engineering and technology-based businesses and represents the interests of manufacturing at all levels. Further information on the organisation can be found at: www.eef.org.uk

Part of the HSE’s strategy for workplace health and safety involves developing innovative partnerships in the public and private sectors to develop the provision of occupational health and safety support locally, regionally or by sector according to need. At the core of this support will be the principle of proactive management of health risk. Further information can be found in the document ‘A strategy for workplace health and safety in Great Britain to 2010 and beyond’ at: www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/hsc/strategy.htm

Source: www.hse.gov.uk (accessed 13/02/06)

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