Posted By Philip Beale "without starting a culture of not reporting" i think that is where the difficulty lies make to big a deal about no LTA accidents then everyone will be in fear of breaking the record which is much the old way of doing H&S. Can't it be sold as a massive reduction in accidents and improved near miss reporting. maybe a free breakfast for all employees if you have an onsite canteen. Dvd player for the person who reported the most near misses etc. a big sloppy kiss from the director to each employee. Phil

Posted By tony ryan Have you considered applying for an award for the organisation? Then celebrate the achievement with a formal method of recognition of the workforces achievements. Tony

Posted By Merv Newman No, please ! not a first aid kit, nor an extinguisher or a fire blanket. These are what I call "poisoned presents". Must-haves but you never ever want to have to use them. Breakfast and a big sloppy kiss from the director are good ideas (depends on the director) but also a small souvenir of the occasion. On my car key ring I have a token which replaces the £1 (or €1) coin in the shopping trolley. Every week it reminds me of a happy occasion. (really, it does) We used to give, for 12 months without lost time injury (later without even a "medical treatment") a gift for the family. Gifts were chosen from a mail order catalogue, up to £50 cost to the company (i.e. ex vat, ex discount for bulk buying) and were something that you could take home, use frequently, and would last. Over 15 years since I left that company but I still have a coffee machine (20 years old and still going), a battery charger and a garden hose. (trickle feed from recovered rainwater). The B&D drill died years ago. Don't give cash or book tokens. They get spent and forgotten. Don't worry too much about "under-reporting". If the injury is "worth" (this is where I get slayed) a day off then you will know about it pretty fast. (though I have known a bad back to be "saved" for the necessary day or two) Gifts were chosen by a group of employees a week or so in advance, confirming fax sent at midnight, delivered during the day and presented by the director at the site gate as you left for home. Congratulations on reaching the big "365" (or is it "366" this year ?) Merv

Posted By Jeff73 Hi Paul, Why not try a charity initiative. I don’t know what your company do but there will be plenty local schools and / or charities in the area keen to work with you. Ideas could include cleaning up an area, decorating a nursery, providing hi-vis vests (with company logo and 365 LTA logo) for kids walking to school. In my experience the work force love it and helps with team building (make sure the directors get involved) and excellent PR. A good CSR case study if your company are in to that. Cheers, Jeff

Posted By William Why should we celebrate not hurting anyone for a year or even acknowledge it. Please do not go down the route of applying for awards and then becoming obsessed with the numbers at the expense of accidents and incidents of not being reported. To give an example of this, i will advise you of a couple of incidents which happened recently. One was when a worker was smashed in the face to his severe injury by lifting chains. The worker in question was persuaded back into work after the weekend for light duties, he had not been off for 3 working days so it was not a 3 day injury and non reportable. 1 week later another employee damaged his knee in another incident and required hospital treatment and was also persuaded to go back to work after the weekend, but he went off sick after 2 days as he was unable to climb stairs on crutches. This was then an 3 day injury. If this employee had remained at work then this would not have been reportable and one of the purposes of reporting under riddor is to look for businesses who are harming employees and the above was more about fixing the figures than anything else. You wouldn't do something like this to keep your celebrated "ZERO LTA status"...would you?

Posted By Tim William, Regarding the injuris you mentioned, if the person cannot do there normal duties then it becomes reportable, me thinks

Posted By Merv Newman William, I think you have the wrong end of a very sharp stick. I accept that we could discuss over- or under-reporting, "return to work" policies and practices and so on BUT achievements MUST be celebrated and rewarded. The achievement may often not be 100% honest but if progress has been made then it represents a victory and merits something to add value to that event. Just ignoring it devalues the effort which some or many people have put into working safely. I worked for many years for a company in which it was a cardinal sin to work unsafely. It was also a cardinal sin not to report an accident or a near miss. And yes, we had a "return to work" policy but never had to use it. The "rewards", apart from the 12-month award mentioned above, were many, tangible and intangible : approval openly expressed by supervisors and managers, cups of coffee, a smile or a pat on the back .... Recognition + Reward = Reinforcement Merv PS do Cardinals sin ? Must have a word with the Pope.