ITF applauds APM Terminals safety day

http://www.itfglobal.org/press-area/index.cfm/pressdetail/5237

11/10/2010

 The ITF has expressed its support for APM Terminals’ World Safety Day* tomorrow, 12 October. The global network terminal operator uses the day to reinforce the message of its ongoing Safety Culture programme.

Paddy Crumlin, speaking in his role as Chair of the ITF’s Dockers’ Section, said: “Ongoing dialogue was established with APM Terminals – as we hope it will be with all the terminal operators – a few years back. It has not always involved good news, of course, I’ll admit that; however this aside, we have a strong mutual interest in making sure that all dock workers come home safe, every day.”
 

He continued: “We support all initiatives that make ports safer places to work. I think that we can also congratulate APM Terminals on its safety effort,  which has seen recorded injuries fall from 890 in 2006 to 330 in 2009, but which also acknowledges that even one injury is one too many, and that all measures must be taken to prevent them.”

ENDS

*See www.apmterminals.com for more details

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