| Project | What | Where | When | Look out for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slips and trips | To reduce the number of major injury slip and trip accidents by raising awareness and improving management of slips and trips. To also provide advice on practical control measures and take enforcement action where appropriate. | In food retail, building and plant maintenance, and all sectors with catering and cleaning issues. | All year (thought catering and hospitality from April – June 08). | Follow up to the Shattered Lives campaign from April – June 08. |
| Falls from height | To raise awareness of falls from height risks, improve the management of working at height, give advice on practicable control measures, and to take enforcement action where appropriate. | Retail, wholesale and warehousing, hotels, catering and hospitality, and offices. | All year (thought catering and hospitality from April – June 08). | Follow up to the Shattered Lives campaign from April – June 08. Ladder Exchange 08 (Sept and Oct). |
| Asbestos | To raise awareness of the duty to manage asbestos amongst building occupiers, and take enforcement action where there is poor compliance. | All sectors. | All year. | National asbestos campaign (13 October 08 - November 08). Briefing on the October 2008 Asbestos Campaign - 'Asbestos - The Hidden Killer' |
| Dermatitis | To raise awareness of dermatitis, provide advice and support to the industry, and take enforcement action where appropriate. | Hairdressing and beauty, and also in sectors where catering or cleaning is involved. | All year. | n/a |
| Asthma | To reduce the incidence of occupational asthma with the baking industry and other workplaces where flour is used, to raise the awareness of asthma, to promote use of appropriate control measures, and to take enforcement action where appropriate. | Baking industry and other workplaces where flour is used (eg supermarkets, restaurants, retail and craft bakeries etc). | All year. | Supermarket bakery benchmark control standard – available Spring 08. |
| MSDs | To raise awareness of MSDs, encourage reasonable practicable control measures, and take enforcement action as appropriate. | All sectors, especially retail, cleaning, warehousing, residential care homes, and finance sector (for DSE). | All year. | n/a |
| Noise | To raise awareness of the Control of Noise Regulations, and the availability of simple and practical industry-specific guidance to assist dutyholders. | Music and entertainment sector. | All year. | Free leaflets (download from Fit3 Street). |
| Royal Mail | To achieve jointly established health and safety targets with an agreed timetable via local action plans. | Sorting and delivery offices. | To be decided. | n/a |
| Stress | To encourage financial services organisations to improve workers' health and wellbeing by using the Stress Management Standards for work-related stress, or an equivalent approach. | Financial services sector – including insurance companies, building societies, and investment and high street banks. | All year. | Large-scale campaign on stress in autumn 08. |
| Violence | To reduce the number of work-related violence incidents through use of the work-related violence toolkit, which is designed to assist employers in carrying out risk assessments. | Retail, restaurants, and bars, pubs and clubs. | All year. | Work-related violence toolkit arriving in Autumn 08. |