AOA
Heathrow’s Head of Health and Safety, Sharon Smith, who co-chairs the AOA’s Health and Safety Group, says that UK airports should do more to learn from each other about best practice in airport health and safety.
Smith said that UK airports have a great track record in keeping runways safe, but that what she is seeking to do in the Health and Safety Group is “shine a light” on the health and safety of individuals in airport terminal buildings, whether they be passengers or staff. In particular, she has launched a work programme which will focus on steps that can be taken to improve employee injury rates. Drawing on her own experiences at Heathrow, she gave as an example “sharps injuries” (where syringes or needles penetrate the skin) suffered by security staff searching passenger bags, with the number of such injuries now significantly reduced by the use of cut-resistant gloves....read here
