Air Products Becomes an Official Partner of the European Agency for Safety & Health at Work Healthy Workplaces ‘Lighten the Load’ Campaign
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As part of its goal of being the safest industrial gas company in the world, Air Products (NYSE: APD) is taking another measurable step towards achieving that objective by becoming an official partner of the European Agency for Safety & Health at Work (EU-OSHA) Healthy Workplaces ‘Lighten the Load’ campaign.
The Healthy Workplaces ‘Lighten the Load’ campaign focuses on work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Anyone can suffer from MSDs at work – millions of workers across Europe do – with about three in every five workers in the European Union reporting MSD complaints, based on data from the sixth European Working Conditions Survey.
Work-related MSDs are impairments of bodily structures, such as muscles, joints and tendons, that are caused or aggravated primarily by work or the effects of the immediate work environment. With Air Products’ focus on safety and care for its employees, the team knows that MSDs can be highly detrimental to an individual’s quality of life and ability to work, and are one of the most common causes of disability, sick leave and early retirement. Air Products believes every incident or accident is preventable, and has a goal of zero injuries within a work environment where individuals are able to thrive.
Martin Snape, EHS&Q Director at Air Products, said: “Becoming a partner of the ‘Lighten the Load’ campaign will enable us to share best practices and learn from each other to reduce these types of injury. At Air Products our goal is always to ensure our employees and contractors go home in the same condition that they came to work in that day, and our involvement in this campaign will help us to achieve this.
“Many of our tasks are manual intensive and, irrespective of the number of safety initiatives we have in place, we are always looking for advice and guidance from other organisations as to how we can improve. Being able to work with a reputable third-party organisation like EU-OSHA will provide an opportunity to share new ideas and information with our colleagues that can refresh and support the current programmes we utilise in the area of manual handling”.
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About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for 80 years. Focused on serving energy, environment and emerging markets, the Company provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemical, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the global leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The Company develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest industrial gas projects, including: gasification projects that sustainably convert abundant natural resources into syngas for the production of high-value power, fuels and chemicals; carbon capture projects; and world-scale carbon-free hydrogen projects supporting global transportation and the energy transition.
The Company had fiscal 2020 sales of $8.9 billion from operations in 50 countries and has a current market capitalization of over $60 billion. More than 19,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products’ higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and address the challenges facing customers, communities, and the world. For more information, visit airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.