New topics for tea time

More than 1800 companies took part in the first initiative, launched in 2015, which aims to encourage health and safety managers to make the most of short periods during the day to educate staff on health and safety topics, including long latency diseases.

The SafeTea Break pack, developed in partnership with Safety Groups UK, is an invaluable toolkit filled with questions and discussion points to engage employees and make them think about key risks to their health and safety at work. 

Following the positive response last year, the science-based technology company has made the pack even better by adding three new topics – Wellbeing; Slips and Trips and Think for 30, which is another 3M developed programme designed to get employees thinking about potential hazards before starting a task. 

Richard Davies, senior marketer at 3M, said: “We were absolutely delighted by the success of the SafeTea Break last year and that so many health and safety managers have found it to be an effective way to engage with their workforce. 

“For this year, we decided we wanted to build on the campaign even further and add new material so it can help more people discuss these important health and safety issues. The three new topics are very relevant to most workplaces, so are going to make a great addition to the pack.” 

The 3M SafeTea Break pack can be downloaded free-of-charge at www.3M.co.uk/safetea.