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Finnish safety training park makes workplace risks more visible

Everyone should return home in the evening. That is the motto for construction workers. But you need more than theoretical knowledge in order to eliminate the risks of accidents. Like bringing routines closer to people’s hearts. A visit to a safety training park speeds things up.
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Making accidents "real"

Lasse Heikkinen and Harry Kaponen at Rudus safety training park talk about an accident involving a worker falling down a ventilation shaft which lacked a safety net. He landed on a colleague who died as a result. The accidents are illustrated with mannequins.

Rudus

Rudus portly

A producer of aggregates, ready-mixed concrete and more. It also recycles concrete waste. The mother company CRH produces various materials and products. Head office in Ireland, operates in 32 countries.

Rudus Safety Training Park

Not only the first safety training park in Finland, but in the whole of Europe, according to Rudus. 

Situated in Espoo, west of Helsinki.

Constructed in 2009 and features several stations with over 100 different scenarios.

The park had 3,000 visitors in 2018.

The Swedish Construction Federation

Trade association for 3,600 private construction companies and employers in the Swedish construction sector. 

Read about the Swedish Safety Park

Photo: Björn Lindahl

To reduce construction site risks, the Swedish Safety Park focuses on several senses. That is why you could witness dancing EU politicians and a Swedish labour minister trying out what it feels like being blind, as participants from the EU work environment conference came to visit.

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