DOG AWARENESS WEEK 30 JUNE-4 JULY 2014 - 'POSTING PEG POSTER

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No. 431/14

Ref P18/14

Date: 1 July 2014


To: All Branches

Dear Colleagues


ROYAL MAIL/CWU - DOG AWARENESS WEEK 30 JUNE-4 JULY 2014 - 'POSTING PEG POSTER'

Further to LTB 413/14 which gave a detailed update and information prior to this week's Dog Awareness Week Launch here is an report on the new 'Posting Peg' Poster.

I would urge all ASRs and WSRs to become actively involved during the week and concentrate attention to the week's activities, messages and communications to staff, adding support. The 2014 Royal Mail/CWU Dog Awareness Week is launched today with

a joint embargoed press release and will be a high profile awareness raising campaign aimed at Royal Mail customers who are dog owners and our own delivery staff members. The annual Dog Awareness campaign's aim is to raise understanding of the issue of dog attacks on postmen and women with a purpose of avoiding and reducing the high number of serious injuries sustained by postal workers across the UK. Royal Mail and CWU will be working in partnership to encourage responsible dog ownership and to appeal to dog owners to keep their animals under control when the postman or woman calls to deliver letters, packets and parcels or 'signed for' items.

Posting Peg Poster

To encourage the use of 'Posting Pegs' wherever possible and practical a new poster has been developed and agreed, conveying the message - "a posting peg or your finger - what would you rather lose?" These posters are now available via Regional Safety Teams. It should be remembered that whilst we want members to use the Posting Peg and fully support its use because of the number of serious finger injuries and finger amputations received by members, the Posting Peg is just one tool in the drive to reduce dog attack incidents and is not a one-size-fits-all solution and is not always appropriate. See copy of the 'Posting Peg Poster' attached.


Letter Box Guard Cages


Linked to finger and hand bite injuries through letter boxes which are becoming too common is the part of the campaign urging customer who are dog owners to fit 'Letter Box Guard/Cages. See example images attached. These can be purchased from high street retailers and DIY stores or by Mail Order from companies like Argos and Amazon for example.


Why This Week?

The number of dog attacks peaks during the summer school holidays and we annually see a sharp increase in dog attacks on delivery A third of all dog attacks on Postal Workers occur during the months of June, July and August.

Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union will be appealing to dog owners to work with them to help keep their animals under control when the postman/woman calls to deliver mail, packets, parcels and signed-for items, during the school holidays this summer.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce

National Health, Safety and Environment Officer

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Have these pegs got a BSI stamp on them after all

BSI also conducts testing for manufacturers developing new products and has facilities to test across a wide range of sectors,

Imagine if you accidentally posted one and a child choked on one

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Have these pegs got a BSI stamp on them after all

BSI also conducts testing for manufacturers developing new products and has facilities to test across a wide range of sectors,

Imagine if you accidentally posted one and a child choked on one

Maybe when your office achieves 100bsi for iwt you get the kite stamp on them