Safety & Health at Work Congress 2003 - 19th-22nd May 2003 - Halls 10, 11, 12, NEC, Birmingham

Programme : Day Two - Tuesday 20th May

B1 ‘Building a common commitment to safety’

10.00 Registration & Coffee

10.30 Introduction from the chair
Eleanor Lawson, President, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

10.40 Team-based target setting
Roger Bibbings, Occupational Safety Adviser, RoSPA

  • Consulting all stakeholders
  • A wider view of performance
  • Understanding ‘where we are now’
  • Agreeing the right performance indicators
  • Gathering the evidence
  • Reporting on progress

11.10 From open reporting to whistleblowing
Kirsten Trott, Legal Advisor, Public Concern at Work

  • Why whistleblowing matters
  • A classic dilemma
  • A practical response
  • A legislative response
  • Making the law work for you
  • Where now?

11.40 Team-based learning from accidents
David Shillito, Consultant, David Shillito Associates

  • Accidents as ‘windows on reality’;
  • Learning from accidents is difficult, expensive and unwelcome
  • Accident prevention is safety and must be a ‘team’ activity
  • Teams have better, longer memories
  • Teams are better at recognising organisational error
  • Accident scenarios must become a key part of routine risk assessment
  • Accident prevention must involve learning from the sharp end.

12.10 Knowing your business - Changing cultures and behaviours at all levels to that end
John Hatto, Consultant, J & W Hatto Services Ltd

  • Knowledge management and an integrated approach to risk
  • Building a successful team-based approach to include SH&E
  • Incentives – myth or magic?
  • Management behaviours
  • Mindsets and reinforcement

12.40 Open Forum

13.00 Close

B2 Case Studies

13.30 Coffee & Registration

14.00 Contracting safely with Esso
Michael May, Project Manager, Southern Electric Contracting

14.30 Tackling risk on the road together
Martin King, Quality, Safety & Environment Manager, Coca Cola Enterprises Ltd

15.00 Open Forum

15.30 Close

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