Safety & Health at Work Congress 2004 - 11th-13th May 2004 - Salamander Suite, NEC, Birmingham - Speaker Profiles
Programme : Day Two - Wednesday 12th May
Chair: Michael McKiernan, Trustee Director, RoSPA and Chairman, BackCare
10.00 Registration & Coffee
10.30 Introduction from the Chair
Michael McKiernan, Trustee Director, RoSPA and Chairman, BackCare
10.40 Learning from safety failure
Jonathan Russell, Head HSWA Framework and Enforcement Policy Branch, HSE
- Prevention failures as opportunities
- Your duty to investigate
- New HSE guidance materials
- The essence of good investigation
- Getting the approach right
- Promoting an investigation culture
11.00 Informed and Safe - CASE STUDY
Chris Selby, Principal Engineer, The Steel Construction Institute
- Making safety information open and available
- The Safety Alert Database and Information Exchange (SADIE)
- SADIE – From concept to operation
- Building active communities
- Overcoming barriers to sharing sensitive information
11.20 HSE's Slips, Trips and Falls Priority Programme
Paul Beaumont, Project Manager Slips & Trips, HSE
- It's no joking matter
- What the data tell us
- Assessing STF risks
- Solutions that work
- Raising awareness
- HSE and collaborative Initiatives
11.40 We're not falling for it! - CASE STUDY
Doug Russell, Health and Safety Officer, USDAW
- Facing up to STF
- Understanding underlying causes
- Establishing a partnership approach
- What safety reps can bring to the party
- Short, medium and long term improvements
- Learning from others' successes
12.00 Open forum
12.30 Lunch & Networking
13.30 Making MORR a mainstream H&S issue
Robert Gifford, Executive Director, Parliamentary Advisory Council on Transport
- Thinking road safety at work
- The importance of the HSE/DfT guide
- Focusing on management not just drivers
- Selling the message
- Making MORR a key HSC priority
- The Occupational Road Safety Alliance
13.50 How we cut crashes, casualties and costs (Palmer & Harvey) - CASE STUDY
Sue Viney, A.C.I.I, Chartered Insurer, BHI Solutions
- How we knew we had a problem
- Analysing our data
- Assessing risks and prioritising interventions
- Training managers and drivers
- Getting outside help
- Measuring safety and business benefits
14.10 Working at Height Regulations
David King, Project Manager, HSE
- Falls from height, what's new?
- Why people fall
- Why regulate?
- Key legislative proposals
- What consultees have said
- What you must do
14.30 Safety on top - CASE STUDY
Speaker tbc
- Why we are always up in the air
- Key safety principles
- What we have learned from incidents
- The importance of good training, planning and supervision
- Keeping everyone focused
- What others can learn from us.
15.00 Open forum
15.30 Close