The Safety & Health Practitioner articles from May 2004

The Safety & Health Practitioner archives from May 2004

Pass the safety parcel.(Comment)(Jane Kennedy appointed as health and safety minister, Des Browne changed from the post of health and safety minister)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... He was generally popular with the profession and had a good understanding of health and safety, so it was inevitable that Des Browne would not last a year as health and safety minister. Safety ministers never stay long in post--Jane Kennedy...

Workers' safety advisors fund opens for business.(News)
May 1, 2004... GRANTS of up to [pounds sterling]100,000 are up for grabs from the Workers' Safety Advisors Challenge Fund. Over the next three years the grants will be doled out from a fund of [pounds sterling]3m, which was set up last year by the DWP. ...

Thames Trains receives record fine.(News; October 1999 Ladbroke Grove rail crash)
May 1, 2004... THE SENTENCING of Thames Trains has led to renewed calls for corporate manslaughter laws to be brought on to the statute book. The [pounds sterling]2m fine levied on the company following the Ladbroke Grove rail crash in October 1999 is the...

Another backbencher is trying to get corporate killing onto the statute book.(News)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... ANOTHER backbencher is trying to get corporate killing onto the statute book. MP Frank Doran set out his proposals for a Corporate Killing Bill in the House of Commons on 30 March. The Home Office says it aims to have a draft Bill this...

Conflicting views following stress judgement.(News; teacher Alan Barber awarded [pounds sterling]101,000 )
May 1, 2004... OPINIONS are divided on whether the onus is still on employees to let their employers know that they are suffering symptoms of stress in order to claim damages, following a House of Lords judgement. Last month, a teacher who had suffered...

'Safety agency' requests should be ignored.(News)(Health and Safety Enforcement Agency)(Health, Safety and Environment)
May 1, 2004... TRADING standards officials in Liverpool are investigating a 'final notice' mailshot suggesting that companies must pay [pounds sterling]125 to receive a "copy of the new Health and Safety Law" or risk prosecution. Companies receiving the...

Noise levels set to change from 2006.(Consultation on Physical Agents Directive)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... NEW regulations reducing by 5 decibels the exposure levels at which action has to be taken to protect against noise are likely to come into force in February 2006. The changes to the existing laws are required to implement the European Physical...

Working long hours by choice.(In Brief)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Most people who work more than 48 hours a week do so largely as a result of their own choice rather than coercion by their employer, a study from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development claims. However, the survey of 750 employees...

Office staff are not switched on.(In Brief)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... A worrying 87 per cent of office-based workers cannot identify electrical warning signs, according to a survey by health and safety equipment supplier, Seton. The study asked 100 office workers to identify 18 of the most common office safety...

European safety chiefs convention.(In Brief)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Chief executives from some 26 European safety authorities were due to meet in Dublin in April to discuss a programme of reform for workplace safety and health. Making a difference--a future for European workers is reportedly the first...

Stress standards not hitting home.(In Brief)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... More than three quarters of businesses are failing to manage work-related stress as laid down in guidelines soon to be enforced by the HSE. Some 55 per cent of health and safety professionals polled by Croner are unaware of the HSE's Management...

Printing pain to be targeted by HSE.(In Brief)(Health, Safety and Environment)(Work-related upper limb disorders)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Work-related upper limb disorders (WRULDs) in the printing industry are to be the focus of a two-year initiative, which started last month. It will target WRULDs among workers engaged in preprint activities, operators of printing machines, and...

HSC appointments.(In Brief)(Health and Safety Commission )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Margaret Burns and Hugh Robertson have been appointed to the Health and Safety Commission. Margaret Burns, a teaching fellow at the University of Aberdeen Law Faculty, has been reappointed as commissioner representing public interest concerns,...

Major companies team up to drive out workplace bullies: a [pounds sterling]1.8 million campaign to eradicate workplace bullying has been launched by trade and industry secretary, Patricia Hewitt.(News)(Amicus)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The project, which is led by trade union Amicus, will work with some of Britain's largest employers to develop practical guidance to help all employers tackle bullying. Believed to be the largest study of discrimination at work anywhere in...

The Government is seeking views on reach, the European Commission's strategy aimed at protecting human health and the environment from hazardous substances.(News)
May 1, 2004... THE GOVERNMENT is seeking views on REACH, the European Commission's strategy aimed at protecting human health and the environment from hazardous substances. The proposals will require organisations to assess in much greater depth the risks...

Fined Trust in new legionella outbreak.(News)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... AN NHS TRUST has been rocked by another legionella scare at Basildon Hospital, just weeks after it was fined for failing to control the risk to patients (see In Court, SHP April, p10). A patient contracted the disease on 10 March and was...

TUC warns HSE on scattergun consultation.(News)(trade union congress warns health, safety and environment)(Health and Safety Executive)(Trades Union Congress )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... THE TUC has criticised the HSE over a lack of clarity in its approach to consultation exercises. It follows the launch of the HSE's online consultation system, which is being used for the first time to seek views on how restrictions on the...

More than 3000 HSE employees went on strike on 29 March against a below-inflation pay offer.(News)(health, safety and environment employees go on strike)(Health and Safety Executive )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... MORE THAN 3000 HSE employees went on strike on 29 March against a below-inflation pay offer. According to trades unions Prospect and the Public and Commercial Services union, which balloted HSE members on strike action, about 80-90 per...

HAVS sufferers win right to claim damages: former steel workers who have suffered from Hand/Arm Vibration Syndrome may be able to claim for damages following a Court of Appeal ruling.(News)(British Steel PLC, Steel industry)
May 1, 2004... The Court overturned an earlier county court decision in February last year, which found that three former workers at the British Steel (now Corus) plant in Llanwern, south Wales, did not have reason to bring a negligence case against their...

Ministers with responsibility for tackling illegal gangmasters came under fierce criticism for their lack of action following the Morecambe Bay tragedy, during a session of the Commons committee on environmental, food and rural affairs on 23 March.(News)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Ministers with responsibility for tackling illegal gangmasters came under fierce criticism for their lack of action following the Morecambe Bay tragedy, during a session of the Commons committee on environmental, food and rural affairs on 23...

When will this chopping and changing cease? As we wave goodbye to another safety minister, Andrew Sansom asks whether this constant ministerial merry-go-round is damaging health and safety?(News Analysis)
May 1, 2004... EVERY four years a human chain sweeps the globe, at the centre of which a humble but powerfully-symbolic torch remains present throughout. Lit using the sun's rays and a parabolic mirror, this iconic beacon is carried from country to country,...

Hello, goodbye!(News Analysis)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... SHP looks at the government ministers, past and present, who have sat in the safety hot seat April 2004 -- Jane Kennedy Kennedy was employed as a residential child care officer by Liverpool City Council from 1979-83 and as a care...

Landlord and handyman jailed for gas fire deaths: two teenage boys died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a faulty gas heater in their rented flat, for which two men have been jailed for manslaughter.(In Court)(Stanley Rogers, Barry Stone)(Keith Reynolds, Michael Frosdick)
May 1, 2004... Landlord Stanley Rogers, 62, and his workman, Barry Stone, 39, both from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, each pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter at Bury St Edmunds Crown Court on 6 April. Stone was sentenced to three years in prison and...

A day at the fair turns nasty for teenagers.(In Court)
May 1, 2004... A FAILED bolt on a big wheel ride led to two teenagers being left hanging out of a dangling car at one of the UK's biggest theme parks. This is what Guildford Crown Court heard on 29 March, when Tussauds Theme Parks pleaded guilty to a...

Insufficient guarding led to lift-shaft fall.(In Court; Kone PLC)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... SURREY-based lift manufacturer Kone plc was fined [pounds sterling]2000 by Gosforth Magistrates on 29 March after one of its engineers fell down a lift shaft. The company pleaded guilty to a breach of reg.6(3)(a) of the Construction...

Worker killed in lifting operation tragedy.(In Court; Easco-Sparcatron fined in death of Roger Ireland)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... METAL recycling company Easco was fined a total of [pounds sterling]30,000 plus full costs of [pounds sterling]15,656 at Norwich Crown Court on 25 March, after one of its workers died when a one-tonne metal sheet slipped out of a crane's claw...

'Across the board' failings cost firm [pounds sterling]113k: the death of a forklift truck driver at a Melton Mowbray firm's yard would have been prevented had a risk assessment been carried out before building work started on the site.(In Court)(Elsome Engineering)
May 1, 2004... Leicester Crown Court, sitting on 19 March, heard that Kenneth Chalk, employed by Melton Mowbray-based Elsome Engineering, was crushed to death by his own truck as he was moving steel girders from the firm's yard to its workshop in February...

Record N Ireland fine for railway death.(In Court)(John Mowlem and Company PLC, Construction industry)
May 1, 2004... BERKSHIRE-based Mowlem Railways, part of [pounds sterling]2bn construction giant Mowlem, was fined a total of [pounds sterling]75,000 at Belfast Crown Court on 10 March, the largest-ever fine in Northern Ireland for a breach of workplace health...

Mobile platform overturned because it exceeded its safe working load.(In Court)(Zurich Management Services, Railcare fined for accident)
May 1, 2004... A MOBILE elevating work platform (MEWP) overturned, injuring the passengers, because it became overloaded when a second person climbed on to it. For the incident, Aylesbury Crown Court sentenced Zurich Management Services and Railcare to...

Truck driver narrowly escaped injury in failed tandem lifting op.(In Court)(Birmingham City Council, Materials handling equipment industry)
May 1, 2004... GLOBAL material handling products manufacturer Crown Lift Trucks has been fined a total of [pounds sterling]20,000 plus [pounds sterling]6300 in costs after a forklift truck overturned during a 'tandem lifting' operation. In a prosecution...

Small firm pleads difficulty in keeping up with regulations.(In Court)
May 1, 2004... A MAN lost most of his thumb and forefinger after his hand was caught on an unguarded moving blade in a cutting machine. Horse jump manufacturer NU Direct Jump for Joy pleaded guilty at Worcester Magistrates' Court on 19 March to a breach...

Electrician fell through hole in factory floor.(In Court)(James Coglan )
May 1, 2004... ITALIAN-owned white goods firm Merloni Elettrodomestici UK was fined [pounds sterling]2800 by Stafford magistrates on 25 March after an employee fell 2.5 metres through an uncovered hole on to a concrete floor. The company pleaded guilty to...

Investigating workplace deaths: a word of caution; March last year saw the publication of the revised 'work-related deaths: a protocol for liaison'.(In Court)
May 1, 2004... This document sets out the mechanism for joint investigations by the Police and the HSE into a work-related death. The protocol effectively treats every workplace death as a manslaughter investigation until the Police are satisfied there is...

Protecting potters.(In Brief)(Ceramic and Allied Trades Union)(Funds for Respiratory Tract Diseases Diagnoses)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... More than 50 people have volunteered to take part in medical tests to identify chronic, disabling breathing difficulties--like bronchitis and emphysema--in pottery workers. Ceramics trade union CATU has pledged to consider a request from the...

Stop snooping.(In Brief)(employee monitoring)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... A new report from the TUC-backed Hazards magazine has highlighted the problems of 'Big Brother bosses'. New technologies and the lack of privacy rights at work mean bosses can monitor employees constantly and secretly, by eavesdropping on phone...

TGWU wins [pounds sterling]1.5BN in compensation.(In Brief)(Transport and General Workers' Union)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The Transport and General Workers' Union says the [pounds sterling]80 million in accident and Injury compensation won by it last year for members has taken the total won since the T & G was founded to more than [pounds sterling]1.5 billion....

Anti-terrorist moves to protect the Tube are inadequate, says RMT: rail workers' union the RMT has called for an urgent meeting of London Underground's Safety Forum to discuss security on the network in the wake of the Madrid bombings.(Trades Union News)(National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (UK))
May 1, 2004... In an environment of increasing nervousness over the threat of a terrorist attack in London, or elsewhere in Britain, the union's claims that important measures to protect Tube staff have not yet been fully implemented are likely to come under...

Strike threat over sacking of sick fire-fighter.(Trades Union News)(Fire Brigades Union)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Fire-fighters in parts of Wales are being balloted over industrial action after a colleague with a bad back was dismissed. Their union, the FBU, says it will ballot its 1000 members in the mid and west Wales region to see whether they are...

TUC makes the case for Euro votes.(Campaign to Rouse the European Electorate)(Trades Union Congress)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... For those who think European Union-led health and safety legislation is all about forcing circus performers to wear hard hats and banning fire-fighters' poles the TUC is reminding them that Europe has actually played a vital role in shaping...

Dropping health and safety into 'the Big Conversation'.(Trades Union News)(agenda of forthcoming elections)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... In what might be seen as a bid to get workplace health and safety and other employment issues on the agenda in the run up to next General Election, the TUC has challenged the Labour Party to produce a programme for the workplace in its election...

Cigarette smoke should be classed a 'killer chemical'.(Trades Union News)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... With the recently intoduced ban on smoking in confined workplaces in Ireland making headline news, the TUC has been making use of the publicity to demand that tobacco smoke be classified as a 'hazardous chemical' under European law and...

Crackdown on carcinogens and EMF: tougher EU laws are in the pipeline to reduce workers' exposure to cancer-causing substances and electromagnetic waves.(European Update)(electromagnetic fields)
May 1, 2004... Regarding the former, a revamp of the 1990 Directive (394/EC) on exposure of workers to carcinogens was announced by the EU Commission, the Union's executive arm, on 26 March. Cigarette smoke could be one of the main targets--the Commission...

The two essentials of a corporate killing law.(Open Forum)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... I have watched with interest the debate on the pros and cons of a new law on corporate killing. Of late, however, this interest has turned to exasperation as this affair would appear to be going the same way as the supposed commitment to...

Notice dropped to avoid red tape.(Open Forum)(Editorial)
May 1, 2004... I write to advise readers that the 'minded-to' notice quoted in the April's 'Need to know' is no longer in use and hasn't been for at least three years. Previously, inspectors had to serve a 'minded-to' notice before serving the actual...

Why were gangmaster warnings ignored?(Open Forum)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... With regard to comments made in the wake of Morecambe Bay, I suggest that a focus on corporate killing, while useful, has perhaps diverted attention from a much more worrying aspect of this tragedy. Many local people claimed that they had...

Safety policies need to measure up.(Open Forum)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... I would like to expand on several of the items raised by two news reports featured in April's SHP. With reference to the article 'HSC's strategy to make Britain a world-beater' I was surprised to see no mention of the strategy's lack of...

Message takes root where it counts.(Open Forum)(television shows)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Mark Linton's concern ('Popular TV shows do safety no favours', SHP, April) is, I think, unfounded. Richard Madeley, if one is to judge his output as a whole, is ignorant of a great many more things than just health and safety legislation. I...

HazOp doesn't equal a risk assessment.(Open Forum)(Hazard and Operability)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The article 'Reducing risk, and all that Haz' (SHP, March), perpetuates the common misunderstanding that a HazOp study is a risk assessment. The author suggests that completing a HazOp study is the same thing as making a risk assessment,...

Say goodbye to bureaucracy to make regulation work.(Open Forum)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... I refer to the letter by Alan Osborne in the March edition of SHP and write to support his views. The attitudes and strategies adopted by those in regulation and enforcement seem to have moved ever-further away from the realities of life....

Last-chance saloon.(Managing Asbestos)
May 1, 2004... It's 21 May 2004, and your receptionist calls to say you have a visitor. It's a HSE inspector. Not something you ever look forward to, but today is the day the 'duty to manage asbestos' comes into force. Good job you had your premises surveyed....

Protecting people, planet and profit.(Corporate Social Responsibility)
May 1, 2004... Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an inspiring, challenging and strategically important development that is becoming an increasingly important priority for companies of all sizes and types. Health and safety at work is an essential...

It's simple, stupid: heard the one about the man who poured coffee into his wellington boot? They may raise a smile, but 'stupid' accidents still need dealing with, writes Neil Budworth.(Accident Management)(David)
May 1, 2004... David was a passenger in a van and was pouring a cup of hot coffee from a flask into a cup on the dashboard while the van was in motion. The van accelerated out of a junction, the cup fell from the dashboard and the contents poured into David's...

Before the professionals arrive: no matter how good a company's safety management might be, accidents will always happen. And when they do, the effective and timely administration of first aid can be vital if any casualties are to make a full recovery. David Arnold looks at the issues surrounding workplace first-aid provision--from the initial assessment through to identifying and training the first aider.(First Aid)
May 1, 2004... The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 are now more than two decades old and, as such, addressed a workplace considerably different to that of today. In recognition of this fact, the HSE is reviewing the Regulations (1)--the outcome...

Driving less.(Managing Road Risk)(Cover Story)
May 1, 2004... Road safety is a major burden on global well-being, with World Health Organisation data suggesting that approximately 1.2 million of the 5 million global injury deaths each year are road safety-related. As more and more evidence and statistics...

Welfare behind the wheel: as well as addressing the more obvious aspects of driver safety, the HSE's guidance on driving at work (1) asks the employer to consider ergonomic issues when providing employees with vehicles. It does not, however, consider or provide an example of what a suitable ergonomic assessment may involve, so Duncan Abbott fills in the gaps.(Driving at Work)(drivers health aspects)
May 1, 2004... When an employee whose main role is driving returns to work after a physical injury, health professionals may be uncertain about what to do. The injured worker returns to work after being discharged as fit to work by their GP. Some are told not...

The new membership structure and me: Hazel Harvey explains how the proposed transitional arrangements will affect current members of IOSH.(IOSH News)(Institution of Occupational Safety and Health)
May 1, 2004... This month in IOSH News we announce the launch of new consultative document pages on our website, reveal the winners of the safety representatives competition, and Lawrence Waterman presents his vision for the future of the Institution. It...

Volunteers needed.(IOSH News)
May 1, 2004... IOSH, in keeping with a number of professional bodies, has a disciplinary committee wholly comprising individuals independent of the Institution. The panel is chaired by a barrister and the remaining members cannot be members or employees...

Annual Dinner and Awards 2004.(IOSH News)(Institution of Occupational Safety and Health)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... This year's Annual Dinner and Awards ceremony will take place at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Tuesday, 16 November. The event, always the special occasion of the year for IOSH members, provides an opportunity to celebrate the...

Time to accessorise.(IOSH News)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Are you in need of some new accessories to replace tired belongings? Or maybe you are looking for the perfect gift for the health and safety professional? IOSH's Corporate Collection range may be just what you are looking for. Currently,...

Council elections 2004.(IOSH News)
May 1, 2004... In July this year, the Institution will conduct a ballot of its corporate members to elect a new Council. Except where indicated, successful candidates will join Council after the AGM in November 2004 and serve for three years. The...

Technical enquiry line changes: the IOSH technical enquiry line--tel: 0116 257 3199--is now being supplemented by an external service provider.(IOSH News)
May 1, 2004... Enquirers still contact IOSH in the usual way and enquiries are automatically forwarded as appropriate, maintaining confidentiality. This arrangement extends our hours of service from 8.00am to 6.00pm, Monday to Friday and also allows IOSH...

Making consultation even easier.(New Feature on IOSH Website)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... A new area designed to make it even easier to keep up to date with proposed legislative changes and to enable members to get involved with responses to consultative documents is now available on the IOSH website. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Learning to manage safety in St Kitts: IOSH members were out in force at the 2003 Caribbean regional occupational safety and health conference, held in Basseterre, St Kitts in November.(IOSH News)(Institution of Occupational Safety & Health)
May 1, 2004... Following the successful 2002 'Risk, Competence and a Safe Environment' Conference in Barbados, the theme of 2003 considered the more basic question of 'Why manage safety?' Supported by the St Kitts government and NEBOSH, it sought to raise...

Lifetime Achievement Award 2004.(IOSH News)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Nominations for the 2004 IOSH/Sypol Lifetime Achievement Award are invited, to honour individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the field of occupational health and safety. The award, which is presented every year at the...

Professional development courses 2004.(IOSH News)(Institution of Occupational Safety & Health)(Calendar)
May 1, 2004... LEGAL ISSUES Profit: the missing link--getting an insight on the full business perspective 11 October LI/077/04 The case for the defence 1--defending enforcement actions 12 October LI/079/04 The case...

Developing IOSH for the 21st century: president-elect Lawrence Waterman gives his vision for the future of the Institution.(IOSH News)(trotted )
May 1, 2004... The old saw "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is trotted out as an alternative to really thinking about what is happening and how we should respond. The truth is that we don't drive our cars until the brakes fail and then get them fixed. We...

Practicalities at Portsmouth.(IOSH News)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The annual National Safety Symposium, organised by the Public Services Group and held at the University of Portsmouth from 6-8 September, will this year address some of the practical measures that health and safety specialists in public...

Meeting highlights key thinking.(IOSH News)(National Health and Safety Groups Council)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... IOSH was represented at the National Health and Safety Groups Council in January by chief executive Rob Strange and head of professional affairs, Hazel Harvey, who is the Institution's representative on the NH & SG Council. At the event,...

Freedom of information--Amendment of Section 28 of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974.(Condocs Corner)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has initiated an online interactive discussion on the removal of restrictions to the information they are allowed to disclose under Section 28 of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 (HSWA). The...

Community rail development.(Condocs Corner)
May 1, 2004... The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) has issued a consultation document that examines the future of the branch network across Britain. The SRA aims to maximise the potential of 1300 miles of local and rural railways via a strategy that aims to...

Proposals for the control of inhalable dust in coal mines--CD194.(Condocs Corner)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The Health and Safety Executive has set out proposals for new regulations and an Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) to replace the Coal Mines (Respirable Dust) Regulations 1975. The new regulations will apply to all working coal mines and cover...

A further consultative document on the proposed Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 2004--CD 195.(Condocs Corner)(amendment focuses on allergic reactions from cement exposure)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... This consultation from the HSE implements EU Directive 2003/53/EC (Amendment to the Marketing and Use Directive) under the COSHH Regulations. The aim of the amendment is to reduce the incidence of allergic contact dermatitis as a result of...

Safety rep competition winners announced: the winners of a competition that identified good practice in inspections and investigations conducted by safety representatives have been announced.(IOSH News)
May 1, 2004... The competition was the suggestion of David Eves, 2002 winner of the IOSH Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Sypol, and was funded by the prize award. In all, 23 entries were received, and the standard of the projects submitted was so...

Ireland warms up for its big event: the Ireland Branch is holding its annual conference and national safety exhibition next month in County Westmeath.(IOSH News)
May 1, 2004... Taking as its theme 'The business case for effective health and safety management', the event will bring together a number of eminent speakers to discuss some of the most topical issues for health and safety professionals in the Republic of...

Branch events.(IOSH News)(Calendar)
May 1, 2004... BRISTOL & WEST 6 May AGM followed by developments in 2004. Speaker: John Lacey, IOSH president. Venue: BAWA Club, Filton, Bristol. Time: 8am CHILTERN 20 May Technical visit to Didcot Power Station See newsletter...

Managing risk in the real world.(Manchester South Cumbria District)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Risk management and railway safety were the subject matters of the South Cumbria District's February meeting. Chris Watson, from RMC, spoke on the first subject and began by reminding delegates that risk combined both the consequences and...

Breathing life into Working Time Regs.(Manchester South Cumbria District)
May 1, 2004... The Manchester Branch South Cumbria district had an update on the Working Time Regulations and was also told how defibrillators were becoming increasingly valuable for use within the community. The district's March meeting opened with a...

Latest fire developments discussed.(Anglia South District)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The January meeting of the Anglia South District heard about the new Fire and Rescue Services Bill that was introduced recently. Chris Sullivan, from First Intervention Training, an organisation comprising the fire-fighters who served at...

Ill health and the workplace explored: a seminar that will analyse links between ill health and the workplace, providing delegates with a greater understanding of occupational health issues, is taking place later this month.(South Downs Branch)
May 1, 2004... 'Is work making you sick?' has been organised by the South Downs Branch and takes place on 19 May at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley, Sussex. The seminar will focus on five of the current hot topics in occupational health: stress, musculoskeletal...

Visible costs just the tip of the iceberg.(Edinburgh Branch)
May 1, 2004... The price of accidents and what can be done to restrict financial losses after an incident was the topic of March's Edinburgh Branch meeting. Geoff Bilton, a claims relationship consultant with Zurich Municipal, began by illustrating the...

Understand your stakeholders.(Yorkshire Branch)
May 1, 2004... Do you need to find out the most practicable, efficient and cost-effective method of managing health and safety? A seminar being run by the Yorkshire Branch may provide you with the answers you are searching for! Entitled...

IEMA annual conference.(Events Diary)(Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... 19-20 MAY The third national IEMA conference and exhibition is to be opened by keynote speaker Campbell Gemmell, the chief executive of SEPA who is due to offer an overview of policy, implementation and environmental approaches to...

Laser safety.(Events Diary)
May 1, 2004... 5 MAY The National Radiological Protection Board is running a one-day awareness course on laser safety for users of medical lasers and Intense Pulsed Light systems at the NRPB Training Centre, Oxfordshire. The course is designed to assist...

Substance abuse.(Events Diary)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... 6 MAY The IOSH Northern Ireland Branch is organising a seminar on minimising the costs associated with workplace substance abuse. Speakers at the event, taking place at Belfast City Hall, include Dr Delia Skan, senior medical advisor...