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13 January 2014
News release: British Safety Council
Changes to UK health and safety law in focus at British Safety
Councils
Manchester conference, 26 February 2014
The British Safety Council is holding a half-day conference in
Manchester on 26February to update employers in the north west of
England and surrounding regions onimportant developments in UK
health and safety legislation, practice and enforcement.
Aimed at employers, directors and managers in businesses and
organisations of all types, sizesand sectors, the conference will
shine a light on some of the major workplace risks employershave to
manage and seek to improve employers knowledge about how best to go
aboutmeeting this challenge.
Taking place from 8.1512.00 at the Midland Hotel in Manchester
city centre, the conference
will feature expert speakers from the health, safety and legal
worlds, including representativesfrom the Health and Safety
Executive, Manchester-based law practice Osborn, Abbas Hunt andSt
John Ambulance.
In light of the coalition governments continuing efforts to
simplify the UKs legal framework forhealth and safety and the
ever-present threat of prosecution and heavy fines for
thosebusinesses who fail to meet their health and safety duties,
the conference will focus strongly onrecent changes to the law and
trends in health and safety enforcement and prosecution.
The speakersLee Hughes, regulatory lawyer at Osborn Abas Hunt,
will explain how an apparent trend toprosecute company directors
and managers when taking corporate manslaughter charges
against a business highlights the risk of employers failing to
ensure adequate health and safetystandards at work. Meanwhile,
Peter Savage, chief operations officer at St John Ambulance,
willexplain how, following a legal change in October 2013,
employers must now carry out their ownchecks on the competence of
first aid training providers, rather than relying on a
previoussystem of approved trainers run by the Health and Safety
Executive.
Paul Cook from the Health and Safety Executive will explain how
new guidance on managinghealth and safety provides an effective
framework for identifying, assessing and controllingcommon
risksthereby protecting employees and others from the risk of
injury and ill health.Nattasha Freeman, head of health and safety
at property consultancy GBR Phoenix Beard, willprovide an overview
of key developments in the regulation of health and safety in
construction.
Nattashawho is a past President of the Institution of
Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH),the membership body for
health and safety professionalswill explain recent changes to
thelegal controls on work with asbestos affecting the construction
and refurbishment sectors, andgovernment plans to simplify the
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007,which place
health and safety duties on all parties involved in major
construction work. She willalso draw on her extensive experience as
a construction health and safety professional tooutline ways of
managing the risks from fire in large occupied buildings.
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Finally, Gary Jewkes and Tony Murphy from Ellesmere Port-based
legionella managementspecialist Wrights Services UK Ltd, will
explain their experiences of controlling exposure to thepotentially
dangerous bacteria at a complex industrial site. Wrights Services
UK is contracted tocontrol legionella in water systems at ESSARs
giant Stanlow Oil refinery in Ellesmere Port,Cheshire, and Gary and
Tony will outline some of the techniques used to protect
employeesand the public from the threat of developing Legionnaires'
disease.
The conference also provides an opportunity to gain continuing
professional development(CPD) credits for Institution of
Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and International Instituteof
Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) CPD schemes.
Neal Stone, director of policy and research at the British
Safety Council, said: In 2012 -13, 15people lost their lives while
at work in the North West and 2,337 suffered a major injury,
makingit vital for employers across the region to effectively
manage the risks to their workers healthand safety.
The British Safety Councils half-day conference provides an
ideal opportunity to keep abreastof recent developments in health
and safety policy, law and practice, understand the
legalrequirements in this area and learn about best practice from
experts in the field.
How to bookDelegate fees are 90 + VAT for British Safety Council
members, and 115 + VAT for non-members. Delegates who book and pay
for their place(s) by 15 January 2014 will beautomatically entered
into a prize draw to win a Kindle Fire (terms and conditions
apply).
To book go to:www.britsafe.org/keepup,(Tel) +44 (0)20 8741 1231,
or(email)[email protected]
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Full conference programme, 8.1512.00
Key developments in construction regulation including changes to
asbestos regulationand CDMNattasha Freeman, head of health and
safety, GBR Phoenix Beard, IOSHpast president
Update on HSEs review of guidance including Plan, Do, Check, Act
(INDG275rev) Paul Cook, external guidance review team, Health and
Safety Executive
Health and safety legal update including leading cases and major
developments LeeHughes, regulatory lawyer, Osborn Abas Hunt
Legionella: identifying, managing and controlling legionella
bacteriaGary Jewkes,managing director and Tony Murphy, safety
advisor/QA manager, Wrights Services
UK (major contractor at ESSARs Stanlow Oil refinery)Changes to
First Aid at Work Regulations, what it means for you: the benefit
of trained
first aiders in the workplacePeter Savage, chief operations
officer, St JohnAmbulance.
Venue detailsThe Midland Hotel, Peter St, Manchester M60
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