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 Safety Performance Leading Indicators Workshop 16/03/2010- 16/03/2010
  Safety Performance Leading Indicators Workshop
Coventry Hilton Hotel
From: 16/03/2010 - 16/03/2010

This workshop covers identifying appropriate risk control systems and critical elements for monitoring reporting and reviewing data, through SPLIs, to provide indications of hazards. The session will also include a review of the process from a company that has recently implemented SPLIs. The cost to attend is £99.50+Vat for members, and £195+VAT for non-members. Payment must be made before the event and any cancellation made after 2/3/10 is non-refundable. To reserve your place email claire.morris@chemical.org.uk or call 01270258444


 Event management 24/03/2010- 24/03/2010
  Event management
Stadium of Light, Sunderland
From: 24/03/2010 - 24/03/2010

An opportunity to debate the key issues relating to the Dreamspace inflatable artwork case is being organised by IOSH on 24 March 2010 at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland.

Pam Waldron, Head of Operations for the HSE’s Field Operations Directorate in the North East, and Neil Malkin, senior investigating officer for Durham Constabulary, will outline details of the circumstances and failures that led to the tragedy, the investigation, and the Crown Court trial.

Other high-profile speakers will talk about what you need to know to run events safely, from managing crowds effectively to liaising with the emergency services and contingency planning.

The event will run from 9am to 4pm and costs £45 + VAT for IOSH members and £65 + VAT for non-members. To find out more, visit the event website, or call Susan Philips at IOSH on 0116 257 3243, or e-mail susan.phillips@iosh.co.uk


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 IOSH 10 conference 24/03/2010- 25/03/2010
  IOSH 10 conference
SECC, Glasgow
From: 24/03/2010 - 25/03/2010

The annual IOSH conference returns in 2010 to The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow. Taking place from 24 – 25 March 2010 and running in conjunction with an extensive exhibition, the programme will deliver informative sessions to help health and safety practitioners protect their budgets in the global economic downturn, secure senior management engagement and demonstrate where health and safety adds value to their organisations. News broadcaster Gavin Esler will chair the conference and numerous industry-leading speakers will deliver topical and informative sessions. Highlights include: Judith Hackitt CBE, Chair, Health and Safety Executive, James Clappison MP, Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions, Elaine Dorward-King, Global Head of Health, Safety and Environment, Rio Tinto, Tim Roberts, Head of Health and Safety, Glastonbury Festival, Inder Poonaji, Head of Health, Safety and Environment, Nestlé UK, Alan Barlow, Head of Health and Safety, The Natural History Museum, Alison Reid-Wright, Health and Safety Manager, Ofcom The conference will offer four different tracks throughout the two-day event to provide delegates with a varied programme and ensure they walk away with answers to the most pressing issues facing health and safety practitioners today. The four tracks are Legal and regulatory compliance, making business sense, safer working environments, and thinking ahead.
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 BOHRF Conference 25/03/2010- 25/03/2010
  BOHRF Conference
Royal College of Physicians, London
From: 25/03/2010 - 25/03/2010

The British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) is holing a conference on occupational allergies. The conference will include a systematic review of global research on the risk management of occupational dermatitis; evidence based guidelines for employers on employing a worker that has asthma; Enzyme sensitization; and influencing GP behaviour regarding the jobs that people do. To register to attend this free event email annamcneil2@aol.com


 Universities Safety and Health Association spring conference 13/04/2010- 14/04/2010
  Universities Safety and Health Association spring conference
Manchester Metropolitan University
From: 13/04/2010 - 14/04/2010

USHA (Universities Safety and Health Association) has launched its programme for its spring Conference on 13th -14th April 2010 at Manchester Metropolitan University.

This year the core theme covers Training, Learning and Competence...everyone needs some T.L.C…with keynote speakers from the UK and Overseas.

The conference highlights will include talks from: Judith E Hackitt CBE Chair of the Health and Safety Executive; Hazel Harvey Professional Affairs Director - IOSH; Keith Scott, Chair of IIRSM and Nicola Stacey of Health and Safety Laboratories.


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 IRM Global Risk Management Professional Development Forum 19/04/2010- 21/04/2010
  IRM Global Risk Management Professional Development Forum
Keele University, Staffordshire
From: 19/04/2010 - 21/04/2010

IRM’s new Global Risk Management Professional Development Forum has attracted over 30 international risk experts and thought leaders from seven countries to be speakers and panellists.

Day One will feature a high powered “Question Time” panel, which will respond to questions from delegates about current challenges in risk management.

Day Two sees the return by popular request of Stephen Carver, Cranfield lecturer, project management expert and storyteller, this time turning his attention to the Battle of Britain as the supreme lesson of managing complex programmes under conditions of extreme uncertainty, and the conference concludes with Steve Head of Headstart, performance management specialist, who will energise delegates to take away what they have learned and put it into practice.

The forum will also feature a comprehensive range of specialist workshops on topics essential to risk management, with workshop leaders travelling in from India, Denmark, Norway, South Africa and Malta to share their expertise.


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    circa £45,000: The Crown Estate The Crown Estate, valued at over £6 billion, manages a highly diverse property portfolio across the UK. Our property ranges from offices and shops in the heart of London, to farmland and forestry through to the foreshore and seabed. Every year we pay all London, with travel
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    £35,055 - £37,851 pa: London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham is a vibrant place to live and work. It has a diverse workforce of 6,500 and a community rich in cultural heritage. It also boasts stately riverside walks contrasting with the new Westfield shopping centre, a mas Central London
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Logistics: New guidelines for loading haulage vehicles
It's an excellent document, lots of very helpful information.
http://www.wincanton.co.uk/downloads/en/Industry_Guidelines_Working_at_Height.pdf


Inspector boob causes regulator to back down over workplace calendar
Not only does this over zealous incident show the regulator and h&s is a bad light, but it does also question the competency of the inspector.

Note to the Editor: I must confess I was so impr

Inspector boob causes regulator to back down over workplace calendar
Such poor advice by a so-called H&S professional really does undermine the credibility of the majority of H&S advisors and or inspectors. What on earth was this inspector thinking about? Political cor

Logistics: New guidelines for loading haulage vehicles
Andy – this is not immediately easy to find, nor is the link immediately obvious. However, if you type into Google: Wincanton Building Products Delivery Working Group, a pdf of the guidelines should c

Worker buried alive after unsupported trench collapsed
£5,500 What is Mr Hill going to take away from this court case? £5k thats pocket money!

Inspector boob causes regulator to back down over workplace calendar
I'm still struggling to see what authority a H&S inspector would have to issue a demand that this type of material should be withdrawn. The possibility of harassment maybe? Regardless of that it isn't

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