Construction directors invited to witness live PACE interview
Representatives of the construction industry are being invited to an event where they will be shown the process of being interviewed under caution.
Working Well Together, a campaign to improve health and safety in the construction industry, has organised the half day event ‘Wrong Direction, Don’t Fall For It’ at Keele University in Staffordshire from 8.30am to 1pm on 19 September.
Presented by HSE inspectors and lawyers, a director of a fictional company will be interviewed under Police and Criminal Evidence (PACE) conditions in front of the audience.
The scenario is an employee who has fallen from height through a fragile roof, with the HSE questioning Marc Taylor, the operations director for Dizzy Heights, before deciding whether or not to prosecute the company for safety breaches.
The operations director will be cross-examined by a barrister before the barrister and the lawyer take questions from the floor.
HSE inspector, Janice Dale, said: “Protecting the health and safety of employees and/or members of the public, who may be affected by construction activities, is an essential part of risk management and must be led by those at the top.
“Failure to include health and safety as a business risk in key decisions can have catastrophic results.
“Those who come along will be able to see first-hand what it is like for a representative of the company to face questioning under PACE conditions, and the implications for those involved.”
For more information, or to book a place, contact Anne Twigg at HSE on anne.twigg@hse.gsi.gov.uk.
Construction directors invited to witness live PACE interview
Representatives of the construction industry are being invited to an event where they will be shown the process of being interviewed under caution.
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