BSA 'Affordable Training' - Manual Handling Afternoon
16th March 2011 in Brentwood
With thousands leaving work every year before normal retirement age due to musculo-skeletal problems - particularly bad backs - employers will come under increasing pressure to ensure that manual handling risks are minimised and managed properly:
We are running a 'public' half day training course on Manual Handling at a cost of £75 per person at the Holiday Inn, Brentwood on from 1.30 - 5.00pm on Wednesday 16th March 2011.
If you might be interested in more details on this course which is a practical way to demonstrate that reasonable training has been carried out, please email us via bsims@bsims.co.uk .
If you have particular Manual Handling needs - office, site, workshop, delivery, construction etc, let us know and we will try to ensure that we cover your needs in the appropriate detail.
All our courses are delivered by competent coaches and certificates of attendance are provided.
We also run 'private' or one-company specific courses on a wide range of Health & Safety subjects Call Glen, Roger or Bernie on 01483 467270 to discuss what you need.
The Brentwood Manual Handling Course immediately precedes the Health & Safety Update Seminar in the same location and entitles delegates to get in FREE!
BSA Seminar Season - Health & Safety Update Seminars
kick off in Brentwood on 16th March
There are 5 dates for 2011 - See http://www.bernardsimsassociates.com/page/events for details.
The first seminar is at the Holiday Inn in Brentwood on Wednesday 16th March. The format is to meet at 6.00pm for a drink and a snack buffet (sandwiches etc). We start the seminar at 6.30pm and finish promptly at 8.00pm and have a bit of a 'networking' session (chat in the bar) afterwards! Cost is £25 for up to 3 people from the same business.
We provide CPD certificates for those who record continued professional development but they are also useful in contributing towards demonstrating 'competence' in health & safety.
In this seminar we will be looking at:
- Health & Safety: Managing Risk v. Producing Paperwork
- Recent Health & Safety Executive Guidelines and interventions: e.g. Temporary works design, corporate manslaughter (failure in management and failure in design)
- Open forum - issues that you may be interested in!
To come along, simply download the response form, complete and return to the BSA office!
First corporate-manslaughter conviction delivers £385,000 penalty
Today, the he first company to stand trial under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 has been fined £385,000 after being found guilty by the jury at Winchester Crown Court. In the first case of its kind this ruling is sure to send shockwaves through the construction industry. The managing director of the company was individually charged but this was later dropped due to his ill health.
Geologist Alexander Wright from Cheltenham died in September 2008 when a 12.6ft (3.8 metres) deep unsupported trial pit that he was working in alone caved in at a development site in Brimscombe Lane, near Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Cotswold Geotechnical was on Tuesday found guilty at Winchester Crown Court of corporate manslaughter relating to Mr Wright's death.
The judge, Mr Justice Field, said the gross breach of the company's duty to Mr Wright was a "grave offence".
He said the company, which was described in court as in a parlous financial state, could pay the money back over 10 years at a rate of £38,500 per annum.
He explained the fine marked the gravity of the offence and the deterrent effect it would have on companies to strongly adhere to health and safety guidance.
Inspectors begin blitz on refurbishment sector
The HSE is currently undertaking a nationwide round of inspections on construction sites in a bid to reduce the toll of death and injury in the sector. This will last for one month.
The blitz, which is now in its fifth year, will focus heavily on refurbishment and maintenance activities. The latest annual health and safety statistics revealed that nearly three-quarters of the 42 construction deaths last year (2009/10) related to these types of tasks.
During the unannounced visits HSE inspectors will check that sites are managing work at height safely, that they are in good order to avoid trips and falls, and that walkways and stairs are free from obstruction. They will also monitor whether equipment is correctly installed, maintained and used.
In March last year, inspectors visited 2414 contractors at 2014 sites across Britain. A total of 691 enforcement notices was issued at 470 sites, with inspectors issuing orders to stop work immediately in 359 cases - either because of unsafe work at height, or because sites lacked good order.
HSE's chief inspector of construction, Philip White, said: "This will be the fifth year that we have run the inspection initiative across Britain and we anticipate that there will be examples of both good and bad practice - those where employers are taking all the measures they can to protect their workers, and those where safety is way down the list of priorities.
More details from the HSE
An enforcement notice can cause costly delays as well as being commercially embarrassing. If you want to check that your safety management processes are working and your risk of enforcement notices is minimised, call BSA on 01483 467270. We are also running 2 Day Site Supervisor Safety Courses under our 'Affordable Training' banner (see below).
H&S Complaints:
The law requires employers and the self-employed to conduct their business in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons affected are not exposed to risks to their health or safety. This includes providing essential welfare facilities for employees.
If you consider that your employer (or someone else’s) work activity is putting your safety at risk or damaging your health, then you should raise your concerns with that employer or person. If no improvement is made and your safety or health continues to be at risk, then you can report your complaint to the relevant enforcing authority and ask them to look into it.
You can find out what the health and safety law requires and if you are legal by contacting one of our consultants.
2 day Site Supervisors course
With 'competency' being a key driver of health & safety, BSA has developed a 2 day Site Supervisors course. Following the success of the December and February courses, the next course is on 29th and 30th March 2011in Guildford and further dates will be planned. Please call 01483 467270 for details.
The course will cover
•The Health and Safety at Work Act and relevant regulations
•Specific site issues, which will include site set up, controls, working at height and CoSHH
•Tool box talks
•Control of subcontractors
•Health issues including asbestos and silica dust
The course will include continuous and multiple choice assessment and a certificate issued to successful candidates. The cost is just £250 + VAT per person. For details, click here. To apply call 01483 467270, email james.v@bsims.co.uk or barbara@bsims.co.uk
