Health & Safety '09 goes North
July 1st 2009 If you are a regular reader of HSM, enjoy its easy to read
style and live within easy travelling distance of Bolton
then Health and Safety 09 – North, an event that
combines seminars and an exhibition is certainly worth
noting in your diary.The event replicates the
combination of legislative news,practical advice and
new technology and service information which
distinguishes the magazine, and like the magazine it's
all available free of charge.
Health and Safety '09 – North
sponsored by DuPont, will take
place at The Reebok Stadium in
Bolton on the 6th and 7th October 2009.
With a free seminar programme, free
exhibition and free parking, the event
enables those with a need to find the
latest in health and safety information
and products to do so in a time and costeffective
way.
One of the main attractions is the free
conference and seminar programme that
includes sessions organised by the event's
official educational partner, the British
Safety Council (BSC). The seminar topics
have been specifically chosen by BSC to
provide maximum benefit to the visitor.
The educational programme includes a
seminar entitled 'Helping Young People
Manage the Risks That They Will Face in
the workplace' presented by Neil Stone
from the BSC. This seminar is particularly
relevant to those that need to employ
young seasonal workers such as students.
According to BSC, young people are twice
as likely to have an accident at work as their
adult counterparts. This seminar will survey
the measures put in place by BSC, and
others, to raise young peoples' awareness of
the risk of injury and ill-health.
Also on the BSC's seminar programme
is a presentation from Nigel Bryson of
Bryson Consulting entitled 'People
Support What They Help Create'. Nigel's
presentation will identify the business
benefits that effective workforce
involvement brings to health and safety
issues such as reductions in accidents and
ill-health and increases in productivity or
service performance. Based on case
studies, the presentation will identify how
effective workforce involvement can help
drive continuous improvement of health
and safety performance in organisations.
Another seminar which will prove
useful to attend is given by Paul Clow of
DuPont Safety Resources. Entitled
Managing Safety - Simple Everyday Help
for Managers and Supervisors seeks to give
practical, every day advice for managers
and supervisors working on the premise
that it is easy to know in theory what you
have to do to manage safety but less easy
to know how to do it in practice.
Comprehensive exhibition
In terms of product and service solutions
the list of companies attending the
exhibition is extremely impressive.
Relevant to a cross section of industries
are the many providers of Personal
Protection Equipment including glove
specialists such as Ansell and Marigold
Industries, safety eyewear providers such
as Scott Health and Safety and innovative
work wear from the likes of DuPont. The
exhibition also boasts a good many
training providers, for example Training
2000 offers courses in mechanical
handling including courses on mobile
access platforms, reach trucks and
counterbalance trucks. For a full list of
exhibitors visit: www.healthand
safetyevents.co.uk
A number of high profile organisations
and institutions also choose to exhibit at
the event and are available to offer advice
on a range of safety issues. The Health and
Safety Executive, as well as conducting a
seminar session to provide an update on
its recent Asbestos campaign, will have a
team of advisors available to handle visitor
queries. The Chartered Institute of
Environmental Health and The Institution
of Occupational Safety and Health will
also be represented to assist both members
and non-members.
Tim Else, event director, says of the
events: "By working in partnership with
the UK's leading safety suppliers and
service providers, as well as the industry's
most respected organisations, we are able
to deliver an innovative format which is
ideally suited to today's information
hungry, time-poor visitor. This, combined
with elements such as the free parking
makes the regional Health and Safety 09
events extremely cost-effective."
Registering for the events or seminars is
free. Registration is via:
www.healthandsafetyevents.co.uk or for
those without internet access registration
can be completed by calling the event
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