Date and location Wednesday 8 June 2016 from 08:30, Select Security Halton Stadium, Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7DZ Event overview This free to attend seminar and mini exhibition has been organised by the IOSH Manchester and North West Districts, Merseyside and North Wales Branch committees. Topics covered by the seminar are: Disaster and Root Cause Analysis, Managing the message, Evidence/Civil & Criminal Defence, The role of the Safety Practitioner, Claims management, Expert witness in Coroners Court, Business continuity, Resilience and audit trail. Speaker details are on the website link and are subject to change. Target audience IOSH Members and guests including all the local safety groups, representatives from small and medium enterprises. Benefits of attending In attending this meeting, delegates will learn how to work together with company directors to ensure that whatever happened doesn’t happen again! In doing so, you will develop the skills necessary to engage your organisation’s board in OSH management using business speak. In turn, you will be able to show clearly the importance of investing in OSH – and give company directors the peace of mind to sleep at night! Further Information and booking An event programme and booking form are available on the IOSH website. To book your place on this event, please complete the booking form and send it to bookings@iosh.co.uk. If you have any booking queries you can also Tel: 0116 257 3197. Closing date 1 June 2016. Attendance limited so please book early. Source link

A Hampshire based engineering firm has been fined after a worker severed a finger in a metal working lathe. Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court heard how the company had allowed the custom and practice of defeating interlocks on CNC metal working lathes to develop. This meant that machines could be operated whilst allowing access to the moving parts. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the incident which occurred on 3rd July 2015 found that the worker’s hand had come into contact with the moving parts of the machine whilst he was attempting to release a jammed work-piece. This resulted in one of his fingers being severed. Repro Engineering Limited, of Aysgarth Road, Waterlooville, Portsmouth, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, and was fined £14,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,222,37. HSE Inspector Frank Flannery speaking after the case said: “This incident could have been prevented by more active and robust management action, it sends out a message to employers that tampering with safety devices can lead to injury and prosecution” Notes to Editors: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. It aims to reduce work-related death, injury and ill health. It does so through research, information and advice, promoting training; new or revised regulations and codes of practice, and working with local authority partners by inspection, investigation and enforcement. hse.gov.uk More about the legislation referred to in this case can be found at: legislation.gov.uk/ HSE news releases are available at http://press.hse.gov.uk Source link