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Health and Safety Seminar 2019

1st May 2019 | Arburg, Royal Leamington Spa, CV34 6RH

The 2019 BPF Health and Safety Seminar has been designed to provide a comprehensive exploration of the key Health and Safety issues facing our industry. Topics at this event will include presentations on Lone Workers, Stress, Wellbeing as well as a case study on working from height from a plastics company.

This is your opportunity to network with your peers and to listen to insightful presentations.

Who should attend: This seminar is aimed at senior and middle managers from companies in the plastics industry who are responsible for health and safety within their organisation.

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Seminar Programme


10:00 Registration and Refreshment

10:25 Chairmans Introduction - Mic Hewer

10:30 Health and Safety Changes to look out for in 2019
          Jane Ball, Croner

10:50 
Accident Survey - The Latest Numbers - Matt Davies, British Plastics Federation, Mic Hewer

  • Discover the latest statistics on accidents within our industry
  • Learn the state of Health and Safety in the plastics industry in the UK

11.00 Health and Safety in Practice in Our Industry - A Case Study: Working from Height, Staci Courtney, Amaray
               
Presentation by Stuart Honeywood

  • An exploration of the problems Amaray were encountering
  • How Amaray went about creating a solution to the problem
  • Issues that were encountered along the way
  • What the Final Results of their Endeavours were

11:30 Morning Break

11:50 
Knife Safety, Harry Dalton, Slice

  • How ceramic technology has led to increased knife safety relative to traditional cutting technology
  • How utilising ceramic technology has led to minimising cuts and lacerations within manufacturing companies

12:15 Duty of Care for Lone Workers, Luke Jones, Plester Group,  Matthew Cole, Allianz Insurance

  • What your legal responsibilities are
  • Common sense measures that you should be putting in place.

12:40 Networking Lunch

13.40   Identifying and Managing Stress for Safety Critical Rolls, Dr Ludmila Musalova, Green Street

  • Discuss the importance of psychological wellbeing in safety critical roles.
  • Demonstrate the negative impact of stress (impaired psychological well-being) on safety-related outcomes, such as increased involvement in incidents, at-fault crash risks, fatigue related to near misses, non-compliance and decreased safety participation.
  • Provide strategies on how to identify and manage stress in safety critical roles.
  • Draw out barriers and enablers to successful implementation of stress management strategies.
  • Review current wellbeing strategies used across high hazard industries for safety critical roles to prevent and mitigate the effect of stress.

14:10  Promoting Wellbeing in a Supportive Culture, Carolyn Yeoman, Ocaid Wellbeing

  • Tips and advice for promoting wellbeing within your organisation
     

15:10 Afternoon Break and Close


Prices
  • SIMPL Members £129 + VAT
  • BPF Members £159 + VAT
  • Affiliate Members £189 + VAT
  • Non BPF Members £219 + VAT  

 

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