Speaker: Leona Cameron, HM Inspector of Health & Safety, HSE Carlisle Date: 20 September 2018 Venue: The Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11 6ET Unfortunately Mark Dawson, Principal Inspector Health & Safety (Cumbria & north Lancashire)was not able to visit…
First Aid and emergency First Aid training – how much is enough?
Speakers: Richard Nicholson, Senior Trainer, Nationwide Fire Training & James Woolgrove, Director, James Woolgrove Associates Date: 19 July 2018 Venue: The Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11 6ET Richard and James made a helpful presentation about ways of assessing workplace First Aid training…
Works visit to BAE Systems Submarines
Hosts: Ian Burns, SHE Director, BAE Systems Submarines & Tracey Armistead, Senior SHE Adviser & Occupational Hygienist, BAE Systems Submarines Venue: BAE Systems Submarines, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria After members had completed their security checks they were taken to a conference room where…
Working at height: management of scaffolding, portable scaffold towers and ladders
Date: 17th May 2018 Venue: The Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11 6ET Speaker: Ian Tongue, E, H and S Manager, BEP Project, Sellafield Ian began his presentation with a summary relevant UK regulations and useful sources of…
Why? And How? The business case for changing workplace culture and managing stress effectively
Speaker: Emily Pearson, Head of Workplace Wellbeing, Be.Wellbeing Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Date: 19 April 2018 Venue: Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria Emily immediately gained members’ attention when she began her presentation with a challenging discussion question: Why should you care? Followed by…
COSHH: helping SMEs by focusing on Quantity, Concentration and Duration
Speaker: Eddie Kalinowski, Health, Safety & Environment Manager, Dugdale PVC, Sowerby Bridge Date: 15 March 2018 Eddie started his presentation with a slightly different interpretation of the COSHH acronym: Chemicals Often Sting Hurt and Harm you to help people understand…
Work Experience pupils training sessions
Date: 7th March 2018 In response to a request from one of the school’s teachers members of South Cumbria & North Lancashire IOSH Branch & South Cumbria Occupational Health & Safety Group joint committee agreed to organise some health and…
Driving on company business
Speaker: Tony Hart BA Dip Arch RIBA NRBOSH, Senior Architect, Sellafield Sites Date: 15th February 2018 Venue: The Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria Tony gave us a thought-provoking presentation on the need for effective management of employees who are routinely expected…
CDM (2015) in practice at the construction stage
Date: 18 January 2018 Speaker: James Riddick, Health & Safety Adviser, Eric Wright Group, Preston James gave us a thought-provoking presentation that focussed on practical ways of complying with the requirements of the CDM Regulations 2015 during the construction stage.…
Integrated management systems: a risk based approach
Date: 14 December 2017 Venue: The Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11 6ET Speaker: Richard Jones, Business Delivery Manager, Compensation & Land, Environment Agency, Warrington Richard explained that it was possible for companies to develop risk based management systems that met…