Thursday 10 December 2020, 13.30 to 14.30 Venue: Zoom meeting Topic: HSE update. Speaker: Steven Boyd, Principal Inspector of Health and Safety, Health and Safety Executive, Carlisle Steve covered three main topics during his presentation: HSE’s 2020/2021 workplan focusing on:
Preventing Legionella and stagnation in water services – awareness of problems, especially in a post Covid world.
Thursday 19 November 2020, 13.30 to 14.30 Venue: Zoom meeting Topic: Preventing Legionella and stagnation in water services – awareness of problems, especially in a post Covid world. Speaker: Niall Phillips, Hygiene and Technical Services Manager, Hydraclean Niall gave members
Managing your Fire Risk Assessment in the aftermath of Covid-19.
Thursday 22 October 2020, 13.30 to 14.30 Venue: Zoom meeting Speaker: Andy Anderson, Managing Director, SOA, Safety Ltd & SOA Engineering Ltd, Dalton-in-Furness. Andy explained that a robust workplace Fire Risk Assessment needed to follow the basic principles of all
Managing on site partners and contractors
Venue: Zoom Speaker: Gary McAteer, Safety Advisor, Management of Contractors Department, Sellafield Sites Ltd, and Director, Energy Coast, Safety, Health and Environmental Solutions. Gary gave members an insight into the way that Sellafield Ltd manages their massive decommissioning operation of
Five ways to wellbeing
21 August 2020, Zoom meeting, Speakers: Logan Smith & Doug Dennison, Directors, Unmasked Mental Health, Halifax & Logan introduced the session by telling members that mental health and wellbeing is a valuable asset that people often take for granted. He
Rising to the new challenges for our organisations as Covid-19 restrictions are eased.
Date: Friday 7 August 2020 Venue: Zoom Speaker: Elsa Mason, Director, DMA Safety Management Ltd (Inspire Safety), Seascale. Elsa’s presentation discussed the impact of Covid-19 lockdown and subsequent easing of Covid-19 restrictions on businesses and their employees. She also
How employers can spot the signs of domestic abuse in their staff and help sign post employees to find help.
Zoom meeting Speaker: Michelle Walsh, Training & Development Coordinator, Safenet After welcoming members to the joint meeting of South Cumbria & North Lancashire IOSH Branch and South Cumbria Occupational Health & Safety Group Dave Wilson, Secretary (Zoom meetings) introduced Michelle
First Aid during and following a pandemic.
Friday 3 July 2020, 13.30 to 14.30 Venue: Zoom meeting Speaker: Phil Newton, Managing Director, Skills Shop, Barrow-in-Furness. After welcoming attendees to the joint meeting of South Cumbria & North Lancashire IOSH Branch and South Cumbria Occupational Health & Safety
Covid-19: Work Management Question Time
Chair: Elsa Mason, Director, DMA Safety Management Ltd (Inspire Safety) PANEL: Carol Stearne CFIOSH, BAE Systems, Preston Dave Wilson, HSQE Manager, Playdale Playgrounds Ltd, Haverthwaite. Gary McAteer, Safety Advisor, Management Control & Oversight of Contractors & Leaseholders, Sellafield Sites Ltd,
Covid-19: Returning to the workplace
5 June 2020 Zoom meeting Speakers: Carol Stearne CFIOSH, BAE Systems, Preston and James Woolgrove FIIRSM ICIOB, Director, Heritage Health & Safety, Warton Gary McAteer, Chair, South Cumbria & North Lancashire IOSH Branch, welcomed members to South Cumbria & North Lancashire