Speaker: David Mason, Director, Inspire Safety Date: 11 April 2019 Venue: Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria Dave introduced himself by explaining that he had a wide range of safety management experience including being Health & Safety Director at Travis Perkins prior
New Chairman!
At our AGM on 11 April 2019 James Woolgrove stepped down from his role as Chairman of SCOHSG after four years. During that time he has raised SCOHSG’s national profile and ensured that our joint meetings with South Cumbria &
Consequences of a fall from height; a though provoking personal account
Date: 21 March 2019 Speaker: Jason Anker MBE, Director, Anker & Marsh Jason introduced his presentation by explaining that he had adopted a different approach to his presentations because he had recently put his accident into perspective. He then used
What you should be expecting to see from your scaffolder
Date: 21 February 2019 Speaker: Mark Clark, Managing Director, Clarke Health & Safety Consultants Ltd Gary McAteer, Vice Chairman, South Cumbria & North Lancashire IOSH Branch, welcomed members to the Branch’s joint February meeting with SCOHSG. He then introduced our
The future of the health and safety profession: attracting the next generation.
Speaker: James Quinn, Vice President, IOSH & HS&E Manager, Bouygues Construction Date: 17 January 2019 Venue: The Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11 6ET Jim Tongue, Chairman, South Cumbria & North Lancashire IOSH Branch, welcomed members to a joint meeting with SCOHSG.
SCOHSG wins GOLD
28 January 2019 Lord Brougham and Vaux, President of Safety Groups UK and one of the UK’s acclaimed safety peers, presented a Gold award to representatives from SCOHSG at an award luncheon held in the House of Lords terrace room.
A practical approach to workplace manual handling
Speaker: Paul Barden, Director, Get Set Training, Leeds Venue: The Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11 6ET Jim Tongue, Chairman, South Cumbria & North Lancashire IOSH Branch, welcomed members to the meeting. He then introduced Paul to the group. Paul explained
Leading self and others through imposed workplace change
Speaker: Andy Harmer, Head of Leadership Development, VA Consultants, Kendal Venue: The Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11 6ET Andy adopted an interactive approach to his subject; he ensured that no-one was allowed to fall asleep in the back row
Sound, Suffocation and Fury: solving the challenges posed by managing noise, HAVs, confined spaces & consideration of related health surveillance
Date: Thursday 18th October 2018, 09.15 to 16.00 Venue: The Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11 6ET Tim Briggs, Director & Programme Leader, Safety Health and Environmental Management Courses, Leeds Beckett University & Chairman, IOSH Professional Standards Committee chaired a successful
HSE update 2018
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