Health & Safety ’10 goes north

A new ‘Plant and Machinery Safety’ zone to be
introduced to the Health & Safety ’10 series at the
northern leg of the show will provide latest products
knowledge and expertise in this area

New for the Health and Safety ’10 –
North exhibition is a dedicated
‘Plant and Machinery Safety’
zone where visitors can source the latest
in products, services and consultancy
from the most forward thinking
companies in this field. The zone, which
is sponsored by the Laidler Group – CE
marking and machinery safety experts –
also provides attendees with a number of
free practical and educational seminars.

Along with the Laidler Group, zone
partners, Wieland Electric – a leader in the
field of pluggable connections for
building system technology and industrial
automation – and Rockwell Automation –
provider of power, control and
information systems and services – will be
presenting seminars on topics relevant to
professionals working specifically in the
area of plant and machinery safety.

With 3M, Ansell, Arco and DuPont as
event partners, Health and Safety ’10 –
North will take place at The Reebok
Stadium in Bolton on the 13th and 14th
October 2010. It offers a free seminar
programme, free exhibition and free
parking, enabling people at all levels to
find the latest in health and safety
information, products, services and
consultancy all under one roof.

One of the main attractions for visitors
to the event is the free conference and
seminar programme which includes
sessions organised by the event’s official
educational partner, the British Safety
Council (BSC). The seminar topics
included have been specifically chosen by
BSC to provide maximum benefit to the
visitor and, at Health and Safety ’10 –
North for example, this includes a new
seminar presented by Kevin Bridges and
Zoe Betts from Pinsent Masons LLP
giving a health and safety law update
entitled: ‘The significance of setting the
right tone at the top’.

The seminar aims to provide the
audience with an insight into new risks
facing businesses due to developments in
health and safety law in recent years,
including Corporate Manslaughter (new
sentencing guidelines, personal liability of
directors and senior management)
emphasising the significance of setting the
right tone at the top of the organisation
and giving some simple legal preventative
measures organisations can take as part of
an incident response protocol.

In addition, Mark Thomas, policy
advisor of the Health and Safety
Executive’s (HSE) Slips, Trips and Falls
Team will give a presentation on: ‘Slips
and Trips: Can the problem be solved?
Some success stories’. It will cover how to
tackle slips and trips in the workplace,
outline key issues that contribute to these
accidents, describe HSE action in these
areas and detail available guidance. It will
also give some case studies from a variety
of sectors that have had success in
reducing the number of these accidents.

A full programme of seminars can be
found at: www.healthand
safetyevents.co.uk
The list of companies supporting the
exhibition is extremely impressive and
demonstrates the emphasis that major
companies in the safety industry are
placing on this event. For a full list of
exhibitors visit: www.healthand
safetyevents.co.uk
Tim Else, event director, says of the
events: “Each year we work in partnership
with the UK’s top safety product and
service providers, as well as the leading
safety industry organisations to provide
an exhibition and conference programme
that is relevant to today’s health and
safety professional or indeed anyone with
a responsibility for safety in the
workplace, be that in an office, a factory
or on a building site. All of these
elements, plus the addition of a dedicated
‘Plant and Machinery Safety’ zone,
combine to ensure that visitors are offered
a truly valuable experience in terms of
knowledge gained, the opportunity to
network with other professionals in health
and safety and meet the industry’s most
respected organisations”.

To register for the event for free, visit
www.healthand safety