It’s showtime for the South

The first in the series of Health and Safety events for 2011, Health and Safety ’11 – South is being held at
Sandown Park Racecourse on 1-2 March.Visitors to the event are given access to an educational seminar
programme featuring some of the leading professionals in the UK, an extensive exhibition that includes
the top providers of the latest products and services in the industry and parking – all free of charge

The first in the series of Health &
Safety events for 2011, Health &
Safety ’11 – South is being held at
Sandown Park Racecourse on 1-2 March
2011. Along with event partners 3M,
Ansell, Arco and Dupont, Health &
Safety ’11 – South is supported by the
British Safety Council and officially
endorsed by the International Institute
of Risk & Safety Management (IIRSM).

Visitors to the event are given access to
an educational seminar programme
featuring some of the leading
professionals in the UK, an extensive
exhibition that includes the top
providers of the latest products and
services in the industry and parking – all
free of charge.

Popular seminar programme
As always, the conference and seminar
programme, which includes sessions
organised by the event’s official
educational partner the British Safety
Council, promises to be a valuable source
of information for the health and safety
professional and a popular attraction for
visitors to the event.

The seminar subjects are topical and in
tune with the issues that are affecting the
industry right now, providing practical
information and advice for attendees. A
perfect example of this is the seminar by
Dr. Paul Almond, senior lecturer at the
School of Law, University of Reading,
which will give a summary of Lord Young’s
controversial health and safety review –
‘Common Sense, Common Safety’ that was
published in October 2010.

The presentation aims to summarise
the key recommendations of the report
before going on to critically evaluate the
approach taken and the proposals made.

It will conclude by looking ahead to assess
the likely impact that the proposals would
have in the future. For anyone with an
interest in politics and practice of health
and safety more generally, this will be a
seminar not to miss as it will provide
delegates with a much clearer overview of
the ‘Young Review’, why it matters and
what its publication will do to change the
world of health and safety.

Focus on health & wellbeing
General health and welbeing in the
workplace have, in recent years, been
highlighted as major concerns for
business and musculoskeletal disorders
are the second highest cause of working
days lost after mental health issues. To
address this topic, Samantha Kee from
Kee Anatomy Training will deliver her
seminar titled ‘Good Health and Well-
Being in the Workplace = Good Business’.

The presentation looks at the health and
cost benefits of involving the workforce in
the prevention and management of
musculoskeletal disorders in the
workplace. Three scenarios will be
discussed to illustrate how management
can design a working environment that
allows an 18 year-old apprentice, a 63
year-old man who is about to retire and a
4 foot 11 inches woman to work safely.

It is Samantha’s belief that if industry is
going to effectively manage the impact of
musculoskeletal disorders then the
workforce must play an integral role in
the design and development of health and
safety working practices. Delegates to this
seminar will also gain a clearer
understanding of the impact that nonwork
activities can play on worker
productivity and quality of working life.

Drama-based presentation
Something slightly different this year is
the drama-based presentation entitled
‘Safety Leadership and Culture’ which will
be delivered by Shaun Curry and Harry
Gallagher from Drama Based Learning.

The session promises to be interactive,
practical, memorable, powerful, effective
and enjoyable and Shaun and Harry say
their style of drama-based safety
programmes effect a long-term change in
attitude – not just a short term change in
behaviour and help to build lasting
positive cultural change.

The seminar is being delivered by
Shaun Curry and Harry Gallagher of
Macnaughton McGregor. Between them
they have almost 30 years’ experience of
developing and delivering interactive
drama based attitudinal safety training.

During this time they have developed
training programmes for some of the
world’s leading companies including
ConocoPhillips, Shell, Rolls Royce,
Carillion and Rio Tinto Alcan as well as
many others. They have developed and
delivered programmes all over the world
from Borneo to Trinidad, Kazakhstan to
the Middle East, and the USA to Norway.

Their approach can distil the central
message of the event and raise attendees’
awareness of the salient issues in an
interactive, thought provoking, enjoyable
and ultimately memorable way.

Although the drama deals with some of
the issues faced by supervisors and frontline
managers, the wider context is aimed
at anyone who is looking for effective
training techniques in order to make a
long lasting, positive impact upon the
safety culture of their organisation.

A key feature of the seminar is the
‘Interactive Case Study’ which will
demonstrate for front-line managers and
supervisors how to present a positive and
unambiguous safety message to the
workforce in situations of deadlines and
stress. The case study is set in a chemical
plant and the central themes of tight
deadlines, mis-communication and work
pressure will be readily recognised by a
wide range of organisations.

Shaun Curry from Macnaughton
McGregor says of the seminar: “The
central message of behavioural based
safety is very simple – ‘let’s all be safe and
look out for each other’. So why can it be
so hard to get right? We are hoping to
raise participants’ awareness of the kinds
of training tools available to them in the
area of behavioural based safety. Tools
that will increase ownership and promote
long lasting positive attitudinal change.

We are also hoping that people will take
away an enjoyable and memorable
experience.”

Legal update
In addition, Kevin Bridges and Zöe Betts
from Pinsent Masons LLP will give a legal
health and safety update with their
presentation entitled ‘The significance of
setting the right tone at the top’. It will
give an insight into potential new risks
facing businesses as a result of
developments in health and safety law in
recent years. It will also include Lord
Young’s review, Corporate Manslaughter,
the new sentencing guidelines, trends in
fines, personal liability of directors and
senior management and some simple legal
preventative measures organisations can
take as part of an incident response
protocol.

Each year the Health and Safety Events
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 second
to none. These elements combine to
ensure that visitors to the show 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.

ARCO, one of the UK’s leading experts
in workplace safety will be exhibiting at
Health and Safety ’11 – South, and in
addition to this, their Director of
Consultancy Services, Ken Smith will
deliver a presentation at 9.05am on both
days of the event, entitled: ‘Safety is a
Can-Do Business’. The seminar aims to
challenge the misconceptions that health
and safety can be restrictive to business
and will highlight the benefits of doing it
right. Legislation requires that you
manage health and safety in all areas of
business and therefore it should become a
positive approach to good business
management.

Toyota Materials Handling UK will be
exhibiting at the Health and Safety’11 –
South event. The key highlights of the
Toyota exhibition stand will be the BT
Pro Lifter hand pallet trucks, the BT high
lifter hand pallet truck and the BT Mini
Mover powered pallet truck.

In addition, Toyota Material Handling
offers a manual handling guide available
for free on request. This guide offers both
employers and employees guidance on the
safest ways to lift, stack and move items in
the workplace. Toyota believes the guide
will help employers to ensure they are
meeting their legal obligations to protect
their workforce from injury. A
comprehensive assessment checklist will
help businesses to measure and assess
their current manual handling practices
and identify areas for improvement.

Toyota offers a complete range of
solutions to cover any application
requirements. Products include:Hand
Pallet Trucks, Powered Pallet Trucks,
Powered Stackers, Order Pickers, Tow
Tractors, Reach Trucks, Counterbalance
engine and electric forklifts, Very Narrow
Aisle.

Health and Safety ’11 – South
represents a great use of time for visitors
from virtually any industry and at any
level, not just health and safety
professionals. With the outstanding
combination of the seminar programme
and the quality of the exhibitors, it makes
this an event you don’t want to miss.

Free parking is provided at the event
and registering for the exhibition and
seminars are also free. You can register
online at www.healthand
safetyevents.co.uk/safetyevents10/home”
or by calling the event hotline on: 0870
4866816.