Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Safety Groups UK and the HSE

Roger Monaghan, Principal Inspector and Head of Midlands Division External Relations Team is the HSE representative on the Safety Groups UK Management Committee.

Partnership Agreement

Safety Groups UK has recently reviewed it's positive 'Partnership agreement' with the Health and Safety Executive setting out a number of commitments to support one another.

DERM Project

Safety Groups UK has successfully delivered the DERM project in association with the HSE and BSIF. "Prevent Work-Related Dermatitis. It's in your hands"

The project produced a simple information leaflet to help successfully manage work-related dermatitis and the delivered ten seminars - 'Rash Decisions Affect Your Business' hosted by Safety Groups throughout the country.

HSE wrote a letter of thanks to Safety Groups UK for helping deliver significant objectives of the Disease Reduction Programme.

More information on the DERM project

HSE Priority Themes

Safety Groups UK are committed to encouraging Groups to focus on HSE's priority themes.

Partnership Agreement

The HSE and Safety Groups UK signed a partnership agreement in 2006, this partnership agreement was reviewed and updated prior to the Safety Groups UK AGM 2009.

The partnership agreement outlines how the Health and Safety Executive and Safety Groups UK will work together.

Current HSE/Safety Groupd UK Partnership Agreement (Click here to download the document in a PDF format PDF document)

Specific objectives of this partnership are:

  1. to support the Health and Safety Executive's Strategy
    “The Health and Safety of Great Britain - Be part of the solution"

  2. to develop efficient and effective communications between HSE and Safety Groups UK and where appropriate align the priorities of Safety Groups UK Health and Safety groups with those of HSE.

  3. to jointly develop and deliver an agreed programme of work to make a significant and timely contribution to specific projects which support the HSE Strategy.

  4. to support the Safety Groups UK management committee in its efforts to improve the performance and effectiveness of Health and Safety groups, especially with regard to promoting their activities and health and safety priorities amongst small and medium enterprises and other hard to reach employers and employees;

  5. to provide resources where appropriate to support Safety Groups UK in achieving the partnerships objectives

Nominated Representatives:

HSE
 Roger Monaghan
  Principal Inspector – Head of Midlands Division External Relations Team, HSE
Safety Groups UK
Roger Bibbings ,
  Secretary, Safety Groups UK

 

 

HSE Priority Topics

Shattered Lives

The campaign aims to raise awareness of the risk of a slip, trip or fall from height at work. There will be campaign activity throughout most of 2008. A slip, trip or fall can happen in any work place and last year over 14,000 workers found out what a shattering effect a serious injury that is all too often the result of a slip, trip or fall at work, can have on their life.

Through Shattered Lives, Health and Safety Executive and their partners aim to help those most at risk and their managers to stop slips, trips and falls in their work place.

www.hse.gov.uk/shatteredlives/index.htm

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Asbestos - the hidden killer

During October and November 2008 HSE in partnership with key stakeholders will be running a national campaign to target tradesmen (primarily plumbers, electricians, joiners as well as other tradesmen) who are still at risk from exposure to asbestos.

The primary aim of the campaign is to raise awareness amongst tradesmen that they are more at risk than they think from asbestos. The campaign also aims to encourage tradesmen to find out more about asbestos and the precautions they should be taking.

www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/hiddenkiller/index.htm

Campaign leaflet (pdf documentpdf document)

 

Moving Goods Safely

Moving Goods Safely (MGS) is a national project involving both the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Local Authorities (LA) working in partnership.

The project aims to reduce injuries and ill-health arising from the movement of goods from supplier through haulier to the recipient and end user including any home deliveries.

The project will focus upon the delivery and collection of goods and the hazards this generates.

It covers the main areas that cause the majority of injuries and ill-health to workers, including:

  • Workplace transport;
  • Slips & trips, and;
  • Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD).

www.hse.gov.uk/movinggoods

The Safety Groups UK Management Committee are currently planning a serious of Moving Goods Safely Seminars to support the Campaign.