The 2012 Annual Glass Industry Health and Safety Conference, to take place on Thursday 3 May 2012, will have guest speakers from the HSE board, Health and Safety Laboratory, Eversheds LLP, Sovereign Risk Solutions, and will provide thought-provoking, informative and important information to delegates across the glass industry.
A landmark event, the 2012 Annual Glass Industry Health and Safety Conference, will see the launch of the industry’s new strategy – ‘GLASS Charter 2020’ – and its renewed commitment to continuous improvement in health and safety. Featuring guest speakers from the HSE board, Health and Safety Laboratory, Eversheds LLP, Sovereign Risk Solutions, as well as the personal testimony of Jen Deeney who will explain first-hand the consequences of a workplace fatality. The event is not to be missed and will provide thought-provoking, informative and important information to delegates across the glass industry.
The glass industry has a long track record of taking a proactive approach to health, safety and sensible risk management. The industry, in partnership with HSE and unions, launched the ‘GLASS Charter’ initiative in 2001 in order to push forward improvement in health and safety – the first initiative of its kind – and now, 10 years on, is setting about refreshing the scheme and setting a new ambitious strategy leading forward to 2020. This conference will see the official launch of this strategy as well as the opportunity to explore and discuss the wide range of changes hitting business and health and safety over the coming year.
Frances Outram, Health and Safety Executive Board Member, will open the conference and feedback to industry on the significant achievements made across all glass sectors, whilst reporting on the on-going changes both to the HSE as a regulator and the regulatory framework itself – with fresh calls from the governments’ budget announcing that 84% of regulation will be scrapped or improved.
Jennifer Deeney will remind us all of the real importance of taking health and safety seriously – giving her account of the life-changing incident that cut short the life of her newly married partner just weeks after her marriage.
Jane Hopkinson, Senior Psychologist at the Health and Safety Laboratory, will report on the safety climate survey and how issues such as behaviour, human factors and safety culture have a profound effect on the safety performance of all organisations.
Tim Hill and Lindsay Taylor, Eversheds LLP, will investigate the forthcoming Fee for Intervention (FFI) charging regime from a legal perspective and explore scenarios that will allow delegates to understand how the scheme could affect their activities.
Finally, delegates will hear from Mike Cowburn, Soveriegn Risk Solutions Ltd., about how the insurance industry is responding to government strategy, and the Prime Ministers’ Insurance Summit in February 2012, and how this will affect what they require from business and the way that claims will be handled in the future.
The Annual Glass Industry Health and Safety Conference will be held on Thursday 3 May 2012, and will take place at the Moat House Hotel, Stoke-on-Trent. For further information, to book places, or to become involved with this event please contact info@glasscharter.co.uk or telephone 0114 290 1850.
Full event details, flyer and booking form can be found at: http://www.britglass.org.uk/sites/default/files/Annual Glass Industry Health and Safety Conference 2012.pdf
British Glass represents the interests of all sectors of the glass industry in the UK. Its main activity is in representing the industry at European, national and local level on a wide range of topical legislative issues. It also conducts independent research into all aspects of glass production and technology.
The UK glass industry is responsible for employing over 100,000 people throughout its supply chain. Over 6 in every 10 bottles/jars in UK shops are made in GB and the industry is a true reflection of UK manufacturing success.
GLASS Charter was launched in 2001 and was developed to reduce accidents across the industry by 30% over 10 years. The Charter is designed to help companies to improve their health and safety performance through best practice guidelines, ideas and information exchange and advice.
GLASS Charter Awards recognize and reward individuals, teams, sites or whole organizations for significant improvement, contribution or performance in health and safety. The awards cover all size of business and award individuals from the shop floor through to board level in member organizations.