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2009 October HSE (Agric) Training and Education Group Seminar explaing the VQs @ Stoneleigh. Warwickshire with Adam Hensen - the farmer in Countryfile, and the "Make the Promise" team. Account of proceedings in NPTC magazine 2008 October Farming fatalities as bad as ever - up to nearly 10 per 100,000 workers = worst industry & 10X average, 2007/08 statistics - and these may be an underestimate according to Hazards. July
April Work & Pensions Committee of MPs says that t here is 'widespread concern that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is inadequately funded,' undermining its ability to carry out its work, MPs have warned ministers. The Commons Work and Pensions Committee report called for more 'front line' health and safety inspectors, more frequent site visits, bigger fines and more prosecutions, all measures running counter to HSE's practice over recent years. Corporate Manslaughter Act comes into force April 6. Centre for Corporate Accountability & Audit & Information Pack help identify, assess, and improve areas that may need attention.
March Institute of Occupational Medicine says it is 'concerned that HSE is under-resourced to meet its core responsibilities' at Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into working of the HSC Medical Mystery in meat production in Minnesota. January European Parliament sets targets to reduce accidents by 25% in report that "Considers that tailored vocational training and retraining in the field of health and safety at work must be offered to employees and health and safety representatives with specific attention paid to sub-contracting, temporary work, part-time work, women, and migrant workers; considers that national and EU funds must continue to be used in this respect" (para 27). This now goes to EU Commission. Details of Resolution Jan 15 Congratulations to Hazards who won the Workworld Media Awards (awarded by Work Foundation) for online media for "its spiky determination to campaign for those at the rough end of working life" - for second year! 2007 December ENTO is consulting with interested parties on how to develop a UK-wide Sector Qualification Strategy (SQS) for Health & Safety to outline current and future learning and qualifications needs. Complete the survey of interested parties November What do you think of Health & Safety? The Better Regulation Executive in the Government's Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform department (BERR) "are looking at the roles of employees and their representatives, insurers, customers, consultants, trade bodies, lawyers and G.Ps as well as health and safety and environmental health inspectors" - and want you comments - before end of Jan '08 September Unite union's Landworker frontpage Aug 07, and TUC 'Risks', welcome new Agric H&S programmes BSI updates H&S management system OHSAS 18001 to new standard that emphasises 'health' more, uses hierachy of control and encourages participcation and consultation. More and Order Direct from BSI Hazards 100th edition (What they say about Hazards), "has not only survived litigation, libel charges, government monitoring, greylisting and a declining union membership, but has got bigger and better!" - since the Birth of Hazards Bulletin. July HSE produce "Worker consultation & involvement" pdf as key plank of their Strategy to 2010. June UK says Reasonably Practicable OK. Up in EU Court, EU Commission challenges UK in Court (Case C 127/05) saying SFAIRP (so far as is reasonably practicable) "flouts Framework Directive" (pdf). "As far as is reasonably practicable": Advocate General says UK is OK to use the words in H&S law. Judgement of ECJ June 2007 says reasonably practicable OK
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