IOSH Midland North District

21 January 2016

Meet The Regulators

 Housekeeping
• Fire Safety

• Toilets and facilities

• Phones – silent/vibrate please during the presentation

District News
The Staffordshire Branch

18th February 2016

 Dates For Your Diary
18th February – Staffordshire Branch Launch
Dame Judith Hackitt – Chair HSE – The New HSE Strategy

17th March – CDM 2015, twelve months on

Darren Bedson CFIOSH – Managing Director - BPA Services

21st April – Fire Risk Assessment and Control

John Berrisford - Staffordshire Fire and Rescue
 Meet The Regulators

Wayne Owen
Principal Inspector
Health and Safety Executive

Adrian Allman
Principal Environmental Health Officer
Stafford Borough Council

John Berrisford
Business Support Lead
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Wayne Owen
HM Principal Inspector
Health & Safety Executive
Stoke Office
 What is the Health & Safety Executive?

– Central government – the civil service

– Implementing Government policy
– Enforcing the criminal law
– Inspecting high risk workplaces
– Investigating deaths and serious injuries
– Investigating complaints
– Giving advice
Fee For Intervention
 Cost recovery if material breaches of
law are identified by inspectors
 No material breach – no fee
 User pays
 Applies to businesses inspected by
HSE with some limited exceptions
 How Many?

How many people die whilst at work in the UK?

How many accidents at work?

How many deaths from asbestos exposure at work?

How many workplaces?

How many HSE inspectors?

 How Many?

How many people die whilst at work in the UK?

Around 140
How many accidents at work?

How many deaths from asbestos exposure at work?

How many workplaces?

How many HSE inspectors?

 How Many?

How many people die whilst at work in the UK?

Around 140
How many accidents at work?
Around 629,000
How many deaths from asbestos exposure at work?

How many workplaces?

How many HSE inspectors?

 How Many?

How many people die whilst at work in the UK?

Around 140
How many accidents at work?
Around 629,000
How many deaths from asbestos exposure at work?
Around 2,500
How many workplaces?

How many HSE inspectors?

 How Many?

How many people die whilst at work in the UK?

Around 140
How many accidents at work?
Around 629,000
How many deaths from asbestos exposure at work?
Around 2,500
How many workplaces?
Millions
How many HSE inspectors?
 How Many?

How many people die whilst at work in the UK?

Around 140
How many accidents at work?
Around 629,000
How many deaths from asbestos exposure at work?
Around 2,500
How many workplaces?
Millions
How many HSE inspectors?
Around 500
Great Britain’s Health and
Safety Record
6 point Health and Safety
Strategy 2016
1 - Acting together
Promoting broader ownership of health and safety in Great Britain
2 - Tackling ill health
Highlighting and tackling the costs of work-related ill health
3 - Managing risk well
Simplifying risk management and helping business to grow
4 - Supporting small employers
Giving SMEs simple advice so that they know what they have to do
5 - Keeping pace with change
Anticipating and tackling new health and safety challenges
6 - Sharing our success
Promoting the benefits of Great Britain’s world-class health and safety
system
HSE priority areas for proactive
work – 2015/16
 Any premises where we have
intelligence that risk is not being
controlled
 In addition, focus will be on 4 health
topics and 4 safety topics
 The 4 health topics are:
Respirable Crystalline Silica
 Foundries
 Stonemasons
 Brick/tile manufacture
 Ceramics
 Concrete/cement manufacture
Asthmagens & Carcinogens
 Plastics manufacturing
 Woodworking/furniture
 Ship/boat building & repair
 Molten metals
 Metal fabrication
 Food & drink manufacture
 Baking
MSDs
 Food and drink manufacture
Asbestos
 Waste Transfer Stations
Safety Topics
 Fairgrounds – concentrating on
travelling showmen
 Refuse collection activities – LAs
 Fragile roofwork – wherever
encountered
 Non-major hazard chemical sites
As well as inspection topics,
examples of other higher profile
HSE work this year in
Staffordshire and Shropshire
 Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation
Trust
 Alton Towers
 Legionella Outbreak
Further information
 www.hse.gov.uk Free publications and
guidance
 Upcoming Events: health and safety
events in Stoke (27th Jan) and
Shrewsbury (9th March) – topics
covered: respiratory risks, asbestos,
HAVs, Noise, Confined Spaces
Thank you
IOSH Midland North District

21 January 2016

Meet The Regulators

 Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Business Support Team

What do we do?

John Berrisford
Business Support Lead
Staffordshire Fie and Rescue Service
The Business Support Function
• launched in September 2009

• re-branded from “Commercial Fire Safety Department”

• dedicated business support team

• partnership and collaborative working, added value…

Why Business Support?
• Influenced by changes to legislation and working practices

• Enforcement and the need to respond to those changes

• Range of topics, not typically limited to fire safety advice

• Statutory role as regulator, the main perception / expectation

Contribution far beyond those expectations!
• Developed a number of ways to support local businesses
• Providing active services “when they are really needed”
• Ofqual level 2 fire safety awa
(CIEH Level 3 fire risk assessmen

• Ofqual level 2 health and sa

• FPA fire warden / fire safety

• Evacuation chairs / methods

• Incident support (live fire atte

• 24 hour response (protracte

Active partnerships and Recognition
• Many local businesses
• The Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce
• The North Staffordshire Health and Safety Group
• The Fire Protection Association
• Local Enterprise Partnership
• Local authorities

Activities recognised at both national and regional levels for innovation and
commitment.
Parliamentary debate, Fire Minister recognises Staffordshire’s efforts
Developed specific services and
support mechanisms by...
• Providing advice and support that is tailored to businesses in
order to assist in the prevention of fire and other emergencies.

• Providing support and information to businesses that have had a

fire, both at the time of the fire and post fire.

• Providing training and instruction that incorporates training

packages that have been developed top provide long term
training solutions rather than a one time fix.

• Providing specific business support visits that allow the recipient

to generate the agenda and lead the support activity with our
assistance.
Address: Tilcon Avenue, Stafford SP
Plastics Stafford

Date: 30 October 2014 mobilised at

17:16

Incident #: Staffordshire 060717-

30112014

Incident: Fire involving large mount of

stored fire works, persons reported,
fire well developed and explosions on
arrival of first appliances.
Support and advice provided
Business Support initiated: S4390 (Business Support Officer)
mobilised following a direct request from the Incident
commander.

Support provided: Information gathering and initial

communication route established with other businesses affected
by the incident. Managed information flow and updates to the
other businesses with regular briefings.

Post Fire Summary: Two persons confirmed deceased, building

structure damaged beyond economical repair, building owner
located and assisted / during and post incident. Specialist
services commissioned in order to expedite recovery.

Client Comment: “there’s no way I could have managed all this

on my own, it was a mine field, the BST were there when I
 Zero
Prosecutions

Minimum
Enforcement
Education
Encouragement
Enforcement
 Open Q&A and Discussion

Wayne Owen
Principal Inspector
Health and Safety Executive

Adrian Allman
Principal Environmental Health Officer
Stafford Borough Council

John Berrisford
Business Support Lead
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
 Dates For Your Diary
18th February – Staffordshire Branch Launch
Dame Judith Hackitt – Chair HSE – The New HSE Strategy

17th March – CDM 2015, twelve months on

Darren Bedson CFIOSH – Managing Director - BPA Services

21st April – Fire Risk Assessment and Control

John Berrisford - Staffordshire Fire and Rescue