Events
National food and drink manufacture health and safety conference (28-29 September 2010)
Following the success of previous annual conferences the Food and Drink Manufacturing Health & Safety Forum and the Food and Drink Group of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) will be running another two-day conference in September 2010.
The conference programme will have the theme 'Delivering health and safety solutions' and cover a range of important topics including an analysis of injuries in the sector and guidance on working at heights, manual handling, workplace transport, machinery safety and behavioural safety.
The conference is aimed at a wide audience - directors, factory managers, site managers, plant designers, health and safety officers, occupational health professionals, HR/personnel managers, process development managers, technical managers, supervisors, trade union safety representatives etc..
There will be places for 150 delegates, however early booking is recommended as the previous seven events were fully subscribed.
Venue: The Oxford Belfry Hotel, Oxford
Date/time: 28-29 September 2010
Booking: Booking arrangements
Reducing MSDs - HSE's new ART tool - Workshops during 2010/11
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the biggest cause of occupational ill health in the UK. HSE's excellent new Assessment of Repetitive Tasks (ART) tool can be used to highlight risk factors, allowing practical steps to be taken to reduce the likelihood of injury.
IOSH Food and Drink Group, assisted by experts from HSL and HSE,have already run four half-day workshops on reducing upper limb disorders (ULDs) and the use of the ART tool. Further workshops may take place in late 2010 and/or early 2011.
Local food industry Health and Safety Groups
In recent years many food manufacturers have jointly set up health and safety groups in their region. These include:
- Food Industry Safety and Health Network (FISHNET) covering Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex
- Food Industry Regional Safety Team (FIRST) covering Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire
- Northwest Food and Drink Group covering west and north Yorkshire
- Somerset and Dorset Food Industry Group
- Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire Food Industry Health and Safety Group
- North West London Food Industry Safety Group
In addition there are many local general industry health and safety groups in existence. Two which have a largely food industry membership are:
- Humberside Occupational Health and Safety Group (RoSPA) covering Hull and Yorkshire
- South Humberside Health and Safety Group (RoSPA) covering Grimsby and Lincolnshire
As contact details for these groups change frequently it is not possible to provide contact addresses on this page. However contact details can be obtained from HSE's Food and Drink Manufacture Section.
