Health and Safety Executive

HSE Research Ethics Committee Agenda 10 September 2009

ETHCOM/AG/09/03

The fiftieth meeting will be held on Thursday 10 September 2009 in Meeting Room 11, Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton at 11am.

  1. Introductions and apologies
  2. Formal declarations of interest
    • general - new affiliations
    • specific - interests in proposals to be considered at this meeting
  3. Minutes of the forty-ninth meeting – 2 June 2009     
    (ETHCOM/MIN/09/02)
    Matters arising (not covered by agenda)
  4. Update on proposals considered at the forty-ninth meeting                                            
    1. A study to establish the reproducibility and test conditions required for optimum measurement of oto-acoustic emissions (OAE) (ETHCOM/REG/09/03)
    2. Biomarkers in tear fluid to monitor the irritancy potential of silica dust (ETHCOM/REG/09/04)
  5. Medical Secretary's Report (ETHCOM/SEC/09/03)
  6. New proposals for consideration
    1. Influencing dutyholders in the management of noise risks (ETHCOM/REG/09/05)
    2. Risks associated with pushing and pulling II (ETHCOM/REG/09/06)
    3. Evidence on the rate of progression or regression and incidence of vibration-induced injury (ETHCOM/REG/09/07)
    4. An investigation into the use of plasterboard manual handling aids in the GB construction industry and factors helping and hindering the practicability of their application (ETHCOM/REG/09/08)
  7. Any other business
    • Afternoon tour of HSL facilities
  8. Date of next meeting

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