HSE Research Ethics Committee - Committee Information

ETHCOM/AG/06/01

Health and Safety Executive Research Ethics Committee

The thirty-ninth meeting of the Research Ethics Committee will be held on Monday 27 February 2006 in the Hope Room, Rose Court, London.

The meeting will begin at 10.45am

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AGENDA

1. Introductions and apologies.

2. Minutes of the thirty-eighth meeting - 23 November 2005 (ETHCOM/MIN/05/02).

3. Matters arising (not covered by agenda):

• (i) Update on proposals considered at the thirty-eighth meeting
  • A comparison of two manual handling techniques performed within the warehouse area in the mattress manufacturing industry. (ETHCOM/REG/05/08)
  • The efficacy of risk control measuresd for kneeling work (ETHCOM/REG/05/09).
  • Enforcement policy statement – phase 1: victims and workers (ETHCOM/REG/05/10).
• (ii) Mr Morland to raise with relevant HSL teams the issue of fundamental errors arisinf in submissions.

4. Medical Secretary's Report ( ETHCOM/SEC/06/01 )

• Audit or research?
• AREC

5. New proposals for consideration

• Provision of scientific and technical support to the integrated clothing project (ETHCOM/REG/06/01).
• Verification of undressing and decontamination procedures. (ETHCOM/REG/06/02)
• Investigations of the levels of biomarkers after ingestion of the acceptable daily intake of four pesticides (ETHCOM/REG/06/03).
• Health and safety in nail bars (ETHCOM/REG/06/04)

6. Social science research in HSE: presentation by David Riley, HSE Head of Profession for Government Social research.

7. Advice on ethical considerations in train crowding experiments.

8. Any other business.

9. Date of next meeting.