27 February 2006
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
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 measures 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 arising in submissions.
4. Medical Secretary's Report (
ETHCOM/SEC/06/01
)
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.
