HSE THE YEAR AHEAD

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HSE THE YEAR AHEAD

• Jonathan HolveyHM Principal InspectorExternal
  Relations Manager

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HSE THE YEAR AHEAD

• Where have we come from ?30 years of HSEa
  bold and far reaching piece of legislation
• Where are we going? to gain recognition of
  health and safety as a cornerstone of a civilised
  society

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How did we intend to move the agenda forward ?

• HSC Revitalising Health and Safety
• HSC Strategy for Workplace Health Safety in
  Great Britain to 2010 and Beyond
• Public Sector Agreement Targets
• DWP Welfare Reform Green Paper

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HOW ARE WE DOING ?

• Progress towards PSA targets good
• More work to do on major accidents and fatals
• Targets on ill health being met

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How are we going to get there?

• More programme led interventions
• Focussing on best use of resources linked to
  outcomes

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Move towards programme led interventions

• To Reduce incidence of injury, ill health and
  days lost
• HowTargeting interventions at hazards and
  employment sectors where incidence is highest and
  we can have most impact

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Strategic Delivery Programmes

• Fit3 (Fit for work, fit for life, fit for
  tomorrow)
• Major Hazards

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Programmes of Work
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Fit3 PSA Targets

• By 2007/2008 we need to deliver against a
  baseline of 2004/2005 a
• 3 reduction in the incidence rate of
  work-related fatal and major injuries
• 6 reduction in the incidence rate of cases of
  work-related ill health
• 9 reduction in the incidence rate of days lost
  due to work-related injuries and ill health

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Injury Reduction

• Slips and Trips
• Workplace Transport
• Falls from Height
• Construction

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Ill Health Reduction

• Stress
• Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Occupational Health Support
• Disease Reduction
• Noise and Hand Arm Vibration
• Workplace Health Connect

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Days lost reduction

• Public Services
• Return to work and managing Sickness Absence

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What does this mean in practice ?

• National media campaigns
• Programme Directed Inspection
• Not all visits will cover all topics

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Timetable for major campaigns

• Height Aware Launch 10th May by Lord
  HuntAwareness Events in London 19-30
  JuneSupported by targeted inspection
• Backs 2006 16th October 5th November 2006

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Timetable for major campaigns

• Moving Good Safely Continues in London as MGS
  11/2MGS2 interventions November to April

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Falls from Height
Height Aware Campaign
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Height Aware

• Target groups are
• Electricians, mechanical and electrical fitters
• Painters and decorators, window cleaners,
  TV/audio engineers caretakers
• Facilities managers, landlords

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Backs 2006!

• Building on success of last year
• Promote the use of sensible workplace precautions
  
• Also focus on managing back pain
• New strand of managing sickness absence and
  return to work

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Moving Goods Safely 2

• Combining
• Workplace Transport
• Slips and Trips
• MSDs

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Stress the story so far

• Development of HSE Management Standards for Work
  Related Stress
• Willing 100
• HSE Stress Partners

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Stress 2006

• 67 regional workshops
• Persuade managers of case for MSA/R2W
• Enable HR professionals and practitioners to
  tackle work related stress in their organisation
  and in particular to use the HSE Management
  Standards

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Workplace Health Connect
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WHC How it works
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Jonathan Holvey HSE London

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