Safety Management Services Europe on BBC News in August
SMS Managing Director Philip Marsden appeared again recently on BBC News programme Look North as their recognised Health and Safety expert to give his reaction to the increase in workplace fatalities in the last year. Philip was interviewed by Harry Gration in the studio in Leeds to discuss Health and Safety performance of companies during the economic downturn. Workplace fatalities in Yorkshire have risen in the last 12 months, as they have nationally, and there has been concern that some companies may be cutting spending on Health and Safety in Yorkshire.
SMS Consultants register on HSE Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register
Philip Marsden CMIOSH Dip2OSH MIIRSM and Andy Langham CMIOSH DipNEBOSH MIIRSM are now registered on the HSE's new Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR). You will find them in the North Yorkshire section of the register.
About the OSHCR
The Government accepted the recommendation outlined in the report, 'Common Sense, Common Safety'to professionalise health and safety consultants. The report recommended a qualification requirement that all consultants should be accredited to professional bodies and a web-based directory of accredited consultants should be established.
A network of professional bodies and stakeholders have been working together in partnership to develop this register. They have agreed that a minimum standard should be set for consultants to join the register. This will help employers know that those consultants on the register have been assessed and met the minimum standard by the professional bodies that they belong to.
This minimum standard has been set at a degree level qualification, at least two years experience and active engagement in a continuing professional development scheme. All consultants who join the register are bound by their professional body/ bodies code of conduct and are committed to providing sensible and proportionate advice.
Businesses that use the register to find a consultant will be able to find details of those with experience in their type of work who give general advice on how to manage health and safety risks. These consultants will have had their qualifications and experience assessed by their professional body.
If your company wishes to know more about what SMS Europe Health and Safety Consultants can do for your business, please contact us on 0845 224 0028.
SMS Europe on the BBC SMS Europe Ltd Director Philip Marsden appears on the BBC giving his thoughts about noise made by pigs at feeding time.
HSE Pledge - Have you taken the pledge?
SMS Europe Ltd have commited to the HSE pledge:
We, the undersigned:
Agree to play our part in reducing the numbers of work-related deaths, injuries and ill-health in Great Britain.
Call on employers to put health and safety at the heart of what they do and to take a common sense approach to health and safety.
Commit to debunking myths around health and safety that trivialise the impact of injuries, ill health and deaths on individuals and their families.
Recognise the importance of health and safety in difficult economic times and the dangers of complacency.
Pledge to work with the Health and Safety Executive and its partners to Be Part of the Solution.
Read more about the Pledge here
Safety Management Services Europe are now providing noise surveys to the highest professional standards. Using the latest technology supplied by Cirrus our surveys meet the standards required by HSE for the latest Noise at Work Regulations which recently came into force. Why not ring us for a free quotation today?
Working Safely the one day course licensed by The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health has been fully updated. We are pleased to announce that we have introduced this material into all our future courses.
Safety Management Services Europe on BBC News in August
