SAFETY WORKING GROUP 2016/17 REPORT Adam Latimer SWG Chairman Director, Ian Farmer Associates (1998) Limited
Our Members • Adam Latimer Ian Farmer Associates • Julian Lovell S M Associates • Jon Christie BDA Safety Chair • Peter Boyd AECOM • Madeleine Bardsley Amec Foster Wheeler • Marian Markham CH2M • Henry Chapman Harrison Group • Ashley Nicholls Southern Testing • Rob Ainsworth Soils • Sandy David Listers Geotechnical • Tom Collins Applied Geology • Steve Everton Jacobs • James Elson BAM Ritchies • Mike Smith M A Associates • Kieran Gadd ESG • Michael Coates Geotechnics
The Group Aims • Meet four times a year • Work closely with the HSE and other safety groups • Provide free guidance to all our members • Publish industry guidance on health and safety • Free to download resources from the AGS website • Provide shared learnings through safety bulletins and alerts
New Safety Guidance • Manual Handling • Safe Use of Slope Climbing Rigs • Working on Derelict Sites • Working on the Rail Infrastructure • Working in Highway Environments • Risk of Unexploded Ordnance • Safe Excavation of Trial Pits
New Health Guidance • Contaminated Land • Stress • Legionella • Leptospirosis • Injurious Plants • Silicosis
2017 Topics • CAR-SOIL (asbestos in soil guidance) • Brexit impact on Safety Legislation **Thank-you for listening**
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