SAFETY WORKING GROUP 2016/17 REPORT Adam Latimer SWG Chairman - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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**