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SAFETY WORKING GROUP REPORT 2017-2018

Adam Latimer SWG Lead Director, Ian Farmer Associates (1998) Limited

Our Current Members

• Adam Latimer

Ian Farmer Associates

• Julian Lovell

Equipe Group / S M Associates

• Jon Christie

BAM Ritchies / BDA Safety Chair

• Peter Boyd

AECOM

• James Harrison

Delta Simons

• Madeleine Bardsley

Amec Foster Wheeler

• Marian Markham

CH2M

• Henry Chapman

Harrison Group

• 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

• Tristan Morgan

WSP

• Rosie Bloxham

RSK

The Safety Working Group Aims

• Meet four times a year in London
• Work closely with the HSE and other industry safety

groups

• Provide free guidance to all our members
• Publish industry guidance on health and safety
• Free to download resources from the new AGS website
• Provide shared learnings through safety bulletins, good

practice and safety 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
• Injurious Plants
• Review of Older Guidance

New Health Guidance

• Contaminated Land
• Stress
• Legionella

Hot Topics

• Safe Excavation of Trial Pits
• BRE 365 Soakaways

Article “A Moment of Stupidity”

• Extract from IOSH Magazine 22nd February 2018

– An experienced scaffolder was given a suspended prison sentence and community service after he was spotted by a former HSE Inspector working 18m above the ground without edge protection and in a safety harness that was not attached to an anchor point. – The HSE found that the scaffolder’s employer had taken reasonable steps to reduce the risk of its employees falling while working at height. He was experienced, well trained and was given the correct PPE to carry out the job safely.

Article “A Moment of Stupidity”

• Extract from IOSH Magazine 22nd February 2018

– The prosecuting judge, said “the employee had not been under pressure to complete the work quickly and believed it would have been more than reasonable to expect him to undertake the work correctly with his ample training and eight to nine years of experience” – The HSE inspector said this case “serves to remind employees that they have a duty to look after themselves.”

And Finally

• We are always looking for new members
• We need any safety alerts
• Share any good practice

**Thank-you for listening**