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Following the release of this month’s annual SAFELEC 2010 Progress Report, concerns have been expressed about the progress the electrical sector is making on managing health and safety.

Peter McCormick, Chair of Energy Networks Association's (ENA) Safety Health and Environment Committee and Company-side Chair of the National HESAC said: “2007 was not a good year for health and safety within the electricity networks sector. Tragically there were a number of fatalities to employees of ENA member companies. We will be commissioning independent research to examine the ‘safety culture’ within our sector to understand better why this should happen in spite of the best efforts and resources that we as a sector put into managing safety.”

Human reliability is a significant factor behind more than 85% of accidents, and arguably the greatest challenge to those responsible for ensuring safe places of work.

With this in mind, RoSPA has used its vast experience to develop its Behavioural Safety courses, which provide guidance on introducing a sustainable behavioural safety programme, developing a positive safety culture and troubleshooting existing programmes. By establishing the principal causes of human error and health and safety violations, these innovative courses can play a vital role in realising the vision of an accident and injury free culture.

Next course dates:
Introduction to Behavioural Safety: December 01, 2008
Behavioural Safety – Further Steps: January 08, 2009

For more information please call 0121 248 2233 or e-mail training@rospa.com.

Alternatively, you can call our dedicated in-company training team who can tailor courses to your specific organisational needs, and arrange for a safety audit on 0121 248 2076.

Don’t forget, discounted rates are available for RoSPA members.

Specially designed for organisations with more than one site, RoSPA’s Corporate Membership can help ensure all your sites enjoy RoSPA membership benefits.

Some of these benefits include:

Join before 30th Sept and we will waive the one-off administration fee worth up to £299*

To receive your tailored corporate membership proposal, please call RoSPA’s Corporate Membership Liaison Officer, Deborah Henry on 0121 248 2051 or visit http://www.rospa.com/joinrospa

* Administration fees vary depending on number of sites

With the holiday season well and truly upon us, safety near swimming pools and water should be at the forefront of parents' minds when their children are exposed to swimming pools and other potential hazards.

In the UK, the latest drowning statistics available are for 2005 and show the suspected accidental drowning fatalities were 435, of which 39 were children aged 0-14.

Popular questions from parents this time of year are:

All these questions are answered on RoSPA’s Water and Leisure section.

There are also other various resources freely available online including water and leisure information sheets and R U A Dummy 2? - an educational resource aimed at young people aged 12-16.

74th Road Safety Congress - Road Safety: What Have We Learnt?

Taking place in Blackpool on February 23-25, 2009, RoSPA’s 74th Road Safety Congress will be focusing on how lessons learnt from the past can help shape the future of Road Safety Policy.

Book online now – www.rospa.com/road
Booking Hotline – 0121 248 2120

The NEBOSH National Diploma is the most widely recognised academic health and safety qualification in the UK, and the benchmark against which other qualifications are compared.

With over 90 years experience in the field of safety and health, RoSPA is well recognised for delivering exceptional training. In fact pass rates for RoSPA NEBOSH National Diploma delegates regularly exceed the national average.

In addition, by studying with RoSPA you will also benefit from our unique NEBOSH Diploma Mentoring Package, which provides a real return on your investment and includes:

Next course dates Birmingham: September 01, 2008, January 05, 2009

For more information please call 0121 248 2233 or e-mail training@rospa.com.

Don’t forget, discounted rates are available for RoSPA members.

24th September – RoSPA Scotland Occupational Safety and Health Congress

Running under the theme ‘Leadership, Partnership, Progress’ this year’s RoSPA Scotland Congress will offer the opportunity to network with some of Scotland’s leading experts in occupational safety and health, and the health, work and well being agenda.

Featuring presentations and case studies from high profile organisations such as The Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland, HSE, Healthy Working Lives Group, and Pinsent Masons, Congress will encourage thinking beyond existing networks, by drawing together key stakeholders with an interest in influencing the wider public health agenda within Scotland.

This year’s event features many flexible booking options. To give you the best value and convenience, you can book for the full day, or just the AM or PM session. All delegate packages include lunch.

Better still, whatever package you opt for, book before August 13, 2008 and receive a 20% discount.

More than 15,000 young people have been seriously injured in work related accidents in the last ten years.

Young workers are particularly prone to accidents in the work place due to their lack of life experience and health and safety training, but help is on hand from RoSPA.

Half a million students go on work placements each year. If your organisation arranges, monitors or administers work experience placements, then the IOSH Work Placement Assessors course could be relevant to you and your colleagues.

This two-day course provides an understanding of the responsibilities of all parties involved in work experience placement, the ability to identify a range of common hazards presented by workplaces and to ensure employers fulfil their health and safety responsibilities to those on work experience placements.

Next course dates: Edinburgh September 24, 2008, Birmingham November 03, 2008.

For more information please call 0121 248 2233 or e-mail training@rospa.com.

Don’t forget, discounted rates are available for RoSPA members