Health and Safety: Managing Occupational Road Risk

Aiming at Driving, which is often a dangerous activity people do for work, BPF is holding a Health & Safety seminar on—Managing Occupational Road Risk.

This one day seminar is been developed to outline the legal requirements for managing Road Risk regardless the size of your organization. It will explore opportunities for improving the management of risk in this complex area; 

The Main focus of the seminar will be on :

-  Major Cause for the accidents
-  Driver Distractions
- Drink and Drugs Driving
- Legal Obligations
- Company Policy
- Insurance

10.00  Registration & Refreshments

10.25    Chariman's Introduction and Overview
(Lynn Edwards : BPF Health & Safety Committe, Chariman)

10.30    Occupational Road Risk : the emotional side
( Mike Rees : Drive Alive)

• Introduction
• Road Accident Statistics - Cost of crashes
• Compliance

11.10    Accident Diagnostics and Highlighting Weaknesses
( Mike Sweeting : Drive Alive)

• Collision Audits - Independent review of crashes
• Eco credentials - Human vehicle efficiencies
• An Introduction to the police system of driving
• Benefits - Life safety and Financial   

11.45     Tea / Coffee Break

12.00     Managing the risks from transport on worksites
(Carol Grainger : HSE)

• Work Related road risk
• Key advice from HSE 

12.20     Minimising Driver Distractions
(Nick Reed : TRL)  

• Mobile Phones / Sat Navs

12.40     Networking Lunch

13.40     Construction Company Policy to Minimise Risk
(Andrew Price: Zurich Risk Engineering UK)

• Training
• Awareness Programmes
• Safety Issues

• Corporate Manslaughter implications
• Road Traffic Act
• Road vehicle regulations
• Duty of Care - Lone Worker and Working time directive

14.50     Insurance
(Darren Holmes: Willis Commercial Network)

• How having a successful system in place can affect premiums
• Compensation   

15.20     Round up & Close

Registration:

To register for this seminar please CLICK HERE or the image to download the registration form, alternatively contact Doreen Greenaway on 0207 457 5047 or email [email protected]

Venue:
British Plastics Federation
6 Bath Place
Rivington Street
London
EC2A 3JE
Tel:      0207 457 5000
Fax:     0207 457 5045