All the presentations from NovemberrsquosConference can be viewed at ourYouTube channel - link below

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SAFE amp SOUNDNewsletter Vol 16 Issue 1

SAFE amp SOUND

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Congratulations to the 2015 All Ireland Safety Awards Winners

Award winners with current Northern Ireland Safety Group Chair Jimmy Fenton National IrishSafety Organisation Hon Treasurer Des Brandon and HSENI Chief Executive Keith Morrison

2015 was a terrific year for NorthernIreland Entrants in the All Ireland SafetyAwards as 7 entrants win major categoryAwards Special mention goes to LaganConstruction Group Ltd who won theBronze Award beating off stiff competitionfrom all over Ireland

ldquoIrsquom still in shock after hearing we wonthe Bronze Awardrdquo said Nicola McCrackenHealth amp Safety Manager for Lagan ldquoIt is aterrific testament to the work put inthroughout the whole organisation toensure we do everything possible to makesure our people are safe at workrdquo

See inside for photos

Keep an eye out for the 2016 Awardswhich will be open for entries soon

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experts in safety

Northern IrelandSafety Group Patron

November 2015 ConferencePresentations

Promoting occupational Safety amp Health

CITB have unveiled twoadditions to their trainingresources

Firstly a newly refurbishedlecture theatre

Big enough to hold up to 100delegates the new lecturetheatre removes the need toarrange seats around thepillars as in the room wenormally use

Another big benefit is the largescreen with overheadprojection The theatre is alsokitted out for sound

Secondly CITB have invested ina new 360deg training pod This isthe first of its kind in Irelandand allows for 360deg training

Central to the unit is thecamera and software to stitchthe 360deg view together This

allows organisations to film intheir own location (using thecamera) and transpose thisinto the training pod

CITB should be congratulatedfor the foresight in investing in

this kit as itopens upnumerousopportunitiesfor the users

To find out morecontact DavidCooper at CITB -028 9082 5466

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HSENI UPDATEHSENI UPDATEHSENI UPDATEHSENI UPDATEDale Farm Limited fined for asbestos

related offencesAt Dungannon Crown Court(121) Dale Farm Limited wasfined pound30000 plus costs ofpound2500 after pleading guilty tobreaches of health and safetylegislation

The case was brought by theHealth and Safety Executivefor Northern Ireland (HSENI)and relates to an incident on13 March 2013 where twoventilation engineers wereexposed to asbestos fibresduring extension work atDunmanbridge CreameryCookstown

The two engineers had notbeen provided with importantinformation on the location ofasbestos containing materialsat the site prior to workcommencing

An investigation by HSENIfound that Dale Farm Limitedhad an asbestos managementsurvey carried out 10 yearsprior to the incidentHowever an asbestosmanagement plan had notbeen developed in theintervening time nor had arefurbishmentdemolitionsurvey been undertakenbefore the extension workbegan Dale Farm Limited hadalso failed to update their

asbestos register to takeaccount of asbestos insulationboard (AIB) that wasdiscovered in 2007 in the areawhere the incident took place

After the hearing JonathanKnox an inspector withHSENIs Major InvestigationTeam said Asbestos exposureis the single greatest cause ofwork-related deaths inNorthern Ireland

Although the supply ofasbestos containing materialswas prohibited in 1999 manybuildings in Northern Irelandstill contain such productsThose in charge of non-domestic premises have a dutyto manage the risks presentedby asbestos containingmaterials

A suitable assessment of thepresence and condition ofasbestos containing materialsmust be carried out andrelevant information passed toanyone liable to work on ordisturb them

HSENIs Duty to Managecampaign outlines the legalduties required for those whoare responsible for managingasbestos in non-domesticproperties

New lecture theatre andstate of the art

360deg training pod

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CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRYTRAINING BOARD NI

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CPDDid you know

Attendance at monthly meetings can

contribute towards your Continuing

Professional Development

(maximum of

3 CPD credits)

Work Life Balance amp Work Family Conflict

Have released someinteresting informationon work-life balanceYou can download thereport below

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Brendan Kelly Graham Construction wins the NI Award

Karen Cunningham Belfast Trust wins theHealthcare Provider AwardNicola McCracken Lagan Construction wins the Bronze Award

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Lynda Fox BT Ireland wins the Best New EntryLarge Size Organisation Award

Adeline Guy Montupet UK Ltd wins the Manufacturing AwardWendy Beatty W amp H Alexander Ltd wins the Construction

Civil Engineering Award

Nuala Teague McAleer amp Teague Ltd wins a Commended AwardPriscilla Woods Schrader Electronics wins the Electronic Electrical

Manufacturing Assembly Award

Bronagh McGarrity HBE Risk Management wins a Distinction AwardStephen Surgenor Northstone Materials wins the Construction -

Mineral Extraction Quarrying Concrete Product Award

CITB NIs Business Improvement Seminars 2016 focusing on a rangeof topical business issues for the local construction sector Next

Event Managing Remote Teams 10 Feb 2016 CITB NI 9-1045amwwwcitbniorguk

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRYTRAINING BOARD NI

CITB HEALTH amp SAFETY

HISTORYContinuing our history ofhealth and safety from thebeginning which began withthe Factory Act 1802 In thisissue we cover the period1988- 1989

1988 COSHH Regulationswere introduced to protectthe health of people arisingfrom work activities

Piper Alpha oil installation fireand explosion (167 fatalities)

Clapham train crash (35fatalities)

Wilson Lambe becomes thefirst person in NorthernIreland to be awarded theMBE for services to healthand safety

1989 Hillsborough disaster (96people killed170 injured)

Electricity at Work Regulations1989

Noise at Work Regulations1989wwwhistoryofoshorguk

2016 Award now open

THE JOHN GORDON2016 SAFETY PERSONOF THE YEAR AWARD

This is a very poignant year for the Award as John sadly passed away at the endof 2015 following a short illness He was 93 and will be sadly missed by many inthe health and safety community

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ENTRY PROCESS - Watch our YouTube entry clip download theguidelines and entry form at the link below-

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Annual Safety Quiz 2016Wellington Park Hotel Belfast

700 pm Friday 4th March

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In a recent poll on Safety Apps posed via our e-zine it was found that

The most popular (by quite some distance) is iAuditor

The second most popular response was lsquolsquoLet us know what othersare recommending as we need onerdquo and because of this we havelisted websites for apps that others are using (the iAuditor site isalso included)

Just because a website appears on this list it doesnt mean that weare recommending it

httpwwwa-n-tcomproductshtmhttpwwwsafetycultureioiauditorhttpwwwpro-evaluatecomhttpwwwdoformscomhttpwwwshesoftwarecomhttpwwwiriskassesscoukhttpwwwassessnetcoukhttpwwwyellowjacketnethttpswwwveamstudioscomsite-audit-prohtml

E-zine SAFETY APPS question