Health and Safety
Executive
South West Occupational
Health Group 2012
Janet Hensey
HM Specialist Inspector
Occupational Health
Diseases
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Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome on the
increase across various industries-
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Construction
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Newer jobs e.g. cavity wall insulation
Heavy Engineering
Forestry/Horticulture
Local authorities – highways and parks
divisions
Occupational Asthma
Isocyanates &
Flour dusts - all types
Wood dust
Chemicals
Latex???
More cases of work related asthma cases
e.g. exposure to Actichlor
Inhalation exposure to respiratory sensitisers
in the food industry …
Occupational Asthma
Latex???
More cases of work related asthma cases
e.g. exposure to Actichlor
Dermatitis
Hand dermatitis
accounts for 75% of
all reported dermatitis
Painful and
debilitating disease
Dermatitis
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Wet work
Exposure to chemicals
Glove use
Lead
Lead suspensions
Acute Lead Poisoning – resulting in
chelation therapy
Increasing in construction – refurbishments
Also in manufacture
Waste and Recycling
Art
Dermatitis
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NHS Dermatitis Inspection Project
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All projects which were part of the
disease reduction project now
discontinued.
Hairdressing
Cleaners
Catering
Findings
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Lack of suitable and sufficient risk
assessments
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Insufficient control measures to prevent
exposure
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Inappropriate use of PPE
Lack of good hand care programmes
No skin health surveillance programmes
Inadequate referral / reporting systems in
place
Musculoskeletal
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Musculoskeletal issues continue to be
high in RIDDOR reports but may not fall
into the selection criteria to result in
mandatory investigation.
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MSD in Construction now completed
HSE Update
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Lord Young Review
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Lofstedt’s Review of Legislation
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Impact on HSE Operations
HSE Update
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2010 Lord Young’s Review
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Common Sense, Common Safety
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Commissioned a review of legislation
2010 Review the H&S compensation
culture
HSE Update
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Autumn 2011 - Lofstedt’s Legislation
Review
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Do you know any of the changes?
HSE Update
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Hard Hats Regulations / PAT
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RIDDOR > 3 day absences
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Review and simplify HSE guidance
De-Regulation of First Aid at Work
Training Courses
Production of Competent Persons
Register
HSE Update
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35% in head count by 2015
Redundancies
Closure of Infoline
Development of a CAT based in HQ
Change of Divisions – SANE / Midlands,
Wales & SW / East and South East
Impact on HSE Intervention
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General Inspection
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Complaints
Accident Investigation
RIDDOR Disease
Investigation
HSE Update
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Sectors which present high risk and
proactive inspections remain necessary
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High risk but proactive inspection not
considered a useful component of future
intervention
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Sectors where proactive inspections are
not justified
HSE Update
HSE to work closer with industry bodies to
manage and control H&S risks and
industry to take the lead
Increase Reactive Inspection
Selection criteria to follow up complaints
remains unchanged
HSE Update
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Cost Recovery – Fee For Intervention
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Cost of enforcement of legislation should
be on the law breakers not the tax payers
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FFI – once established a material breach
Summary
Fee for Intervention
>7 day absence
RIDDOR
Revised guidance
Reduction in proactive
inspections - targeted
sectors only
Summary
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Redundancies
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Advising minimal
legal requirement as
opposed to best
practice
Not targeted
Loss of experienced
inspectors
HSE Update
Any Questions?