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Foreword: December 2014
This month in HSE International:
T
he HSE (Health and Safety Executive) recently
released the health and safety statistics for Great
Britain 2013/14. Although the amount of deaths in the
workplace has decreased since 2012/13, other injuries to
employees reported under RIDDOR remained unchanged at
77,593, highlighting the need to promote best practice and
the sharing of knowledge in occupational health and safety
management with everyone around us.
This month, our ‘News’ section focus details the latest
injury and ill-health statistics from the HSE, the industry
sectors at the highest risk and how we must commit to
improve standards. We introduce the launch of the RoSPA
2015 Occupational Health and Safety Awards and present
‘No Time To Lose’, the latest IOSH (Institute of Occupational
Health and Safety) Occupational Cancer Campaign. We
announce the newly appointed President of IOSH, and
highlight the latest announcement from one of this month’s
featured organisations, London Fire Brigade, regarding
their support of a candles, open fires and fireworks
warning from Claudia Winkleman, after her daughter was
hospitalised following a Halloween party.
Aspire Defence Services Ltd (ADSL) takes pride as
this month’s HSE International cover story. As the largest
infrastructure PFI (Private Finance Initiative) contract ever
let by the MoD, RoSPA Gold Award winners ADSL provide
Total Facilities Management services for the four Army
garrisons on Salisbury Plain and Aldershot.
We speak to Estates Technical Services Director and
Chief Engineer, Chris Cockerill and other members of the
Aspire team about their successful methodologies, the ways
in which health and safety is owned at the highest level, and
the organisation’s longer term vision to be a Sustainable
and Responsible Business.
As part of our RoSPA Awards 2014 coverage, we
introduce one of the leading providers of pallet, container
and crate pooling services for many of the world’s largest
supply chains, CHEP UK Ltd. The RoSPA Gold Award
winner’s Senior Health and Safety Manager, Hugh Kempton
discusses his award winning approach to health and safety,
CHEP’s key to success and their commitment to providing
supply chain solutions that not only meet customer needs,
but also minimise impact on the environment.
For setting health and safety standards and
celebrating best practice, we present our British Safety
Council International Safety Awards 2014 review. Highly
regarded by those at the cutting edge of health, safety
and environmental management, the awards recognise
commitment to high standards, achievement and
exemplary performance.
In our ‘Facilities & Property Management’ section we
speak to Aaron Giudice, Business Development Manager
at leading independent building services engineering
integrators, Sowga Ltd. We discuss the company’s
successes, aims and their vision to provide exceptional
quality services in a healthy and safe manner whilst
contributing to their local and wider communities.
We then introduce Trustmark, the Government
endorsed, not-for-profit membership organisation
providing an easy way for consumers to find expert
tradespeople who abide by industry standards of
competence and fair-trading.
To round up the final issue of HSE International
Magazine for 2014, we speak to one of the largest
firefighting and rescue organisations in the world,
London Fire Brigade (LFB). In our ‘Emergency Services’
section, we speak to Dr. Adrian Bevan, Head of Health
and Safety at LFB about his multi-disciplined approach
to fire safety management, the systems in place for
monitoring health and safety performance and the
organisation’s strong emphasis on fire prevention and
community safety.
As we approach the end of 2014 and with Christmas
fast approaching, I would like to wish all our readers,
clients, associates and staff a very Merry Christmas and
a safe, healthy and prosperous 2015.
Jonathan Seale
Magazine Manager
Magazine Manager:
Jonathan Seale
Editor:
Stuart Morrison
Production Manager:
Rosalie Clarke
Magazine Design:
Samuel Walker
Senior Projects Manager:
Roger Harker
Projects Manager:
John Chambers
Projects Manager:
Mike Williams
Contributors:
Sarah Lawton
Liz Male
Graham McDonald
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