H&S Seminar
BFFF SEMINAR HELPS TO
IMPROVE SAFETY WITHIN THE COLD CHAIN
Following on from our successful Health & Safety seminar last November, which focused on slips and trips, our second seminar held on 2nd November 2011 in Grantham, looked at how to improve safety within the cold chain.
The seminar featured presentations from the HSE and Boston Local Authority on what enforcement authorities look for and prioritise when inspecting sites, plus some real life case studies from wholesaling, retailing and cold storage. Additionally, the recently launched BFFF guidance on health requirements for employees was presented whilst an expert outlined some behavioural safety initiatives and we were also shown how in depth accident forensic investigations can protect your brand, save money and reduce premiums.
Brian updated the meeting on our industry accident statistics enabling members to peer review their own performance. We are always keen for our members to provide their accident statistics and if you don’t already do so why not contact Emma Cranidge on emmacranidge [at] bfff [dot] co [dot] uk.
We were delighted with an excellent attendance from across the industry including producers, logistic service providers, wholesalers, retailers and local authorities.
This seminar is an excellent example of where BFFF can add value to our members’ activities by providing objective benchmarking tools to help provide the very best picture of our industry’s performance, networking opportunities and advice that would otherwise not be readily available.
We are very grateful to all our presenters for making the seminar so informative and valuable:
- Simon Bowens, Boston Local Authority
- Ian Hancock, IHSafety4You
- Colin Hartley, Valid8 Force Ltd.
- Simon Hatson, Britvic GB
- Lech Kluk, Association of Industrial Truck Trainers
- Emma Madeley, HM Inspector of Health & Safety
- Chris Moore, Asda Stores Ltd.
- Peter Pickthall, R&R Ice Cream UK Ltd.
- Mike Richardson, Brakes
The presentations are available from http://www.bfff.co.uk/Health-Safety-Seminar and the BFFF Guidance ‘Working In A Cold Store Environment Advice For Employees’ is available to download at http://www.bfff.co.uk/working-cold-store-environment-advice-employees.
We have developed a poster of the employee ‘keep warm’ advice contained in the guidance, which might be a useful addition for your communications with operatives who work in a cold environment. A link to the poster is available below.
The BFFF Health & Safety Working Group meet regularly to discuss those issues most compelling for our industry and we will begin our planning for next year’s event at our next group meeting.
Please keep Wednesday, 7th November 2012 free in your diary for next year’s, not to be missed, event.
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