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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

It's time to make sure your risk management programme is firmly on track — and attending Commercial Motor's safety conference will be a valuable step along the way.

Brian Weatherley reports

Nowadays business life is all about risk assessment and, more importantly, risk management.Without those two health & safety 'must-haves' it's only a matter of time before someone suffers a serious accident. And if you can't be bothered to protect your employees, don't be surprised when the full force of the law lands on you.

But how do you assess all the risks employees will encounter every day while working in your depot. in your trucks or at your customers' premises? And how do you turn that risk assessment into successful risk management?

On 21 September Commercial Motor will provide you with answers to these questions at our third annual safety conference, Realising the Risks, run in collaboration with our sister publication Contract Journal.

Road transport and construction have an equally unenviable record when it comes to preventing workplace injuries and deaths, especially incidents involving commercial vehicles. That's why we've teamed up with CJ under our rolling safety theme of "Stay out of the Killing Zone" to offer some tips on tackling road, site and workplace dangers head-on.

The Government's draft new Corporate Manslaughter Bill finally broke cover in March; we'll be kicking-off our conference by explaining exactly what the new bill means to senior managers. Leading transport lawyer Stephen Kirkbright from Ford & Warren is a familiar name to CM readers and an acknowledged expert on corporate manslaughter. He'll be telling delegates: • How the new offence differs from the old bill • What the proposed liability of directors and senior managers will be • What you need to do to avoid prosecution.

In September 2003 the HSE extended the definition of "the workplace" to vehicles. That created a major exposure to occupational road risk. Leading UK road risk guru Dr Will Murray of Interactive Driving Systems has advised some of the biggest truck, van and car fleet operators in the UK on how to successfully identify.monitor and above all else reduce road risk and vehicle-related accidents.

Using fleet case studies, he'll be describing how data collation is vital to help reduce accidents, and how good occupational road risk management can save you money.

TNT Logistics has won a number of awards for its accident reduction and road safety programmes. Why? Because it monitors and manages its road risk well.

Andy Jenkins, from TNT's operations training division, will explain how the parcels and logistics giant drove down its on-road and workplace accident levels through its driver training programme. He'll also report on the bottom-line benefits TNT has gained from its pro-active/accident-averse culture.

It COULD happen to you

Safer working only happens when every one of a company's employee embraces risk management. But how do you change a worker culture of "it couldn't happen tome"?

Martin Worthington, Safety, Health, Environment and Quality manager at construction giant the Amec Group, reveals the work his company has done in identifying and changing 'negative behaviour' within its workforce. His presentation will interest every manager who is operating in a high-risk environment.

The last time Ford & Warren partner Chris Charlesworth spoke at a CM/CJconference he described the "doomsday scenario" of what happens when the enforcement authorities come through your front door.

This year the leading commercial litigation specialist, who has many years of experience in dealing with haulage and construction companies, will spell out the legal consequences of NOT having an adequate risk management procedures, using real-life cases.

Sean Bussey is health &safety advisor for the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT),Britain's only specialist construction workers union, with more than 120,000 members in the private and publi• sectors. He will be explaining why the risl management role of senior managers in an: industry isn't a 'task and finish' jot but one that requires constant analy sis to bring continual improvement.

Do you think you're doing enough? Busse: could make you think again.

As will Paul Gallemore, head of health an safety and the environment at the Wolsele: Group. He will be familiar to previous CM/C. conference delegates for his no-nonsensi approach to HGV accident reduction.

Gallemore will be demonstrating how tc create a practical risk management programm( within a large fleet of CVs with associate( equipment—and how to get the best out of it. I your risk management policy isn't deliverinl the goods, learn how from Gallemore.

Secrets of 'best practice'

The conference will also look at how to shar( safety 'best practice' between subcontractors as well as gaining a safety insight from the kind: of injuries your workers are suffering.

In both of these practical case studies, effec. tive communication is at the heart of improvec risk management. •


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