Magazine Manager
Jonathan Seale
FOREWORD
Editor
Katrina Kendrick
Senior Projects Manager
Roger Harker
In this issue of HSE International:
T
he cover story for our final edition
of HSE International in 2017 is MRS
Training & Rescue.
For over 100 years, MRS Training &
Rescue (formerly known as Mines Rescue
Service), has developed specialist skills,
experience and knowledge gained from
working in difficult and potentially dangerous
environments, to enable the rescue and
escape of mine workers from underground.
MRS Training & Rescue offer a comprehensive
range of health and safety training courses
to a wide range of industries. Their team of
qualified trainers not only provide expert
training, but can impart real life scenarios
of situations they have faced - to bring the
learning to life.
In this issue, we also speak to Paul
Reeve CFIOSH, ECA (Electrical Contractors’
Association) Director of Business, to discuss
how electrical accidents continue to fall. Paul
commented:
“The 2016 Accident Incidence Rate (AIR)
for RIDDOR-reportable accidents was only 14
per cent of what it was when our ZAP safety
initiative began in 2001. All other things
being equal, this means a worker in the
electrotechnical industry was, in 2016, seven
times less likely to have a reportable accident
at work than in 2001. There were no reported
fatalities from electrotechnical businesses in
the 2016 survey findings.”
The fall in accident rate is the result
of an industry-wide effort from member
companies and their employees, and the
ECA and Unite, notably through the now-
completed ‘ZAP’ initiative. Significantly,
the rate of improvement since 2001 is
around double than that seen in the wider
construction industry, and while we should
note that much of what ECA members do
includes maintenance, in addition to onsite
construction, the benefits are the same.
In our ‘Awards’ section we speak to first
time RoSPA Gold Award winners, Avidety.
Specialising in the refurbishment and
construction of overhead and underground
electricity distribution networks, they are led
by the experienced team of Barrie Browning,
Managing Director and Jonathan Phillips,
SHEQ Manager.
Speaking about the Award, Jonathan
stated:
“We applied for the awards with the
intention of measuring our performance, and
as you can imagine, we were extremely happy
with achieving Gold on our first attempt!
The Award shows that all our hard work, day
to day, is of a good standard and has been
verified by an external company.”
Also included in this issue is a review of
one of Europe’s key events in the health
and safety calendar - A+A Trade Fair and
Congress. Held every 2 years in Düsseldorf,
Germany, this international trade fair,
covering safety, security and health at work,
is the largest event and arguably the most
important of it’s kind in Europe.
In conclusion, myself and the team at HSE
International would like to wish you all a safe
and happy festive season! All the best for
2018!
Projects Manager
Mike Williams
Production Manager
Rosalie Clarke
Magazine Design
Roland Scriver
Issue 110 Contributors
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