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NISG lands top award for CDM Seminar
NISG Public Relations Officer, Jim Pow, accepting the Alan Butler Award for Best Seminar/Workshop... -
CDM Seminar attracts Record Numbers
The seminar was opened by Ken Logan from the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland who explained the key changes to the Regulations and what the role of the HSENI would be to ensure compliance. In order to ensure that delegates get the most from the Seminars organised by the Group, the NISG is keen to involve speakers who are able to give practical examples of how legislation affects within Northern Ireland. To this end we were delighted that presentations on behalf of each of the dut... -
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Safety Quiz a big success
'The Schrader Electronics Team win the new entrants category'Speaking at the evening, NISG Chairperson, Jim Leitch said:Once again we are delighted with the response to the quiz which continues to be such a success with our members. Each year the interest generated by the quiz continues to increase and the evening is enjoyed by everyone who attends. The promotion of health and safety is, of course, one of the key aims for us. However, one of the key messages of the evening is that health and saf... -
What's all the Noise About?
The second speaker was Jane McCallum from McCallum Safety Health. Jane looked at the situation from a health point of view, specifically in relation to surveillance. She outlined the employers and employees responsibility, touched on audiometric testing programmes, the frequency of assessment and record keeping and further action. Hand-arm vibration was also covered but again from a health standpoint with details of symptoms and a warning that the condition is usually progressive with continued... -
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Safety Quiz Proves a Big Hit
There were two levels of entry category, Previous Entrants and New Entrants. Competition was tight but Gallahers of Ballymena won the Previous Entrant Category beating into second place another team from Gallahers. In the new entrants category Translink were the victors with Owen Edwards Accident Investigation the runners up . Both of the winning teams will now represent Northern Ireland in the all Ireland Finals which are to be held in Tullamore, Offaly in May.... -
NISG thrilled with Prestigious Award
Lord Brougham and Vaux, RoSPA vice-president and president of Safety Groups UK, and Lord Hunt of Kings Heath presented award winners with their certificates at the House of Lords on January 26.The groups fall into two categories, large and small. Large groups are those with 65 or more members, small ones consist of less than 65 members.Award winners were: Avon Occupational Health and Safety Group - best programme for large groups; London Health and Safety Group - best programme small groups; Tee... -
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New Chairman elected
Speaking during the AGM, outgoing Chairman Liam Kelly told members that he had thoroughly enjoyed his term of office which had been an exceptionally busy one and paid tribute to members of the Executive Committee for their hard work and support during his term of office. Following his election as Chair, Jim acknowledged the time and effort that Liam had given to the Group and said that he had been responsible for significant change of the Group during his time of Chair.... -
NISG Action Plan unveiled
One of the key aspects of the Action Plan will be a survey of members to ascertain their views on a range of issues in relation to the way in which the Group carries out its work. The will be issued to members in January and Jim urged members to make every effort to complete and return these surveys as the outcome would directly affect all members of the Group. Jim added that following the return of surveys, an analysis would be carried out by the Development Committee and presented to Members a...
