Construction dust is not just a nuisance it can be a major health hazard. In this informative episode, Colin is discussing how the HSE and other stakeholders are working to control dust hazards.
Chris currently heads the HSE health risk management unit within the policy team, interfacing between operational and the policymakers. They discuss the work of the HSE in this area and the ways in which companies can control and manage the risk successfully.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
What should businesses be doing to control or eliminate risks?
BEST MOMENTS
‘Everything has to work well and is only as good as its weakest part’
‘People are not aware because it takes so long to manifest itself’
‘It’s not what you see at the moment but what will be seen in the future’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast
The Construction Dust Partnership
ABOUT THE HOST
Colin’s Biography
‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’
This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential
Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into the industry.
Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions.
He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes
That are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation.
Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses. Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive.
He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer.
He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).