International Conference on Machinery Safety

9.00 Registration.

9.30 Welcome and Introduction.
Paul Laidler, Conference chairman, will open the day

9.45 The New Machinery Directive: How it affects you.
A New Machinery Directive was published in 2006 and comes into force in 2009. Significant changes have been made including amendments to the Essential Health and Safety Requirements and additional requirements for using Notified Bodies. Paul Laidler will look at some of the more significant changes and show what affect they may have.

10.30 Coffee Break.

11.00 Corporate manslaughter: Alleviating the Risk.
Corporate Manslaughter is becoming a key issue for business owners/ directors. Dai Davies shows how it can affect business management and what can be done to alleviate the risk.

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Machinery Safety: A Global Approach.
Managing safety across sites in the same country is a difficult task, managing successfully across continents is a major feat and something that Johnson & Johnson have been able to do. Ronny Briers discusses how this has happened and what is done to ensure continued compliance.

14.30 Coffee Break.

15.00 User Requirements Specifications.
Dave Kirton will show how the use of User Requirement Specifications and detailed purchasing policies can assist with multi-site compliance management.

16.00 Q&A

16.30 Close


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