Ballymena hosts Health and Safety Conference
Published on Saturday 5 May 2012 09:00  from: http://www.ballymenatimes.com/community/ballymena-hosts-health-and-safety-conference-1-3807053

THE ANNUAL Health and Safety Spring Conference was held for the first time in Ballymena on Wednesday, April 25.

The conference was organised through a partnership of the Health and Safety Executive for NI, the NI Safety Group, the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the NI Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Ballymena Borough Council.

The Conference theme is ‘Risk Management- Past, Present and Future.’ It explored the priority issues for work place health and safety in Northern Ireland alongside the need for an approach that delivers sensible risk management.

The event encouraged the audience to have a clear focus on where attention needs to be paid in terms of effective health and safety management, especially in today’s economic climate.

Breakout sessions including case studies dealing with safe maintenance issues and vulnerable workers were also included.