Health and Safety Executive

Health and Safety Executive

Agriculture Industry Advisory

Committee, Edinburgh 2007

Health and Safety in Scotland

Stewart Campbell

HSE Director, Scotland

• ~70,000 employed in agriculture

• ~2,500 in aquaculture

• ~19,000 in forestry

• ~80% land used for agriculture

• ~£12.5 billion net worth to Scottish economy

• Forestry and aquaculture of significant importance;

• Agriculture supports wide range of other industries

Agriculture in Scotland

Scottish issues

• Devolved administration — Scottish Executive, SEERAD

• Key development strategies for Scotland

• HSE must take an integrated approach to working with Scottish Executive

• Significant rural economic and social issues

Scottish Executive

5 strategic objectives for Scotland

• Wealthier and fairer

• Healthier

• Safer and stronger

• Smarter

• Greener

HSE can contribute to all these strategic objectives

Rural development strategy for Scotland

• Rural development programme for Scotland 2007-13

• Range of economic, social and environmental objectives

• 1 million people live in rural areas (20% of population)

• 73% all businesses are SMEs

• High levels of self-employment

• Less likely to use IT

Rural development strategy for Scotland

• Agriculture makes a significant contribution to social infrastructure

• 21% employed in primary industries (eg agriculture, forestry)

• 18,000 crofts in rural areas

• Recreation and tourism highly significant and supported by agriculture

Ag fatal injuries by status and location in 2006/07

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Wales South West East and South East Midlands Yorkshire & North

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North West Scotland

Self Employed Employee's Members of the public

Fatal accidents over a 5 year period

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5

10

15

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40

2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07

Scotland Wales England

Ag major and over 3 day injuries in Scotland over a 5 year period

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50

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150

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300

2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06

Self Employed Employee's Members of the public

Health and safety in agriculture in Scotland

• Significant occupational health issues — respiratory disease, MSDs, hearing loss, HAVs, skin disease

Challenges for Scotland Division

• Working with devolved bodies

• Communicating with ‘hard-to-reach’ employers and employees

• Targeting of resource for highest impact

• Development of interventions that target local and national issues

• Adapting to new challenges eg overseas workers

• Managing the reactive workload

Partnership on Health And Safety in

Scotland

Delivering higher standards of workplace health and safety in Scotland through co-ordinated partnership action

• Examine how HSC Strategy can best be applied in Scotland

• Co-ordinate reserved and devolved powers

• Gather and review information and evidence to inform priorities

Health and safety networks in Scotland

PHASS membership

• Danny Carrigan, Chair

• Stewart Campbell, HSE

• Steve Bell, Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives

• David Evans, SoCOEH

• Harry Frew, UCATT

• Prof Russel Griggs, CBI

• Jamie Hume, Deputy Director for Energy and Industry

• Kathy Jenkins, Hazards

• Ian Lavery, Glasgow City Council

• Rory Mackail, Federation of Small Businesses

• Dr Karen McDonnell, IOSH

• Linda Shanahan, Fire Brigade Union

• Ian Tasker, STUC

• Carol Young, SCVO

• Trevor Johnston, Secretary

Some areas of interest to PHASS

• Aquaculture

• Agriculture as a whole (on agenda for next meeting)

• Scottish Executive Action Plan

• Improving the evidence base

• Guide to health and safety professionals in Scotland

• ‘For business by business’ events (with SCDI)

Agriculture in the future

• Maximise impact of resource

• Partnership working and stakeholder engagement

• PHASS

• Need to be creative and innovative

• communication

Meeting those challenges

• Scotland’s inspectors– Excellent industry and local knowledge– Excellent relationships between HSE

and stakeholders– Enthusiastic and creative

• Agriculture and Food Sector– Close relationship with FOD Scotland– Help develop, support and deliver

Scotland projects– Minimise impact on field resources

HSE Scotland successes in agriculture

• SHADs first developed and delivered in Scotland

• Partnership with Healthy Working Lives

• Partnership working with national and local stakeholders (eg machinery rings, Forestry Commission)

• Walkways-initiative and aquaculture

• Scotland Aquaculture Health and Safety Group

• Aquaculture website in development

Examples of future initiatives under development

• Monitor farm projects– Working with existing SERAD ‘Monitor

Farms’ to improve health and safety

• On track for tractor safety– Pilot scheme to promote and facilitate

training for young persons working on family farms

– Aim to develop self-supporting package for use by schools

– Role for AIAC?

Examples of initiatives under development

• Lifejacket project– Work with manufacturers to improve

lifejacket safety

• Promotion of rehabilitation services– Targeted at rural communities– Existing AFAG Project Group– Multi-agency approach– Facilitated by PHASS

Any questions?