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“Safety and Corporate Criminal Accountability in Scotland”
www.corporateaccountability.org
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CCA Conference 2003HSE in Scotland
Stewart Campbell
HSE Director, Scotland
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National Great Britain Picture
• Targets :– To reduce fatal and major accident rates by
10%– To reduce the number of days lost due to
work-related accidents and ill health by 30%– To reduce the incidence of ill health by 20%
• Targets to be achieved by 2010
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Priority Programmes
• Agriculture Sector• Construction Sector• Health Services Sector• Falls From Height• Workplace Transport• Slips, Trips and Falls• Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD)• Stress
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HSC/E Vision
• To gain recognition of health and safety as a cornerstone of a civilised society, and with that achieve a record of workplace health and safety that leads the world.
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HSE in Scotland
• “A Strategy for Workplace Health and Safety in Great Britain to 2010 and Beyond”
- consultation ends 1/12/03
• Available on HSE website :
www.hse.gov.uk
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HSC : Strategic Issues
• Health• Our role in public protection and
security• The role of local authorities• A changing economy in a changing
world• Business and reputation
management
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HSC : Strategy
• About the health and safety system as a whole, not just HSC/E/LAs
• HSE broader vision• Communications and reputation management vital• New methods of help and support : separation from
enforcement• HSE/LA intervention strategy• Occupational health service• Redesign of health and safety institutions where
necessary
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Scotland : Fatal Accidents to Workers
1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03
33 29 37 27
+ 2308 MI
*
38
* Provisional
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Occupational Ill Health in Scotland
• 2001/02 Scotland’s overall prevalence rate lower than GB
• 1998/99 Scotland lower for MSD & stress
• New cases of hearing loss & asthma higher in Scotland
• Construction fatal rate higher than E+W
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Prosecution in Scotland• 2001/02 : 142 duty holders prosecuted
114 duty holders convicted________________________________________• 2000/01 : 106 duty holders prosecuted
181 offences prosecuted111 offences leading to conviction
• 1999/00 : 181 duty holders prosecuted217 offences prosecuted154 offences leading to conviction
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HSE in Scotland
• Average penalty per duty holder convicted 2001/02
£5,583
(excluding penalties of £100k+)
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HSE’s Field Operations DirectoratePriority Action 03/04
• Continue targeting priority sectors and topics
• Closer working with LAs
• Better co-ordinated approach to multi-site occupiers/poor performers
• Testing new ways of working
• Concentration on outcomes
• Evaluation
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Construction• Scotland action plan
• H&S in Scottish Executive’s “Modernising Construction” initiative
• 3 SHADs
• 2 Euro Blitzes
• Designer initiatives
• Working with Scottish Water
• Research Scotland’s accident record
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Partnership Work : Priorities in Scotland
• Working with Scottish Executive and other stakeholders
• Working Backs Scotland• Health Improvement Challenge• Safe and Healthy Working – advisory
service• Scotland’s Health at Work• Healthy Return – rehabilitation service
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Partnership Working : Priorities in Scotland (cont)
• Site Safe Scotland• Scottish Health and Safety Revitalisers
Forum• Business groups such as Chamber of
Commerce and FSB• STUC and trade unions• Scottish Enterprise/Highlands and
Islands Enterprise
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Enforcement and Partnership
• What links Scotland’s poor health record; its record of deaths in fires; its drug use/ crime levels?
• And its health and safety record??
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“Safety and Corporate Criminal Accountability in Scotland”
www.corporateaccountability.org
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