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
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Wales South West East and South East Midlands Yorkshire & North
East
North West Scotland
Self Employed Employee's Members of the public
Fatal accidents over a 5 year period
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
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
0
50
100
150
200
250
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?