The health of colleagues will always be a key priority of the rail industry. This session on occupational hygiene discusses long-term worker health protection and the focus for future projects and initiatives.
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Solving the industry occupational health capability gap together
Hear from rail operators and experts about challenges around occupational health, followed by a lively discussion on what needs to change to unlock occupational health capability and what part you could play in making it happen.
Achieving health on a par with safety
We often use the term ‘health and safety’ but really, we only mean ‘safety’. We keep dropping our ‘H’s. And health is so integral to safety, sustainability and satisfaction! We want to get health on a par with safety – where it should be, and this session looks at how we plan to achieve this and provide examples of some specific work being undertaken at East Midlands Railway.
How to deal with work-related violence
Everyone should be able to do their job without someone threatening, assaulting or harming them. But on the railway’s front line, sadly, that isn’t always the case. In fact, RSSB statistics show that a staggering 94.1% of frontline staff have experienced workplace abuse. In this session, British Transport Police’s Inspector Keith Barnes describes how incidents of violence against railway staff can occur and how to de-escalate them. He also talks about how body-worn cameras can be both a deterrent and an aid to evidence-gathering once an assault has occurred.