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OHSI Conference 2005:
Another
successful conference
The 2005 conference
was well attended and received very positive feedback. Here are some images
of speakers and attendees.
Guest
Speakers and Officers of the OHSI
Committee at the 14th Annual Conference, 2005.
Guest
Speakers and Officers of the OHSI
Committee at the 14th Annual Conference, 2005.
Hon
President Con Furey opening the
14th Annual Conferance at the Heritage Hotel, 16th February,
2005.
Hon
President Con Furey opening the
14th Annual Conferance at the Heritage Hotel, 16th February,
2005.
Workshop
& AGM Programme
Wednesday 16th February
THERMAL COMFORT
AND HEAT STRESS
WORKSHOP 2.00-4.30PM
The environmental
factors assessed in the measurement of thermal comfort include; air temperature,
radiant temperature, relative humidity and air velocity. In addition the
metabolic rate and clothing unit values will be examined and applied.
These parameters are used to assess the thermal comfort using the PMV
and PPD values.
The measurement of
heat stress will be demonstrated using the WBGT index. The WBGT index
combines the measurement of natural wet-bulb temperature, the globe temperature
and in some situations, the measurement of basic air temperature, (dry
bulb temperature). The data collected will be compared with the reference
values
The Workshop will
be run by:
Mr. Paddy Wright, Wright Environmental Services and Dr Marie Coggins,
Air Quality Technology Centre, NUI, Galway.
Assistance on the day will be provided by Dr Brian Crook from HSL and
Ossian Geraghty, Sligo IT.
Numbers are restricted
to members only, pre-registration is required.
AGM 5.00pm
CONFERENCE DINNER:
8.00pm
Conference
Programme
Thursday
17th February
| 8.30 |
Registration
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| 9.00 |
Conference
Opening
Mr Con Furey OHSI Hon Pres. |
| 9.05 |
Nationwide
survey of toxic mould in State buildings
Mr. Pat Kirwan
Mould and litigation risk, Mould survey of State Buildings,
Guidelines for management of the risks associated with mould. |
| 9.50 |
Biological
Agents and the Law
Ms Roisin McEneany
How the biological Agents Regulations fit in to the overall protection
of Health and Safety at work. |
| 10.30 |
Tea
/ Coffee break
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| 10.45 |
Biological
Agents Risk assessment
Dr Helen Barry
Outline of Biological Hazards at work, means of exposure, considerations
for risk assessment and management systems. |
| 11.30 |
Control
of Biological Agents
Dr Brian Crook.
Highlight current good laboratory design and control features. Exposure
of non laboratory personnel, how and where and controls required. |
| 12.15 |
Legionella
Management Programme
Mr David Handley
Implementing a Legionella control programme that ensures compliance
with legislation and best practice. |
| 13.00 |
Lunch. |
| 14.15 |
Novel
approach to Risk Assessment and its implementation in Paint spraying
Mr. Robin Howie
Expressing concentrations of volatiles and potential emissions using
multiples of the OEL/"safe exposure level". |
| 15.00 |
Flammable
Atmospheres/ATEX
Ms Jennifer O'Leary
An overview of chemical risk assessment for flammable chemicals and
the requirements of ATEX 137. |
| 15.45 |
Research
Papers - Chemical Risk Assessment
Mr. Ossian Geraghty
A chemical risk assessment template designed to assist in ranking
relative chemical risk to meet the requirements of the Chemical Agent
Regulations |
| 16.00 |
Open
Forum. |
| 16.15 |
Conference
Close. |
Speakers
Mr. Pat Kirwan,
Senior Risk Manager with the State Claims Agency. Pat has been involved
in occupational health, safety and property risk management over the past
16 years in a variety of roles. His current role involves advising and
assisting State Authorities on measures to be taken to prevent future
claims.
Ms Roisin McEneany,
Head of the Occupational Hygiene Unit of HSA. This Unit deals with exposure
to chemical agents at the workplace, asbestos, biological agents, carcinogens
and related Occupational Hygiene matters.
Dr Helen Barry,
Chief Medical Scientist St James Hospital, Dublin. She has worked for
many years in Clinical Microbiology., and was part of the HSA review body
reporting on health and safety in the health service.
Dr Brian Crook,
Head of Microbiology Section, HSL UK is a principal occupational and environmental
microbiologist and research project manager working on investigating occupational
infection, occupational allergy and toxicosis.
Mr David Handley
MD of Healthy Buildings International which he founded 13 years ago.
He has over 20 years experience and involvement with Legionella works.
He is the advisor to CIBSE on Legionella management.
Mr. Robin Howie
has worked in Occupational Hygiene since 1974. His areas of particular
interest include PPE, noise and hearing, safe work with asbestos, control
techniques for volatile hazards and the effects of heat stress. He has
published over 100 papers or articles, and is a past president of the
BOHS
Ms Jennifer O'Leary has worked in Swords Laboratories as Process Safety Manager She was involved
in the Design, Construction & Start-Up of the new Bristol Myer Squibb
manufacturing facility at Cruiserath where she is now Safety Manager.
Mr. Ossian Geraghty is a lecturer in Occupational Hygiene and Air Pollution at Sligo IT. He
has recently completed a taught MSc. In EH&S Management. Previously
he worked as a consultant in the area of environmental emissions and occupational
hygiene in both Ireland and the UK
Reviews of past conferences:
2007 - Physical Agents and Industrial Hygiene
2006 - Detecting the Invisible
2005 - Other Life Forms at Our Place of Work
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