Energy UK Health & Safety Conference 2015 Safer together Thursday 5 November Park Plaza Leeds, Boar Lane, City Square Leeds LS1 5NS #HSConf15 The voice of the energy industry Welcome Welcome to the Energy UK Health and Safety Conference We are grateful to our sponsors; ESB, Drax, Doosan, E.ON 2015 which brings together the various aspects of the energy and Scottish Power today, and our speakers for giving so industry to demonstrate how safety can be enhanced when freely of their time. Finally, thank you for being here - I hope we work together. you have a chance to network at the end of the day. Health and safety is more than an operational add-on in the The UK’s energy sector has a world-class record and leads in UK energy industry. It is at the heart of everything the industry building its safety culture into the fabric of the industry. Safety does: from the design stage, when the plans are still on the is designed into the physical build of our power stations - no drawing-board; through the day-to-day operation of all forms matter how large or small and irrespective of whether it is for of plant and station; to the supply of the gas and electricity gas, renewables or new nuclear. This makes Britain’s power that powers the lives and businesses of customers the length plants both resilient to their many operational challenges and and breadth of the country. a better, healthier place for staff to work. So, energy cannot afford to cut corners and must come at a But nothing stands still. Which is why it’s important the cost. However, it is a cost with true prudence at its heart. The industry comes together to keep learning and developing. sustained emphasis on the highest standards in design, Together we can ensure the energy industry of tomorrow construction, operation and decommissioning saves money builds on the secure foundations we have put in place. over the lifetime of any plant or project. And it also saves lives, helping protect the industry’s greatest asset - its staff, as well as the many suppliers and contractors who rely on the sector for their jobs. And, because it touches all our lives, it is right that energy is highly regulated. It is good to hear from our colleagues at the Health and Safety Executive as well as getting an expert perspective on the legal questions the sector can face. We have the opportunity to discuss all aspects of operational safety and share best practice as well as, for the first time, considering the whole-life of our generation chain with a sessionon decommissioning. Lawrence Slade CEO, Energy UK 1 Energy UK Health & Safety Conference 2015 Conference programme 09:00 Registration and Refreshments 09:30 Welcome and Introduction Lawrence Slade, Chief Executive Officer, Energy UK Session one: Session three: 09:40 The industry perspective on health & safety 13:30 Leadership and human factors Steve O’Neill, Health & Safety Consultant Eddie McCullough, Group Director Energy UK & Senior Partner, Optimus Seventh Generation 10:00 Drax Safety Alliance Jonathan Clough, Head of Safety & 14:00 Health and safety in the energy industry Environment, Drax Garry Graham, Deputy General Secretary Prospect 10:30 Coffee break 14:30 Coffee break Session two: Session four: 11:00 Current health & safety challenges 15:00 Panel discussion: Powering Improvement working Philip White, Head of Operational & with contractors Strategy, Health and Safety Executive Steve O’Neill, Energy UK (Chair) Tim French, Generation Safe 11:30 Indicators of performance in health and safety Rob Elvin, Squire Patton Boggs management Mike Mahoney, PJD Group Neil Budworth, Vice President, AMEC 16:00 Decomissioning 12:00 Lunch Kate Hollifield, Technical Commercial Associate Health and Safety Laboratory 16:30 Closing remarks Barbara Vest, Director of Generation Energy UK 17:00 Networking drinks reception Sponsored by: Energy UK Health & Safety Conference 2015 2 Conference layout Park Plaza Leeds, Boar Lane, City Square Leeds LS1 5NS 3 Energy UK Health & Safety Conference 2015 Speakers Neil Budworth Rob Elvin Vice President, AMEC Managing Partner, Squire Patton Boggs Neil Budworth is the Vice President of HSSSEQ for Amec Rob Elvin is office managing partner of the Squire Foster Wheeler and visiting professor in occupational safety Sanders Manchester office and the European Head of the and health at Loughborough University. Neil has more Environmental, Safety and Health Group. Rob’s expertise than 20 years experience of working in health and safety covers health, safety and environment, judicial review, across a number of sectors and is a past president of the corporate defence, inquest law, food hygiene and safety, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Neil is transport law, product safety, liability and recall. Rob has a Chartered Fellow of the Institution of Occupational Safety sector expertise in nuclear, gas and electricity generation and Health, a Fellow of the International Institute of Risk and distribution, wind energy, chemicals, engineering and Safety Management, an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty and construction industries. He lectures on corporate of Occupational Medicine and has received Distinguished manslaughter, product safety and defending all manner of Service Awards from both RoSPA and IOSH. regulatory prosecutions. Rob is a solicitor-advocate and listed in the most recent publication of the Best Lawyers in the UK. Jonathan Clough Tim French Head of Safety & Environment Lead Consultant Drax Generation Safe Jonathan Clough joined Drax as a craft apprentice in Tim French is the lead consultant within the Generation 1982, and has progressed within the company holding a Safe team. Tim brings a wealth of operational experience in number of supervisory and management positions in both senior management and leadership, specialising in safety maintenance and operations. More recently he supported culture change in high risk industries, including power the development of Drax Group’s operations in the US, generation. Tim has been involved in the nuclear and thermal before taking up his current position as Head of Safety & power generation industries, running transformation safety Environment. Jonathan has a BSc in Safety & Environmental leadership and employee engagement projects. He has also Management and is a Chartered Member of the Institute of worked with a range of organisations including Horizon, EDF, Occupational Safety & Health. Exxon Mobil, Nalco, Cemex, Network Rail and Balfour Beatty. He has designed and led Industry seminars in behavioural safety. Tim has a practical, energising and engaging approach, bringing learning to life for participants. Garry Graham Deputy General Secretary, Prospect Kate Hollisfield Technical Commercial Garry Graham has been Deputy General Secretary of Associate, HSL Prospect since January 2013. Garry has responsibility for energy and defence workers and overall responsibility for health and safety issues for all Prospect members. He Kate Hollifield is a member of the Major Hazards Unit of previously was National Secretary with primary responsibility the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) where she works for aviation and has represented members in safety critical as part of a team providing solution-based approaches to industries. Garry’s work for Prospect is at the forefront a wide-range of industries helping mitigate consequences of campaigning on health and safety issues. He believes of major accidents. Kate provides risk modelling and working with employers and the Health and Safety Executive management that show how hazardous substances and can produce improvements for workers, employers and electrostatics effect explosive atmospheres and fires. She the economy as a whole. Garry is committed to workplace works on large-scale experimental work which underpins engagement and sharing lessons and best practices. and validates the theory behind major accident prevention. Kate has specific experience in the management of hydrogen risk within the nuclear decommissioning process. Kate has a Masters degree in Chemistry from the University of Edinburgh. 5 Energy UK Health & Safety Conference 2015 Eddie McCullough Mike Mahoney Group Director & Senior Group HSE Director, Partner, Optimus PJD Group Mike Mahoney is Group HSE Director for PJD Group, Eddie McCullough is a Director and Senior Partner of reporting directly to the Group CEO and Main Board. Optimus Seventh Generation. Eddie leads and manages the He has responsibility for the safe management of a £50 company’s business activities in Europe, Australia, South million group of companies involved in diverse operations, East Asia, Africa and the Americas. Eddie started his career including power stations, petro-chemicals, energy from in construction before moving into the oil and gas industry. waste and the steel and industrial sectors. Mike has helped He has a technical trade background and has held various the group gain OHSAS18001, ISO14001 and received supervisory and management roles offshore and onshore the ROSPA President’s Award for outstanding safety in the UK, South East Asia and Canada. He has spoken performance. Mike’s leadership has seen the group’s safety at various international forums on implementing positive performance internationally recognised by the DuPont sustainable change through leadership and behaviour. Eddie International Award for Innovation in Safety and at national joined Optimus when it was founded twelve years ago to level by the Engineering Employee Federations’ Award for make a positive difference. Safety Innovation. Lawrence Slade Steve O’ Neill Chief Executive, Energy UK Health and Safety Consultant, Energy UK Lawrence Slade has been the Chief Executive of Energy Steve O’Neill is the Head of Health and Safety at Energy UK since summer 2015. Lawrence previously was the Chief UK. Stephen worked for Powergen at its Connah’s Quay Operating Officer for the organisation responsible for all power station and has over 25 years’ experience in the energy supply activities. Before Energy UK was created, chemical, electricity and oil and gas industries. Stephen has he ran the Energy Retail Association - one of Energy UK’s been a safety coach on various offshore installations in the predecessor bodies.