ALARP Workshop

14 June 2007, RINA HQ, London

Following a 10 year battle between the EU Commission and the UK government the EU Court of Justice will decide this summer whether to follow or reject the Advocate General's decision in favour of the UK retaining "so far as reasonably practicable" defence in its health and safety legislation.

The concept of what is Reasonably Practicable has been fundamental to British safety legislation since the judge in the case of Edwards v National Coal Board (1949) ruled that risk must be insignificant in relation to sacrifice (time, money, effort). When making safety cases, industries across a broad range seek to demonstrate that they have reduced risk As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP).

This workshop will bring together safety practitioners from diverse fields (rail, nuclear, gas and oil, defence, etc) to share experiences and learn from each other so as to improve our understanding and techniques.

Programme

The workshop takes the format of two key speakers and two participatory discussion sessions designed to promote debate.

09.30 - The workshop will open with an introduction.

10.00 - Andrew Rushton, Specialist Inspector, Hazardous Installations Directorate, will discuss how Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) can be used as a support tool to aid ALARP judgements.

11.00 - Coffee

11.15 - Discussion workshop

12.30 Lunch

13.30 - Allan Bain, Head of Naval Architecture, (Constructive Engineering, Naval Authority Certification & Safety), Major Warships IPT, will present the current ALARP situation in the defence industry from an MOD perspective.

14.15 - Coffee

14.30 - Discussion workshop

15.30 - Workshop summary and comments.

16.30 - Close.

For further information and to book a place for this event, please download the Delegate Booking form.