2. Powergen Renewables Ltd BWEA Health and Safety Matt Britton Powergen Renewables Ltd. Matt Britton Powergen Renewables Ltd.

3. Powergen Renewables Ltd What do the following have in common with the BWEA’s Health and Safety guidelines? a) Recovery of the stock market b) The No13 bus to Coventry What do the following have in common with the BWEA’s Health and Safety guidelines? a) Recovery of the stock market b) The No13 bus to Coventry BWEA Health and Safety They all take a long time to appear!

4. Powergen Renewables Ltd BWEA Health and Safety Now the Health and Safety guidelines have arrived!!!!! But what do the Guidelines cover?  Offshore Guidelines  Best Practice Guidelines

5. Powergen Renewables Ltd BWEA Health and Safety What are the aims of the H&S guidelines?  Update legislation and guidance for onshore sites  Provide details of legislation and guidance for offshore sites  Provide a management resource  Update legislation and guidance for onshore sites  Provide details of legislation and guidance for offshore sites  Provide a management resource

6. Powergen Renewables Ltd BWEA Health and Safety What the H&S guidelines do not give you.  An off the shelf Health and Safety Management System  Tell you exactly what you need to do to achieve Best Practice. Instead members should use the Guidelines to develop there own systems and Best Practice.

7. Powergen Renewables Ltd BWEA Health and Safety What is the format of the H&S guidelines?  Bullet point style - as the original  Detailed appendix covering offshore  Bullet point style - as the original  Detailed appendix covering offshore How can I get hold of a copy?  Available on the BWEA web site  A limited run of hard copies will be available  Available on the BWEA web site  A limited run of hard copies will be available

8. Powergen Renewables Ltd BWEA Health and Safety Key issues covered by the guidelines  Extension of Health and Safety at Work Act to cover offshore wind sites  Relevant legislation to offshore sites  Extension of Health and Safety at Work Act to cover offshore wind sites  Relevant legislation to offshore sites  Improved health and safety guidance  HSE documentation  Protection from falls  Public safety  Site layout to reduce risks  Improved health and safety guidance  HSE documentation  Protection from falls  Public safety  Site layout to reduce risks

9. Powergen Renewables Ltd What are the Key messages? BWEA Health and Safety  Best Practice is continuous improvement and sharing information  Improvements in health and safety cost less when implemented at the design phase - a CDM principle  Developers, as the client, have a key role in improving health and safety, through site layout, turbine design and ongoing operations post construction

10. Powergen Renewables Ltd BWEA Health and Safety A BIG THANK YOU  To all the member companies who took part in the development of the guidelines  To the Health and Safety Executive for their support, comments and encouragement  To David Left of the Utilities National Interest Group of the Health and Safety Executive for writing the preface  To Joe Gray, the BWEA’s consultant who updated the guidelines - he’s had to wait so long to receive his cheque!!!

11. Powergen Renewables Ltd BWEA Health and Safety Where does the wind energy industry go from here?  Deliver best practice  Review and develop health and safety systems  Build up a learning network  Deliver best practice  Review and develop health and safety systems  Build up a learning network