Health and Safety in the UK Offshore Wind Industry Worker's Views
This 3-part seminar series held in partnership with the University of Strathclyde and the United Kingdom's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) looks at lessons that can be learned from the United Kingdom's experience with offshore wind, the viewpoints of workers in the UK on the United States' training needs for offshore wind, and recommendations for "safety by design".
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Second seminar: Workers' Views
Thursday, June 17th at 10:00-11:30AM EDT / 3:00-4:30PM GMT
The United States' offshore wind industry is in its infancy. The US has an opportunity to learn from the experience of workers in the UK, particularly what advice they would give to industry, regulators and workers, to grow a safe and healthy industry.
Speakers:
• Bud Hudspith, National H&S Adviser, Unite the Union
• Simon Coop, Regional Co-Ordinating Officer, Unite the Union
• Darren Procter, National Secretary, RMT
• Michael Macdonald, Negotiations Officer, Prospect
Host:
• Beth Rosenberg, Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Moderator:
• Panos Stavrakakis, Head of the Centre for Organization Health & Wellbeing, UK HSE Science and Research Centre
