Lee Marshall has recently taken over the post of Scottish Area Manager from the retiring Alex Green (19/09/03). Lee has been with the company for 17 years, starting as an Electrician with Watson Norie in 1987. Lee has worked on many large Projects in the Grangemouth area and has recently left the GCSA in BP Grangemouth, to take up his new post. At the recent BP Safety Award Ceremony in Grangemouth Lee was awarded a Certificate of Merit for his contribution to safety as part of the GCSA Project Managers Safety Team.

The Goldeneye Onshore Facilities Project for Shell/Foster Wheeler involves the construction of an additional gas receiving / processing facility to the existing plant. Currently there are about 65 personnel under the Watson Norie banner reporting to WNL Project Manager G.O’Brien. Since starting on site in mid-August 03, WNL have expended 58,000 man hours with just 1 minor first-aid case. WNL have also won the Shell/Foster Wheeler Contractor of the Month Award on two separate occasions, and Supervisor of the month once.

A recent publication by the ECA has highlighted the fact that employees, as well as employers, can be prosecuted and fined for Health and Safety offences. A Project Manager has been fined £2,500 and just over £1,000 in costs for an accident in which a Sub-Contractor suffered severe facial injuries. The Incident was caused by a Project Manager carrying out an operation using a Fork Lift Truck, something for which he had never been trained.

Spot the man on the right. Yes, it’s Ian Cant, Watson Norie Site Supervisor on our Teesside operations. Ian was part of the team invited by Huntsman to receive a R.O.S.P.A Safety Award at Birmingham NEC last year.

The control of Asbestos At Work Regulations was introduced in 2002. However, the duty under regulation 4 does not come into force until May 2004. This duty will require those responsible for the repair and maintenance of non-domestic premises to find out about the presence of Asbestos-containing materials. It also requires a record of location and condition of Asbestos materials, as well as an assessment and management of any risk exposure. There is also a requirement to pass on information about the location and condition of these materials to anyone liable to disturb them.

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Syngenta, Huddersfield have just been notified that they are in line for the Gold Safety Award to be presented at their Annual Safety Award Ceremony in April. The Alliance Leader, Mr Bill Austin, and assistant Project Manager, Mr Chris Senior, have successfully completed the last three years without a first-aid accident. The alliance is in the process of implementing I.O.S.H Managing Safety Courses for our supervision, as part of the on-going action plan for the Project.