Dave started work with Watson Norie in 1977 and has been with the Company ever since. Dave has worked as a Project Manager on a number of high-profile Projects, which include a pharmaceutical site in Lincolnshire, E4 B.P. Grangemouth and Zeneca FFP Project Grangemouth. At present Dave is Project Manager at Lincolnshire, working as part of an Alliance which includes Mitsui Babcock, Cape, Thermal Transfer, William Hare and Dew Construction.

The Annual Safety Awards for Syngenta Forum 2004 were held at Huddersfield in April. Watson Norie Project Manager, Bill Austin, and Site Manager Chris Senior, were there to receive prizes on behalf of Watson Norie. The Safety Awards were presented by Syngenta's Head Of Global Engineering, Robert Wetzel. Watson Norie received two prizes on the night, a Recognition Certificate for achieving a Gold Award and a cut-glass globe to accompany the certificate. Both Management and Workforce were commended for their efforts in achieving a zero accident record for 2003. This was also the case in 2001 and 2002.

Once again Grangemouth is enjoying an accident-free year. Newly-appointed Staff Project Manager, J. Laird, and his team have been involved in a number of major overhauls, including FCCU, all without a recordable injury. Watson Norie is heavily involved in the GCSA Safety Team, our representatives being Scott Burnett (Safety Advisor) and Stuart Patterson (Safety Representative). They work closely with our partners to achieve our ultimate Safety Goals: 'No Harm' to people 'No Harm' to the environment.

A Company Van Driver has been sent to prison for five years after being convicted of causing death by dangerous driving. At the time he was using a hand-held Mobile Telephone on which he was talking for at least six and half minutes during a fifteen minute journey. Two of the calls were private and one was work related. The Court heard that during the course of these calls the driver failed to react to fifteen different road signs. The fatal accident occurred when he made an illegal right turn into the path of a Motor Cyclist who was mown down and received fatal injuries. The driver was also banned from driving for five years. Referring to the recent mobile phone legislation, the judge in the case, Henry Globe, QC, commented, "the whole purpose of the new mobile phone law is to reinforce what has been known for some time - that the use of a Mobile Phone while driving is dangerous and can lead to accidents of the most serious and fatal kind."

A case recently illustrated that there are many situations in which people can fall from heights, apart from those that immediately spring to mind such as from a roof or an unguarded scaffolding. In these situations there is often no attempt made at all to provide fall-protection or fall- arrest equipment. This may be because it is difficult or might incur unwanted expense. This is NO EXCUSE. The legal requirement to act to prevent falls applies in all work situations, including when people are on top of Containers, vehicles etc.

Lack of fall protection or arrest- mechanisms was a problem in a recent case when an employee fell three metres from the top of a vehicle. In this case he suffered broken ribs, but of course he could have been killed. The employer, Stevenage Borough Council, had to pay almost £25,000 in fines and costs for the incident. According to the prosecutor in the case, the employer failed to provide a safe system of work.