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There is always a health and safety fringe meeting which is traditionally the best attended lunchtime event. This year Nigel Bryson OBE BSc CFIOSH, former GMB National Health, Safety and Environment Officer and former BFAWU National Health and Safety Officer was the guest speaker.
Nigel undertook work for the TUC with the HSE on Worker Involvement. Nigel is the author of the book "Zero Harm: Worker involvement – the missing piece" and now runs his own Health and Safety Consultancy 'Bryson Consulting' which aims to develop expertise in workforce motivation and to improve health and safety standards in organisations, by generating workforce involvement and participation.
In June 1981 he was appointed as the first National Health and Safety Officer in the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union, at the age of 24 becoming the youngest National Officer in the UK Trade Union movement at that time.
 Nigel spoke of developing expertise in workforce motivation to improve health and safety standards with clients so that they become more efficient businesses and continuously improve their health and safety standards at the same time.
By working with various organisations, he has proved that significant improvements in health and safety can be made by generating workforce enthusiasm and participation within a clear management framework.
His mantra that “People support what they help create” ran through his presentation which highlighted the plusses to business such as less injuries and ill-health with the subsequent reduced sickness absence and associated costs
In a hugely enjoyable session Nigel went from the First World War and working conditions meal breaks, food and job design to prove worker engagement is good for business. Productivity rocketed when workers were looked after during that time of national crisis and the current government attacks on workplace health safety are just nonsensical and have no evidence based substance.
Source: Derek Maylor
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