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News Release from: Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 December 2002
Symposium addresses corporate killing
The process engineering and legal communities will unite at a major international conference next year to address the issue of corporate killing.
The process engineering and legal communities will unite at a major international conference next year to address the issue of corporate killing "Fulfilling our responsibility" is the theme of the 17th Hazard Symposium organised by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) North West branch
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 3-day event will take place from the 25th to 27th March 2003 at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).
Along with papers on new research and technical developments into controlling risks in the process industry, leading barrister Gerard Forlin QC will be highlighting the legal dangers to individuals as well as companies who do not take safety seriously enough.
"If the process industry is to survive and prosper in the 21st century it must adapt to changing social attitudes to risk", says Mike Adams, Hazards XVII symposium organiser.
"Courts are exacting greater penalties on individuals and companies for breaches of health, safety and environmental legislation".
Recent high-profile incidents such as the Potters Bar crash have renewed calls for the Government to bring forward the proposed legislation on corporate killing which would imprison directors of companies involved in avoidable workplace deaths.
Hazards XVII will raise the industry's awareness of these issues and help it meet the increasing expectations of risk control.
"No longer is safety is the preserve of just the safety officer", Adams concludes, "We are all responsible for safety, right from the chief executive to the junior apprentice".
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