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Day 1 3 September 2002

14.00 Welcome Registration

16.00 Opening Ceremony - Plenum (Kronborgsalen) Chairman, Dir. Jens Jensen

Claus Hjort Frederiksen, Danish Minister for Employment.

Hans Horst Konkolewsky, Director General, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.

Bernhard Jansen, Director DG, EU Commission.

Bengt Knave, President, International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH).

Jean Luc Marie, Director, INRS ISSA-prevention

Jukka Takala, Director SafeWork, ILO.

Information about the Network database for Workingonsafety.net

19.00 Get-together party

Day 2 4 September 2002

09.00 Strategies for prevention – Plenum (Kronborgsalen) Chairman: Prof. Tore J. Larsson

Keynote 1: Paul Kells, Director, Safe Communities Foundation, Canada.

Work in the Safe Community.

Keynote 2: Ross Wilson, President, Council of Trade Unions, New Zealand.

Safety in the Emerging Labour Market - a union perspective.

Keynote 3: Elaine Dorward-King, Head of HSE, Rio Tinto Corporation, United Kingdom.

Safety Management in the Good Corporation.

11.30 - 13.00 Laptop presentations in G4-G8 and posters (Kronborghallen)

Lunch

13.00 - 14.45 Session 1: The BG view on prevention in Germany (Kronborgsalen) Responible HVBG, Germany Chairman: Dr. Walter Eichendorf

Dr. Karlheinz Meffert, Central Federation of the German Berufsgenossenschaften (HVBG) Research in OSH from the Viewpoint of Accident Insurance Institutions

Dr. Jochen Lau, Prof. Manfred Bandmann, German Road Safety Federation. Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Commuting Accidents

Dr. Joachim Lambert, Commission for Occupational Health Safety and Standardisation (KAN) Germany. Impact of Standardisation on Occupational Safety and Health

Dr. Roger Stamm, Institute for Occupational Safty (BIA), Germany. Safety Checks for Small Enterprises

Session 2: Accident prevention in SME I (Kronborg 1)

Responsible: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Chairman: Dir. H.H.Konkolewsky; Rapporteur: Dr. Eberhard Nies

Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, Director, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. Welcome Address and Introduction to the SME Session

Roger Bibbings, Occupational Safety Advisor, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), United Kingdom.

Developing Effective Approaches to Health and Safety Management in SMEs

Prof. David Walters, Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health, South Bank University, United Kingdom.

Sustaining Participative Approaches to Occupational Health and Safety in Small Enterprises: The Role of Trade Unions.

Dr. Günter Kloß, Head of Division "Mechanics, Grinding Techniques", Institute for Occupational Safety (BIA) Germany.

Trips, Slips and Falls in SMEs - Analysing Risks in the Meat Industry.

14.45 - 15.15 Coffee and posters

15.15 - 17.00

Session 3: The INRS and CNAM/CRAM view on prevention in France

(Kronborgsalen)Responsible: INRS, France

Chairman: Dir. Jean-Luc Marie

Jean-Luc Marié, Director General, INRS, France.

Prevention of Occupational Risks in France: Broadening and connections

Jean-Claude André, Director of Research, INRS, France.

Weakness of Scientific and Technical Culture on the Part of the Public and Consequences for the Development of Preventative Actions

L. Beaudouin, Head of Unit, CRAM, France

Mastering Occupational Risks in France: A number of initiatives undertaken by the CRAMs

J.P.Cazeneuve, Head of Unit,The Occupational Risks Department, CNAM, France. Presentation of the Branch-specific Participative Approach (BSPA)

Session 4: Accident prevention in SME II (Kronborg 1)

Responsible: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Chairman: Dir. H.H.Konkolewsky; Rapporteur: Dr. Eberhard Nies

Prof. Tore J. Larsson, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Australia. Is Small Business a Safety Problem?

Stefano Boy, Research Officer, Machinery Safety, TUTB, Belgium. The Prevention of Accidents Resulting from the Use of Machinery: Today’s Experience and Challenges for the Future.

Teuvo Uusitalo, Research Scientist, Päivi Mikkonen, Research Scientist, Mervi Murtonen, Research Scientist, VTT Industrial Systems, Finland. Development of an European Risk Management Internet Portal for SMEs

Alain Branca, Head of Training Department, OPPBTP, France.

Prevention Training for Spouses and/or other Assistants in Very Small Firms (VSES) in the Building Industry

Session 5: Safety Culture I (Kronborg 6) Free papers Chairman: Dir. Anders Kabel

Johan Lund, Researcher, Prof. Jan Hovden, University of Oslo Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.

The Influence of Safety at Work on Safety at Home and During Leisure Time .

Ole Carstensen, MD, David Glasscock, Psychologist PhD, Kurt Rasmussen, MD, PhD, Dept. of Occupational Medicine, Herning Hospital, Denmark.

Associations Between Safety Climate, the Psychosocial Work Environment, Occupational Injuries and Other Health Related Outcomes.

Carin Sundström-Frisk, Senior researcher, National Institute for Working Life, Sweden.

What in Fact is Learned from Accidents? - Impact of Accident Involvement on Risk Perception, Risk Behaviour and Preventive Measures

Ass. Prof. Marianne Törner, Anders Pousette, Researcher,

Susanna Larsson, Researcher, National Institute for Working Life/West, Sweden. Safety Climate in Swedish Construction Industry - A pilot study replicating a model from British Manufacturing Industry

17.00 - 17.15 Break

17.15 - 18.00 Parallel Roundtables Debate

Paul Kells, Director, Safe Communities Foundation (Kronborg 4)

Ross Wilson, President, Council of Trade Unions (Kronborg 5)

Elaine Dorward-King, Head of HSE, Rio Tinto Corporation (Kronborg 3)

Speakers from session 1 (Kronborg 6) Speakers from session 24 (Kronborg 1) Speakers from session 3 (Kronborgsalen)

19.00 Beach party

Day 3 5 September 2002

09.00 - 11.30 Strategies for prevention, cont. – Plenum (Kronborgsalen) Chairman: Prof. Tore J. Larsson

Keynote 4: Jukka Takala, Director, SafeWork ILO, Switzerland.

The Size of the Occupational Trauma Problem in Modern Society.

Keynote 5: Marie-Chantal Blandin, Director, Eurogip, France.

Successful Accident Prevention Programs.

Keynote 6: Walter Eichendorf, Deputy Director, Central Federation of the German Berufsgenossenschaften (HVBG).

The German Employer Model for Accident Prevention in SMEs.

11.30 - 13.00 Laptop presentations in G4-G8 and posters (Kronborghallen)

Lunch

13.00 - 14.45 Session 6: AFA, The view of Swedish Labour Market Insurance on prevention (Kronborgsalen) Responsible: AFA, Sweden; Chairman: Dir. Göran Fredrixon

Lars Baltzari, Vice President, AFA, Sweden

Negotiated No-fault Liability Insurance in Sweden: Structure, function, coverage and prevention potential.

Michel Normark, Manager Prevention. Malin Nilsson, Project Manager. Cecilia Oldertz, Project Manager. Mikael Forsblom, Project Manager. AFA, Sweden Systematic Claims Data for Prevention, Targeted Intervention, Industry-specific Information Systems, Branch-of-Industry OHS index (BIX).

Lennart Nathell, MD. Prof. Tore J. Larsson. AFA, Sweden Work Health 2001-2005 - a national OHS program. Individual health indicators and work environment intervention.

Session 7: Safety Culture II (Kronborg 1) Free papers Chairman: Carin Sundström-Frisk

Prof. Torbjörn Rundmo, University of Science and Technology, Norway. The Reliability and Validity of the Employee Safety, Health and Environment Questionnaire.

Anders Pousette, Researcher, Ass. Prof. Marianne Törner, Susanna Larsson, Researcher, National Institute for Working Life/West, Sweden.

Factor structure and mesurement quality of an expanded questionnaire on safety climate

Dorte Schiønning Andersen, Psychologist. Kirsten Jørgensen, Senior Consultant, Clinic of Occupational Medicine, Hillerød Hospital, Denmark. Development of a New Model for Defining Needs and Promoting Change in Workplace Safety.

Ass. Prof. Anne Richter, Dept. of Construction Management, Technical University of Denmark.

New Ways of Managing Prevention - a cultural approach to participation.

Ass. Prof. Christian Koch, Dept. of Construction Management, Technical University of Denmark.

Accidents in Precast Concrete Element Assembly Work at Building Sites - an exploratory investigation of prevention measures.

14.45 - 15.15 Coffee and posters

15.15 - 17.00 Session 8: The Views of Other Nations on Prevention (Kronborgsalen) Chairman: Prof. Danuta Koradecka

Timothy Walker, Director General, HSE, United Kingdom.

Taking Forward a New Strategy on Health and Safety in Great Britain.

P.K. Abeytunga, Director General, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, Canada.

The Program for Prevention of Accidents at Work in Canada.

Mika Santonen, MSc, Programme Manager, Centre for Occupational Safety, Finland.

Occupational Safety to the Top of the World List - a programme for the prevention of occupational accidents for 2001-2005.

Robert Lang, Dipl. Ing, ETH, SUVA, Switzerland.

Promoting Safety in Switzerland: New elements and experiences with a national safety programme.

Alan Clayton, Researcher, Centre for Employment and Industrial Relations Law, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Regulating Occupational Health and Safety: The need for a new paradigm.

Session 9: Safety Management (Kronborg 1) Free papers Chairman: Dr. Marc DeGreef

Prof. Jorma Saari, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland. Zero Accident Programme in a Paper Mill.

Prof. Andrew Hale, Dr. Ir. Tom Heijer, Dr.Ir. Floor Koornneef, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

Management of Safety Rules in Railways .

Ester Margrethe Jensen, Cand. Techn. Soc, COWI A/S, Denmark.

Effect of Safety Planning and a Safety Campaign during Construction of the Copenhagen Metro.

Patricia Canney, MD. Fabiola Maria Betancur, Sociologist. Enney Leon Gonzalez, Engineer. Suratep, Colombia.

Prevention of Work-related Accidents in Industry: A model for prevention through participation and co-operation.

Ole Carstensen, MD. Kent Jacob Nielsen, Psychologist. Dept of Occupational Medicine, Herning Hospital, Denmark.

The Preventive Effect of Registration and In-depth Analysis of Accidents.

Session 10: Distribution of Risk I (Kronborg 6) Free papers Chairman: Sverre Roed-Larsen

Ass.Prof. Cameron Mustard, Scientific Director, Institute for Work Health, Toronto, Canada.

Declining Trends in Work-related Morbidity and Disability 1993-1998 in Ontario, Canada - A Comparison of Survey Estimates and Compensation Insurance Claims.

Prof. Tore J. Larsson, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Australia. Who Will Use Claims Data for the Prevention of Occupational Trauma?

Giuseppe Campo, Researcher. Nicolina Mucci, Researcher. ISPESL, Rome, Italy. Processing Risk Profiles in the Italian Textile Sector: An assessment of occupational accidents.

Lotta Dellve, MScPH, Prof. Peter Allebeck, Prof. Mats Hagberg, Dept of Occupational Medicine and Dept. of Social Medicine, Gothenburg University, Sweden.

Macro-socioeconomic Determinants of Occupational Injuries Among the Total Workforce of Home Care Workers in Sweden.

Celeste Jacinto, Researcher. Elaine Aspinwall, Researcher. University of Birmingham, School of MME, United Kingdom. Work Accidents? Investigation Technique (WAIT).

17.00-17.15 Break

17.15 - 18.00 Parallel Roundtables Debate

Jukka Takala, Director, SafeWork ILO (Kronborg 3)

Marie-Chantal Blandin, Director, Eurogip (Kronborgsalen)

Walter Eichendorf, Deputy Director, HVBG (Kronborg 1)

Speakers from session 6 (Kronborg 6) Speakers from session 8 (Kronborg 5)

19.00 Gala Dinner

Day 4 6 September 2002

09.00 - 10.30 Strategies for prevention, cont. – Plenum (Kronborgsalen) Chairman: Prof. Tore J. Larsson

Keynote 7: Claes Tingvall, Director, National Road Authority, Sweden.

Vision Zero - the death of cost-benefit analysis .

Keynote 8: Ralph McGinn, Director General, Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia, Canada.

Effective Compliance and the Role of the Inspectorate.

10.30 - 11.30 Parallel Roundtables Debate

Claes Tingvall, Director, National Road Authority (Kronborg 1)

Ralph McGinn, Director General, Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia (Kronborgsalen)

11.30 - 13.00 Laptop presentations in G4-G8 and posters (Kronborghallen)

Lunch

13.00 - 14.45 Session 11: The DWEA view on prevention in Denmark (Kronborgsalen) Responsible: DWEA, Denmark.

Chairman: Dir. Jens Jensen

Jens Jensen, Director General, National Working Environment Authority, Denmark. The Danish Programme for Accident Prevention.

Kirsten Jørgensen, MSc (Eng.) Ph.D. National Working Environment Authority, Denmark. New Proactive Initiatives for Prevention of Accidents at Work.

Iben Posniak, Consultant. Arne Jensen, Technological Consultant. Kirsten Jørgensen, MSc (Eng.) Ph.D. Confederation of Danish Industries Central Organisa-tion of Industrial Employees National Working Environment Authority, Denmark. Zero Accidents: The view of an employer organisation.

Ass. Prof. Pall Rikhardsson, Aarhus School of Business, Dept. of Accounting, Denmark. Corporate Cost of Occupational Accidents: Using the SACA method to perform an activity-based analysis.

Johnny Dyreborg, Researcher. Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen, Senior Researcher. National Institute of Occupational Health, Denmark.

Evaluation of an Accident Investigation Tool: A follow-up study.

Session 12: Safety management II (Kronborg 1) Free papers Chairman: Dr. Christian Kock

Marc De Greef, Director. Prevent, Belgium, Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems: Vital Components to Improve the Performance of Organisations

Sverre Roed-Larsen, Project Manager. Norwegian Work Research Institute, Norway. Working Environment: Unwanted events and the improvement of safety management systems.

Joyce Johnson, Rear Admiral, Director of Health and Safety. Antonio Carvalhais, Human Factors Program Analyst. James Karcher, Chief, Shore Safety Division. United States Coast Guard. Washington DC, USA. A Non-prescriptive Approach to Manage Fatigue and Accidents.

Ass. Prof. Mette Dyhrberg, Prof. Per Langaa Jensen, Dept of Manufacturing, Technical University of Denmark.

Organisations in Context - a new research agenda for accident prevention theory.

Session 13: Distribution of Risk II (Kronborg 6) Free papers Chairman: Dr. Mika Santonen

Simo Salminen, Specialized Researcher, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. Traffic Accidents at Work.

KB Veiersted, MD, PhD. LO Goffeng, Researcher. National Institute of Occupational Health, Norway.

Incidence of Serious Electrical Accidents Among Norwegian Electricians.

Prof. Tore J. Larsson, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Australia. Industrial Forklift Trucks - dynamic stability and the design of safe logistics.

Lars Harms-Ringdahl, D.Tech. Institute for Risk Management and Safety Analysis, Sweden.

Modelling and Analysing Safety at Workplaces - practical experiences of safety functions.

B. Stenlund, MD PhD, Centralgalaxen Bygg AB, Sweden. The Galaxen Model - a rehabilitation programme.

Ass. Prof. Kazys Algirdas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania. The Prevention of Trauma by Ergonomic Equipments in the Construction Industry.

14.45 - 15.15 Coffee and poster

15.15 - 16.15 Rapporteurs – Plenum (Kronborgsalen) Chairman: Dr. Kirsten Jørgensen

Prof. Jorma Saari, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland.

Prof. Andrew Hale, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

Prof. Jan Hovden, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Elisabeth Lagerlöf, Head of Unit, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and working Conditions.

16.15 - 17.00 Closing Ceremony – Plenum (Kronborgsalen) Chairman: Dr. Kirsten Jørgensen

Göran Fredrixon, Vice President, RD, AFA, Swedish Labour Market Insurance.

Prof. Tore J. Larsson, Scientific Committee on Accident Prevention, ICOH.

Walter Eichendorf, Deputy Director, Central Federation of the German Berufsgenossenschaften (HVBG).

Jens Jensen, Director General, National Working Environment Authority, Denmark.

Lab-top precentation:

Eivor Nielsson, Project leader, PREVENT, Sweden Safety in Small and Medium-sized Companies

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Inga-Lill Engkvist, PhD, Linköbing University, Sweden Investigation of Reported Accidents During Patient Transfers in Australian Hospitals

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Olaf Jensen, Researcher, University of Southern, Denmark Systematic description of work processes on board fishing vessels classification of injuries for preventional use. G6

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Gabrialla Mancini, Engineer, INAIL, Italy Small and Medium sized Companies need Help on Safety G7

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Emma Wilhelmson, PhD-student. Greg Neely, PhD, Lage Burstrôm, PhD. The national Institute for Working Life, Sweden Forestry Work among Private landowners – injuries, accidents and use of protective gear

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Posters:

Christian Koch, Ass.Professor, Technical University of Denmark, Understanding Safty Cultures in Construction – an exploratory investigation

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Johnny Dyreborg, Researcher, K.L. Mikkelsen, Dr.Med, S.Spangenberg, Researcher, National Institute of Occupational Health, Denmark Levels of Injury Risk Control in Small and Large Workplaces

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Pete Kines, MSc, National Institute of Occupational Health, Denmark Firm size and Elevation Fall Injury Risks in Construction

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Leszek Pietrzak, Researcher, Central Institute for Labour Protection, Poland Assessment of Occupational Risk

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Zofia Pawlowska, Researcher, Central Institute for Labour Protection, Poland Implementation of Health and Safety Management Systems in Polish Companies

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Z. W. Józwiak, Researcher, The Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland Work Load of Hospital Nurses – an ergonomic study

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Mariya Hasamska, Director, Executive Agency "General Labour Inspectorate", Bulagia. Trauma at Work in Construction Branch Development – Specific features related to the changes in Bulgaria.

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Jinky Leilanie Lu, Ass.Professor, University of the Philippines, Philipines Establishing Risk Assessment Indices for Occupational Injuries at Work in the Phillipines – strategies for prevention

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Gebremariam Woldemicael, Ass.Professor, University of Asmara, Eritrea Prevalence and Distribution of Workrelated Accidents and Estimation Cost of such Accidents in Eritrea

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Ester Galli, Safety Engineer,MSc, Department of Labour of Säo Paulo State, Brazil revention of Risks in the Future Chemical Industries

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Celeste Jancinto, Researcher, Elaine Aspinwall, Researcher, The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Investigation of Occupational Accidents and Current Best Practice in the UK

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Fred Størseth, Reseacher, Torbjørn Rundmo, Professor, University of Science and Technology, Norway Associations between Job Insecurity, Jobsatisfaction, Jobstress and safety among Employees in three Norwegian Companies

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Anne Richter, Ass prof. Elsebet Frydendal Pedersen, Ass.prof, Dep.of Construction management, Technical University of Denmark, Charlotte Martin, Consultant, Sectional Working Environment Council within

Construction and Building.

Accidents, - not merely accidental!

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Mudssar Islam, Pakistan Labour Federation, Pakistan The Role of Trade Union in Prevention of Accidents.

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Kirsten Jørgensen, PhD, National Working Environment Authority, Denmark A New Tool for Investigation of Accidents by the Enterprises Safety Organisations

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Kirsten Jørgensen, MSc (Eng.) Ph.D. Iben Posniak, Consultant., Arne Jensen, Technological Consultant. National Working Environment Authority, Confederation of Danish Industries Central Organisation of Industrial Employees, Denmark.

Materials behind the tripart camaign for Zero Accidents at work.

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Myung Ki, MD, group of Occupational Health, Department of Preventive medicine, Korea university, Korea Reconsideration of Size Classification which Determined Contens of Providing Occupational Health Service in Korea.

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Christina Robaina Aquirre, MD. Ibis Avila Roque, Researcher. National Institute for Workers’ Health, Cuba. Accident Prevention in Cuba: The role of the intervention

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Exhibition:

Elsivier Science Publiches Ex1

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