For work at height and in difficult environments

 

The authoritative event for professionals directly involved with managing or carrying out work at height.

 

Technical Symposium 2006


Emergency Response at Height

The 6th annual Lyon Equipment Technical Symposium was held on the 25th & 26th September 2006 at Lyon Equipment's Training Centre at Tebay, Cumbria and at the Rheged Discovery Centre near Penrith, Cumbria.

Considered by many to be THE authoritative event for professionals directly involved with managing or carrying out work at height.

The symposium addressed directly the concerns within industry and the emergency services on technical and legislative issues whilst dealing with incidents at height.

Monday afternoon 25th September, Lyon Equipment Training Centre, Junction 38, M6 Cumbria

Practical Demonstrations

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Wednesday evening 25th September, Symposium dinner at Rheged Discovery Centre. This was a good opportunity to network, socialise and have a few beers!

Tuesday 26th September, Rheged Discovery Centre, nr Junction 40, M6, Cumbria

Lectures, panel discussions and question and answer sessions.

Speakers included:

Dave Thomas, HM Principal Specialist Inspector for Work at Height - Opening remarks

Alex Bronnaz, Industrial Product Manager, Petzl - Exo device development

Mark Taylor, Textile Research Dept, Leeds University - Energy absorption over edges

Dave Riches, Safety Squared - Horizontal lifelines & multiple loadings

Mike O’Shea, Irish Rope Access & Safety Consultants - Force reduction at the anchor

Jez Hunter, Rig Systems - Red-lining the Rescue – how safe are our rescue systems?

John Sutherland, Ferno UK - First Aid at height

David Halliwell, Dorset Ambulance Service - Suspension trauma treatment

Joseph Feldstein, MSA Fall Protection - Equipment and techniques for post-fall recovery in North America, a case study in industrial rescue

Click here to download Joseph Feldstein's presentation (832 KB)

Dave Ellis, Lyon Equipment - Current techniques for identifying equipment

 

 

Delegate feedback

"Better than last year, hope to come again next year!"

"Good 2 days"

"Good overall organisation/administration with friendly staff. Learnt a lot, was a great turnout"

"Couldn’t be better"

"Superb – pretty much faultless yet also friendly & helpful. A lesson in how to do it!"

"Excellent event – Thank you"

"Exemplary information and organising – thank you"

"An interesting ‘mix’ this year"