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International Workers Memorial Day - 428 Project Launched

April 28^th is International Workers Memorial Day – a day set aside to reflect on and remember those who have died or suffered ill health and injury as a result of workplace accidents. In 2006 the International Labour Organisation estimated that 2.2 million workers died in workplace accidents and a further 160 million were suffering from work related ill health.

To commemorate those who have suffered death and injury, and to advance safe and healthy work practices, Expert Ease International are launching the 428 Project.

The 428 Project is an open access service to employers and employees to assist in the assessment and development of management systems and control measures that will ensure the safety of all those at work.

Utilising the principles underpinning Copyleft, the project will drive ethical work practices in the global environment.

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Further information can be obtained from:

Philip McAleenan,
Managing Partner
Expert Ease International
37 Roughal Park, Downpatrick, BT30 6HB

Phone: +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
Fax:    +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
email:  expertease@confinedspaces.com
URL:    www.web-safety.com , www.confinedspaces.com

Notes to Editor:-

In the 2006 Expert Ease International won the ISSA Construction Section IMHOTEP Award for good innovative preventative practice. The IMHOTEP Competition is an opportunity to make known, promote, implement and apply in other countries all Good Innovative Prevention Practices available in the world!

http://www.cramif.fr/aiss/imhotep/laureats_ang.asp

Safety Software Gains International Recognition - Press Release 7 October 2005

Downpatrick-based safety consultancy, Expert Ease International (EEI) are to be awarded the IMHOTEP 2006 Trophy at the XXVIII International Symposium of the ISSA Construction Section on Occupational Health & Safety in beautiful colonial city of Salvador, Brazil.

“The International Social Security Association (ISSA) IMHOTEP Competition is open to all private or legal citizens, public or private companies, institutions, profit-making or non profit-making organizations, etc. whose activities are directed in total or in part to the prevention of occupational risks in the construction industry.  The aim of this "Innovation Prize Imhotep" is to make known Good Prevention Practices existing in the Construction Industry, that are applicable to other countries and able to further reduce occupational injuries and diseases on construction sites”.

EEI’s contribution to innovative prevention practices started with the development of their groundbreaking operational analysis and control (OAC) model for managing safety, a model that is current the guiding principle behind the total safety practice in one NI Government Agency and who’s principles have been studied by over 1,000 USA companies through the provision of e-learning training programs.

Combining safety knowledge and software development resulted in the development of the OAC (risk assessment) database, which gained the favour of the judges at the final selection stage of the competition at the World Safety Congress in Orlando, Florida last month.  EEI Partners Ciaran McAleenan and Philip McAleenan attended the Congress where they presented a paper “Prevention – A Universal responsibility”, to an audience of several hundred safety professionals, Government officials and businesses from around the world.

 Speaking after receiving notification of their award Managing Partner, Philip McAleenan said;

 “We are delighted and honoured that our work has been recognised in such a fashion by our peers.  And we are also proud to be able to contribute to the great tradition of innovation and creativity that Ireland is noted for. It is our intention that as National Safety Bodies concentrate on reducing fatalities and injuries in the construction sector, our methods and products will go some considerable distance in helping to achieve those goals”.

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Further information can be obtained from:

Philip McAleenan,
Managing Partner
Expert Ease International
37 Roughal Park, Downpatrick, BT30 6HB

Phone: +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
Fax:    +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
email:  expertease@confinedspaces.com
URL:    www.web-safety.com , www.confinedspaces.com

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Safety Software gives the world some GIPP - Press Release 11 August 2005

Downpatrick-based safety consultancy, Expert Ease International (EEI) has successfully passed the first selection stage of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) Innovation Prize for Good Prevention Practices.

The “IMHOTEP” competition is an opportunity to promote Good Innovative Prevention Practices (GIPP) for construction businesses across the world.  EEI’s contribution to innovative prevention practices started with the development of their groundbreaking operational analysis and control (OAC) model for managing safety. Combining safety knowledge and software development resulted in the development of the OAC (risk assessment) database, for which they have been selected to go through to the final selection stage of the competition at the World Safety Congress in Orlando, Florida next month.

Speaking after receiving notification of their selection Managing Partner, Philip McAleenan said;

“Our approach to construction safety is that projects should be designed in a way that they can be built, used, maintained and demolished in a way that does not cause harm. We develop all our products under the “is it safe?” banner and our expectation is that all of our customers are able to say yes, and prove it.”

IMHOTEP prizewinners will receive their awards at the International Symposium, “Occupational Safety and Health in the Construction Industry” in Brazil early 2006.

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Further information can be obtained from:

Philip McAleenan,
Managing Partner
Expert Ease International
37 Roughal Park, Downpatrick, BT30 6HB

Phone: +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
Fax:    +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
email:  expertease@confinedspaces.com
URL:    www.web-safety.com , www.confinedspaces.com

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A New Approach to Health and Safety - Press Release 11 November 2002

Making the case for a new approach to health and safety at work, Philip McAleenan, Managing Partner of Expert Ease International argued that 1.2 million work related deaths worldwide each year is a totally unacceptable fact and that the continuing rate of accidents in the work place is evidence that after 30 years of risk management, it has failed to achieve an acceptable level of workplace safety and it is time to rethink the strategy.

Building on the experience in Europe, McAleenan put the case to an international audience at a seminar at the National Safety Council Congress in San Diego last month that risk management fails because it implies that there is an acceptable level of risk and that despite the best efforts of legislators and safety professionals, a managed risk merely improves the odds against an accident occurring, but neither eliminates it nor is capable of predicting when it will occur.

Promoting a new approach developed by Expert Ease International over the past 5 years, he argued that the Operational Analysis and Control (OAC) model is a more effective approach to managing, not simply safety, but the total operation itself.

The OAC “presents a model of operational management where control of the operation flows from the essential foundations of knowledge and understanding of each of the integral elements of the overall operation” and  “that effective operational management necessarily requires each [stakeholder] to adopt a perspective that acknowledges and acts upon the duties and obligations each owes to the others”.

Expert Ease International have been developing the OAC model in practice since 1997 and have already presented their work on the international stage when co-author and Engineering Partner, Ciaran McAleenan presented the concept to the International Construction Industry Symposium in Paris last December.

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Further information can be obtained from:

Philip McAleenan,
Managing Partner
Expert Ease International
37 Roughal Park, Downpatrick, BT30 6HB

Phone: +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
Fax:    +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
email:  expertease@confinedspaces.com
URL:    www.web-safety.com , www.confinedspaces.com and www.notoneaccident.com

web-safety.com re-launched - Press Release 1 September 2002

web-safety.com, the one-stop safety resource on the web for SMEs was today re-launched by Expert Ease International following the successful negotiation with one of Europe’s leading providers of electronic safety materials to provide small businesses with affordable access to over 300,000 safety documents.

 Commenting on the launch, Philip McAleenan, Managing Partner, stated;

“Many small and medium sized business are restrained by budgetary considerations from access to some of the best sources of health & safety information and help on the Internet.  With this partnership, every small business now has affordable access to virtually unlimited information and on-line assistance”. 

Launched three years ago, and winning a business start up award within four months, web-safety.com has rapidly become on of the most extensive sources of information and assistance on the web, with users from all over the world regularly accessing and contributing to the development of this web-site.  In a novel and innovative move, EEI established a repository of safety training materials provided by safety professionals in exchange for other materials that they require.  Thousands of downloads have already taken place from this totally free service.

“Expert Ease International is committed to achieving accident free work environments and we view the Internet as an invaluable tool, ensuring that employers, employees and safety professionals have access at all time to the information, advice and support they need to go home safely at the end of the day”.

Further information can be obtained from:

Philip McAleenan,
Managing Partner
Expert Ease International
37 Roughal Park, Downpatrick, BT30 6HB

Phone: +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
Fax:    +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
email:  expertease@confinedspaces.com
URL:    www.web-safety.com , www.confinedspaces.com and www.notoneaccident.com

Editorial Note:  web-safety.com is a division of Expert Ease International

web-safety.com / MARCOM Partnership

 web-safety.com concluded months of negotiation with US company, MARCOM with the launch of over 400 new safety-training products on their award winning e-commerce site. Following the formal signing of their agreement at the worlds largest safety expo in Atlanta, Georgia, Philip McAleenan, Managing Partner of Expert Ease International (EEI), web-safety.com's sister company, stated that he was thrilled that one of the USA's biggest publishers of health & safety materials had chosen us to market their products on the Internet (Visit the Safety Superstore).

 "Our aim is to provide on-line Health & Safety facility that contains high quality, affordable products and services covering all that the small and medium sized employer needs to ensure that his/her workforce is informed, trained and equipped to work in complete safety".

EEI embraced the .com revolution two years ago at a previous National Safety Council Expo when they designed a health and safety web site in response to a request from a US city council. Within a few months they had launched web-safety.com and picked up an e-commerce start-up award in N.Ireland. Having met Don Leonard, MARCOM's CEO at the NSC they began discussing the idea with him last year of distributing his products. The signing of their agreement marks the confidence both companies have in the Internet as an invaluable tool in the employer's safety kit.

 "We look forward to a long and successful partnership between our two companies, and are confident that in the future web-safety.com will become a one stop shop for employers and safety professionals around the world".

Further information can be obtained from:

Philip McAleenan,
Managing Partner
Expert Ease International
37 Roughal Park, Downpatrick, BT30 6HB

Phone: +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
Fax:    +44 (0) 28 4461 3383
email:  expertease@confinedspaces.com
URL:    www.web-safety.com , www.confinedspaces.com