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Safety Project Live Music Industry Input
Work on a Europe-wide risk management tool for workers at festivals and concerts entered a new phase last month when a six-nation team met at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona to discuss ways in which good safety practice could be communicated to workers throughout the continent.
The tool will set out the types of risks faced by anyone who works at a live music event, ranging from specific risks such as working at height to general issues such as emergency procedure
The risk management tool will be web-based and free to access. The team – made up of the ILMC Safety Focus Group and Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (BCUC) - is keen to ensure that European live music professionals and the voluntary sector are able to contribute to the tool.
The safety project is an ambitious initiative which hopes to co-ordinate best working practice at live music events throughout Europe. It aims to offer guidance about risks faced by workers, whether they’re production professionals, stewards working with the public or welfare volunteers.
Chrissy Uerlings of Peter Rieger Konzertagentur appealed to the European live music industry to come forward with ideas, case studies and accident reports which could be useful in building the tool. “From the start of this project we have been in contact with industry leaders about the risks faced by the live music workforce,” he said. “We also encourage all event workers to tell us what risks they feel they face at work.”
This request continues an extensive process of consultation which was started in January this year. The tool will be piloted at specifically-chosen events throughout the summer of 2004 before the final version is delivered in the autumn.
“Anyone wishing to express their opinions on the project or who would like their event to be considered for the pilot scheme should contact us,” said Uerlings.
Live music workers throughout Europe wishing to contribute to the tool should email: mik.gartside@wanadoo.fr. Emails should have the subject line: OSHA project feedback from *your name*
13th May 2004
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