Safety, Health & Environment (SHE)
ENA's Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) team acts in a co-ordinating and facilitating capacity to assist Member Companies in achieving their business objectives safely and without risk to health and/or the environment.
In essence, SHE provides a focus for liaison, co-ordination and information, in areas which Member Companies identify as being of mutual concern. The activities are brought about and directed through a framework established by the ENA Board comprising a number of committees and task forces managed by the SHE team, in addition to a range of professional services, publications and initiatives provided by SHE.
SHE employs a variety of methods to monitor, collate and disseminate to Member Companies in a timely and targeted way, this includes: management of an accident database and production of quarterly updates; overseeing SAFELEC 2010 initiative and production of an annual progress report; publication of leaflets on public safety guidance. The SHE team liaises with the industry regulators, HSE, BERR and the Environment Agency to develop a partnership approach to managing SHE issues.
Contacts:
Peter Coyle
Director of Operations
peter.coyle @ energynetworks.org
Mike Leppard
SHE Advisor
mike.leppard @ energynetworks.org
Peter Roberts
Head of SHE
peter.roberts @ energynetworks.org
ENA SHE group prepares the agendas and papers for all the meetings of the committees listed below as well as providing professional input into the discussion and debate during the meetings.
ENA members can find out much more information about these bodies together with copies of all the meeting papers in the members-only part of this website.
National Health, Environment & Safety Advisory Committee (National HESAC)
Non-executive joint body comprising representatives from electricity industry companies, trade unions and the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
Safety, Health & Environment Committee (SHE Committee)
This is the principle management body for identifying and addressing health, safety and environment issues of collective interest to distribution/transmission companies. It directs the work of a range of committees and task forces, set up to address specific issues.
Safety, Health & Environment Managers Group (SHE Managers Group)
This group of SHE specialists discuss health, safety and environment issues of collective interest to distribution/transmission companies in more detail, share good practice and lessons learned from incidents. It reports to the SHE committee.
Accident, Ill Health & Dangerous Occurrences Database (members only)
ENA SHE group manages the Industry database on accidents, cases of ill health and dangerous occurrences.
Safety, Health & Environment Management Conference
ENA SHE group organises and facilitates an annual energy industry SHE management conference. This is hosted on a rotating basis by ENA member companies and is normally attended by over 200 delegates including senior management from the Industry together with representatives from the HSE, DTI, contractors and trade unions.
SAFELEC 2010
ENA SHE Group is closely involved in the Industry's SAFELEC 2010 initiative, overseeing the Industry's efforts towards the agreed safety and occupational health targets and producing the annual SAFELEC 2010 Progress Report. Further information on SAFELEC 2010 can be found in the copies of the Progress Reports which are available on this site.
Safety, Health & Environment Information Service
ENA SHE group provides a valuable information service to companies by ensuring that ENA members are alerted at the earliest possible stage to SHE-related issues that arise and keeping them up to date on those issues as they develop. The group facilitates consistent comment by members to consultative documents, draft regulations etc. produced by bodies such as the HSE, EA) and DWP.
SHE Publications
ENA SHE Group produces the Safety & Environment Review, a periodical which is issued twice a year. This comprises accounts of accidents that have occurred throughout the Industry together with other SHE-related developments and special articles in a readable style.
Public Safety Publications
ENA SHE Group produces a range of information leaflets and resources on the risks from overhead lines, underground cables and substations. On-line versions of these leaflets in PDF format are available on this website.
