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12th EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
28 - 30 January 2014, Hotel Santa Claus, Rovaniemi, Finland
PROGRAMME
TUESDAY, 28 JANUARY 2014
Implementation of legislation, including market surveillance, customs, labour inspection
Chairman, Helena Mäkinen, FIOH, Finland
8.45 – 9.15
Registration
9.15 – 9.30
Opening of the seminar
Antti Koivula, Director of Client Services, FIOH
Situation on the PPE sector
9.30 – 10.00
Revision of the PPE Directive – Commission proposal
Michael Thierbach, KAN
10.00 - 10.20
Situation in the PPE sector – views of the Notified Bodies
Karl-Heinz Noetel
10.20 - 10.40
ESF, European Safety Federation
Guido Van Duren, President of ESF
10.40 – 11.10
Coffee break
11.10 – 11.30
Market surveillance authorities
AnnSofie Kero, Swedish Work Environment Authority
11.30 – 11.50
The usage of PPE from the view point of users
Aida Ponce Del Castillo, ETUI
11.50 - 12.10
Situation on the PPE sector
Philip Baker, BSIF, UK
12.10 – 12.30
Discussion
12.30 – 14.00
Lunch break
Workshops
Chairman, Petra Jackisch, BG BAU, Germany
14.00 - 16.30
Introductions of workshops
Workshops
1) How to ensure correct selection of PPE
Henk Vanhoutte, Secretary General of ESF
2) How to ensure correct use of PPE
Karl-Heinz Noetel, Notified Bodies
3) How to ensure real efficiency of PPE
Eero Korhonen, Safecon Oy
16.30 – 17.00
Break
17.00 - 19.00
Visit to Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences, Arctic Power centre.
19.00 – 20.00
Break
20.00 - 22.00
Dinner, Hotel restaurant
12th EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
28 - 30 January 2014, Hotel Santa Claus, Rovaniemi, Finland
WEDNESDAY, 29 JANUARY 2014
Reports of the workshops
Chairman, Petra Jackisch, BG BAU, Germany
9.00 - 10.00
Results of the workshops
Good practice and tools for improving selection and use of PPE
Chairman, Pirje Lankinen, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
10.00 – 10.20
Health and safety as a part of university training
Kaija Leena Saarela Prof.
Center for Safety Management and Engineering, Department of Industrial
Management, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
10.20 – 10.40
Young people in the construction industry
Martina Pflüger, BG BAU, Germany
10.40 – 11.10
Coffee break
11.10 – 11.30
Giving advices to clients during medical check-ups
Anette Wahl-Wachendorf, BG BAU, Germany
11.30 – 11.50
The support of the use of PPE by occupational health care nurses
Armi Terho, Plant doctor, M.D., Outokumpu Stainless, Finland
11.50 - 12.10
Promotion of PPE use in agriculture
Erik Lindroos, Farmers´ Social Insurance Institution, Finland
12.10 - 14.00
Lunch break
Good practice and tools for improving selection and use of PPE
Chairman, Heli Koskinen, FIOH, Finland
14.00 – 16.00
Demonstrations, poster session and exhibition of new products
Demonstrations
FFRED, FaceFit Respirator Demonstrator
Shirley Frost, PPE Team, HSL, UK
A tool to select hearing protectors based on the noise of workplace and
users handicap
Esko Toppila, Anna Ruhala, FIOH, Finland
Prospie system - result of the Prospie project
Henk Vanhoutte, Consultant at HVC, Belgium
Poster session
Cumulative permeation and penetration test methods for MDI
(Protective gloves in MDI urethane work)
Erja Mäkelä, FIOH, Finland
Follow-up on interactions by different types of PPE worn simultaneously
Martin Liedtke, Germany
Determination of workplace protection factors for respiratory protective
devices
Krzysztof Makowski, Agnieszka Brochocka, CIOP, Poland
Filtering half masks for respiratory protection against aerosols containing
nanoparticles
Agnieszka Brochocka, Krzysztof Makowski, CIOP, Poland
12th EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
28 - 30 January 2014, Hotel Santa Claus, Rovaniemi, Finland
Computer programs supporting Personal Protective Equipment selection
Adam Poscik, CIOP, Poland
Clothing Comfort Virtual Engineering
Alexandra De Raeve, Hogent, Belgium
Modern individual protections for the national firefighting and rescue
system (KSRG) services on a basis of the end-users’ needs
Marzena Fejdys, Elzbieta Maklewska, Marcin Struszczyk
Institute of Security Technologies MORATEX, Poland
SAF€RA launches the second European call for proposals on industrial
safety in spring 2014
Carita Aschan, Minna Huuskonen, FIOH, Finland
Exhibition of new products
Hansen Protection AS, Norway
Scott Safety, Turkey
16.30 – 17.00
Break
17.00 – 19.00
Bus transport to the Santa Claus' Village - Arctic Circle.
19.00 - 22.30
Get-together with dinner, Santamus, Santa Claus' Village
THURSDAY, 30 JANUARY 2014
Current projects and developments
Chairman, Martti Humppila, ESF
9.00 - 12.15
Market surveillance of personal protective equipment based on the
example of inspecting welding filters
Jaros aw Nyzio
National Labour Inspectorate, Poland
A tool to select hearing protectors based on the noise of workplace and
users handicap
Esko Toppila, Anna Ruhala, FIOH, Finland
Occupational health videos, OSH
The use of special textiles with medicinal benefit against dermatitisWellvitex Z+
Udo Pitschner, Benevit van Clewe GmbH, Germany
The work on standardization for smart PPE systems
CEN CENELEC BT WG 8 and SustaSmart
Henk Vanhoutte, Secretary General of ESF
12.15
Summing up of the seminar and closing

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