Trident HS&E Ltd provides health and safety consultancy services to organisations in the manufacturing and healthcare sectors. We assist organisations with implementation of safety management systems. We advise Companies at Board level and conduct safety audits.

Our Principal Consultant, David Osborn, has 28 years experience as a health and safety professional, including; 6 years as Head of Safety and Security in Wessex Water; 4 years as HS&E Consultant in EEF (formerly Engineering Employers Federation) and, from then on, running Trident HS&E Ltd.

Apart from his general experience in respect of most aspects of health and safety, David's speciality area is COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health), which includes chemicals, dusts, fibres and microbiological hazards (including viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19). Consequently he is also experienced in advising duty-holders on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE).

David has, for many years, been a member of the Health and Safety Executive's COSHH Essentials Working Group -  providing the Executive's COSHH Policy Team based at the Bootle HQ with advice and assistance in respect of their internet-based COSHH Assessment facility and in preparation of ‘Direct Advice Sheets’ which give employers and employees essential information as to how to keep safe when working with hazardous substances.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, David has been (and continues to be) actively involved in supporting an Alliance of Professional Institutions, Royal Colleges etc representing healthcare workers in a diverse range of medical professions who have been seeking better protection for frontline staff who care for, or work in close proximity to infectious patients.