Construction Division Plan
2010/11
Presentation for CONIAC
Neil Stephens
Head of Construction Programme Office
HSE Construction Division
Plan of Work 2010/11
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Evidence based
Targeted
Evolutionary
Outcome focussed
Supporting the HSE Strategy
Whole industry approach
• Ownership, supply chain, partnership
Fatal Accidents 1st half 2009/10
Where fatal accidents occurred 2009/10 99/00 - 07/08 (687)
08/09p (53)
Fatal database
09/10 (21)
Other/demolition
100%
7%
90%
7%
9%
0%
7%
Civil Engineering
13%
14%
80%
9%
4%
6%
2%
10%
New buildindustrial
60%
11%
10%
50%
53%
40%
22%
Roadworks
0%
70%
13%
0%
5%
New buildcommercial
26%
New build-housing
30%
20%
27%
10%
0%
Refurb/Rep/Maintdomestic
26%
19%
Refurb/Rep/Maintnon domestic
Priority inspection sectors 2010/11
• Asbestos Licensing (both licence approval &
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Small sites
Refurbishment
Home building
Major Projects
Local flexibility
Ubiquitous risks
• Good Order
• Welfare
• Site Transport
• Work at Height
• Asbestos Risks
Inspection priorities 2010/11
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Refurbishment
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ASLIC (both licence
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Homebuild
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Temporary Works
Manual Handling
Fire
Lifting
Respiratory risks
LA as client (1)
Leadership
Worker Engagement
Contractor Competence
CDM Dutyholder
tracback
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Small Sites Strategy – especially
domestic refurbishment
• 2009/10* - 76% fatal accidents on smaller
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sites (>5).
Inspector feedback = standards are poor.
Increased inspection activity in 2010/11.
Robust enforcement as required.
Simple, straightforward guidance.
Working Well Together (WWT) as partner.
*in first 6 months of year
Fire
• Targeting high risk – e.g. timber frame
• Checking risk considered from very
start of projects
• Checking that precautions on site are
adequate
• Updated HSG 168 – Fire Safety in
Construction
Local Authorities as Client
• For LA procured projects, ensuring procurement is in
line with OGC principles, particularly OGC10
Aims
• To identify contribution of CDM duty holders to site
risks
• To promote the CDM Regulations and ensure
compliance
• To raise awareness of the messages in CDM 2007
– Client role
– Reduce paperwork
– Competence
Cranes
• Site inspections and head office visits
throughout 2010/11
• Strategic Forum guidance
• Maintenance/inspection/thorough examination
• Planning and management of lifting operations
• Tower Crane Notification Regulations
– Implementation from 6th April
Worker Engagement
• CD inspection programme:
– To encourage workers to play an active role in
identifying and controlling hazards
– To raise profile of worker engagement as a leading
edge indicator of good H&S management
– Promote use of worker engagement tool
• Improving co-operation and consultation between
management/workforce
Respiratory Risks
Over-exposure = serious health risk
• Significant concern on silicosis and lung cancer
• Statistics on the problem are imprecise, but…..
– Significant proportion of the industry exposed
– Level of likely exposure not fully understood
Pictorial Depiction of WEL
Respiratory Risks
Identify other Priority Areas:
• Continue to target kerbs, paving and block
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cutting
Other Cutting Activities
Wall Chasing
Re-pointing
Masonry Work
Site Housekeeping
Scabbling and Surface Grinding
Breaking, especially in enclosed spaces
Crushing and Screening demolition material
Tunneling
Improving Dutyholder Compliance
Aim: To improve identified dutyholder performance
to an acceptable standard
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Targeting resource at companies who reveal poor
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H & S standards and inadequate management
arrangements to put it right.
Improvements in health and safety standards.
Focus on SME regional contractors and other
regional dutyholders.
Summary
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Continuing aim is to deliver cultural change
Industry ownership
Evidence based approach
Targeted interventions
Mixture of intervention techniques