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Current work in the Hub

The following ‘Raising the Bar’ documents have been reviewed and will be finalised shortly

P Behavioural Based Safety P Caravan/temporary sleeping accommodationP Overhead Services and Structures ProtectionP Manual handling

Work will now focus on reviewing the following ‘Raising the Bar’ Guidance Documents

B9 Service AvoidanceB10 Communication of RiskB11 Influencing Driver BehaviourB12 Occupational Health

We welcome any constructive feedback so if you wish to get involved please send your comments to [email protected]

Current raising the bar guidance documents are available on the Highways Agency website:http://www.highways.gov.uk/our-road-network/safety/major-projects-deliv-ery-hub-health-safety-action-group/

Major Projects Delivery Hub

Safety, health and environmental briefing

September 2014

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Highways Agency alerts:

http://www.highways.gov.uk/our-road-network/safety/highways-agency-safety-alerts/

HA132 - Working with Dumpers

As the autumn leaves begin to fall let’s make the effort to prevent our workforce from doing the same. As we move into the wetter, darker and colder month’s it is important that we turn our attention to slips, trips and falls.

Currently almost 1/3 of all injury incidents (38% of RIDDOR injuries) are slips, trips and falls and past experience shows that this number increases by around 15% in the autumn and winter months. The combination of reduced hours of daylight, poorer weather and ground conditions can lead to an increase in accidents and incidents of all type but especially slips trips and falls. In addition to the application of good management practices, there are a number of tools and techniques which can be used to raise awareness:

• Holdautumnworkingmeetings that focus on planning - ensure that all the relevant personnel are included in these

• Extendedbriefingsessions or tool box talks with the focus on slips trips and falls and the associated hazards that may be present, such as poor weather conditions, reduced lighting levels and ensuring people are aware of and use designated walkways and all access and egress routes to, from and around the site here to walkways generally getting back to work in a safe manner

• Everyonetostandbackfor five minutes before starting work. Assess your work area and where reasonable practicable every effort should be made to minimise the risk of slips trips and falls

• Specificallytargetedworkplace inspections and leadership / culture assessments carried out by managers and supervisors in areas where incidents have happened or where slips trips or falls present a high risk

More information is available in Raising the bar 14 slip, trip, fall also RtB 14 Slip,Trip,Fall

As the Autumn Leaves Begin to Fall

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Safer sites

From the 22 September 2014, HSEInspectorswillcarryoutunannounced visits to sites where refurbishment projects or repair works are underway to target high-risk activities, particularly those affecting the health of workers, to ensure they are being properly managed.Throughout the month long initiative, entitled Safer sites – Targeted inspection initiative autumn2014,HSEinspectorswillbe checking that:

• Riskstohealthfromexposure to dust such as silica are being controlled. • Workersareawareofwherethey may find asbestos, and what to do if they find it

• Otherhealthrisks,such as exposure to noise and vibration, manual handling, hazardous substances are being properly managed

• Jobsthatinvolveworkingat height have been identified and properly planned to ensure that appropriate precautions, such as

Health and Safety

FFI here to stay

A scheme designed to shift the cost of regulating workplace health and safety from the public purse to businesses that break the law has proven effective and should stay, an independent report has concluded.

The report recognised that inspectors at the Health and SafetyExecutive(HSE)haveimplemented ‘Fee for Intervention’ (FFI) consistently and fairly since it started in October 2012, and found no evidence to suggest that enforcement policy decisions had been influenced in any way by ts introduction.

According to the report’s authors, the professional approach adopted bytheHSE’sinspectorshasensured any challenges raised by the scheme during its first 18 months were minimised.

The evidence suggests the concerns voiced about FFI have not manifested themselves to any significant or serious extent and that ‘generally inspectors and duty-holders continue to work

together in improving health and safety management’.

The full report published by HSE along with associated research papers can be found via the following link http://www.hse.gov.uk/fee-for-intervention/independent-ffi-review-panel-final-report-2014.pdf

DuringEuropeanSafetyWeekw/c20th October the Highways Agency will hold a business wide initiative focusing on health and wellbeing. A number of events have been planned across all HA regional offices and also at many of our supply chain.

If you want to get involved or share an initiative you are doing please email the [email protected] or if you want to hold your own campaign please visit the useful website for tipshttps://www.osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/index_html/

European Safety Week

proper support of structures, are in place

• Equipmentiscorrectlyinstalled / assembled,inspected and maintained and used properly

• Sitesarewellorganised,toavoid trips and falls, walkways and stairs are free from obstructions and welfare facilities are adequate

For more information please follow the link http://press.hse.gov.uk/2014/national-clampdown-targets-construction-industrys-poor-health-record/

For current requirements regarding Health Risks on Highways Agency sites please refer to ‘Raising the Bar’ Guidance Documents

B12 Occupational Health

B8 Manual Handling

B18 Dust Control

B19 Noise Control



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To view this licence, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: [email protected].

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Highways Agency media services Bedford S140492

A major construction company has been fined for safety failings after a worker was critically injured when he was run over by a nine tonne dumper truck.

The IP suffered life changing injuries, including severe brain injury, in the incident at a building site at Mount Wise, Devonport, on 7 October 2010.

He also sustained facial fractures, serious injuries to right arm, fractured ribs, a fractured pelvis, leg fractures and foot injuries all on his right side where the dumper ran over him. He spent two weeks in intensive care, a month in a high dependency unit and was finally discharged home from a brain injury rehabilitation unit in April, 2011 –

Construction Firm Fined

more than six months later.The company was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay full costs of around £100,000 after the Health andSafetyExecutive(HSE)found the company failed to adequately manage and control workplace transport.

Workplace transport incidents are the second most common cause of serious and fatal incidents in the construction industry, yet they could easily be avoided by having proper plans in place and provision for pedestrians on site. On average, seven workers are killed every

year as a result of collisions with vehicles or mobile plant on construction sites. A further 93 are seriously injured.

Full details can be found here http://press.hse.gov.uk/2014/construction-company-fined-100000-after-worker-run-over-by-nine-tonne-truck/

Further information about managing traffic on building sites can be found on either the Highways Agency’s ‘Raising the Bar’ Guidance documents or the HSE website at http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/vehiclestrafficmanagement.htm Further guidance can also be found by clicking the link to the latest Highways Agenc Alert following a similar incident occurring on one of our sites.

Survive

TheSURVIVEGroup(SafeUseof Roadside Verges and Vehicle Emergencies)wasformedin1998following the deaths of 6 breakdown operators on motorway hard shoulders. The group was initially established by representatives from the breakdown / recovery industry with the key purpose being to promote the safety of people stopping on or working on the motorway hard shoulder and high-speed dual carriageways. The survive group website has a lot of road worker safety material which projects may find useful. http://survivegroup.org/


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Injury at Eccup Reservoir

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Health & Safety Strategy 2010+

Interim Safety Alert

Incident Details: Contract Number: M514-03

Date: 10.10.14 Scheme: Eccup Syphon On-Site Location: Spillway embankment

Incident Summary:

The injured person (IP) was struck by a concrete skip while preparing to discharge the contents into formwork to create a pipework thrust block

The IP was attempting to position the discharge hose while signalling the excavator driver to bring the skip towards him.

An unexpected movement occurred which resulted in the skip dropping, coming into contact with the IP’s upper body and arm.

Photographs:

Photo 1: View of temporary formwork arrangement for thrust block

Photo 2: Excavator in position with concrete skip following incident

Immediate Action:

The activity was halted and injuries were assessed by the onsite First Aider and an ambulance was summoned

The IP was made comfortable at the scene of the incident prior to moving up to the site compound

The IP was taken to Leeds General Infirmary for examination

Area was made safe pending a full investigation

Injury at Eccup Reservoir

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Health & Safety Strategy 2010+

Interim Safety Alert

Further Information:

IP was released from the LGI on 12.10.2014 following observation.

Initial reports suggest that the IP has suffered breaks to ribs, upper arm and damage to his shoulder.

A full investigation commenced on site 13.10.2014.

Please ensure your teams are briefed on the above incident. } }}

Compiled By: Nick Rhymes/Chris Wilcock Title: QES Advisor/Operations Manager Date: 13.10.2014

Approved By: Angus Ridge Title: Operations Director Date: 13.10.2014

Published By: JNB Communications Title: Date: 13.10.2014

SAFETY LEARNING NOTE

LESSONS LEARNED: FATAL ACCIDENT AT LANGLEY GREENFollowing a fatal incident in late 2013 at the Langley Green project, we havereviewed the circumstances of this incident and the key findings andrecommendations are as follows:

SUMMARY OF THE INCIDENT:

An operative was fatally injured after being struck on the head by a precast concrete unit whilst it was beinglifted into position using a 360 degree (5t) excavator. The precast concrete unit was attached to the excavatorarm using two legs of a four-leg set of lifting chains.

RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS:

The use of inappropriate lifting accessories; the chains used were too long for the task.

The chains were not attached to the approved lifting eye on the excavator arm; they were wrappedaround the dipper arm bucket attachment. This is likely to have led to them working free anddestabilising the load.

An exclusion zone was not established; the operative was located within the danger zone of the liftingoperation and the operative was not a slinger signaller.

THESE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN AS PART OF A REENACTMENT

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IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:

A number of steps were taken in the immediate aftermath of the incident:

Regular CEO-led reviews throughout the investigation process.

An immediate review of lifting operations and people and plant interface, resulting in the issuing of anumber of safety stand-downs and CEO communications all staff throughout the UK business.

A re-statement of the importance of compliance with “Bare Essentials” in a number of areas includinglifting operations, people and plant interface, use of lifting plans, review of contractor riskassessments, adequacy and implementation of Safe Systems of Work and ensuring correctcompetencies for the required task.

Production of a weekly check sheet to assist Project Leads in ensuring compliance with the “BareEssentials”.

Enhancing the standard of HS&E training of staff across the business.

LEARNING POINTS FOR THE WIDER BUSINESS:

Those undertaking similar lifting activities are reminded to consider the following:

Vigilant reviews of sub-contractors’ competencies.

Ensure Work Package Plans (Method Statements) are suitable and sufficient and can deliver a safesystem of work for a specific task and location; not generic.

Ensure that the Work Package Plans (Method Statements) have been briefed to the operativescompleting works via Task Briefing Sheets.

Ensure plant and associated equipment is fit for purpose and in good order.

Ensure exclusion zones are in place and clearly demarcated.

Ensure sub-contractors provide suitable and sufficient supervision for their works at all times.

Regular and clear communication with sub-contractors from the commencement of the project andthroughout the period of their work activity.

Provision of a minimum level of Balfour Beatty management and supervision for our works at all times(min 1 x SMSTS at any time whilst works are being carried out)

Each of us has a responsibility to take heed of the lessons learned from this tragic incident and continue tofollow the procedures outlined above to help to ensure there is no reoccurrence of a similar incident in thefuture.

Heather BryantHS&E DirectorBalfour Beatty Construction Services UK

ACTION REQUIREDBMS WILL BE AMENDEDFOR INFORMATION ONLY

Railway Safety Bulletin Issue no: HS/RSB/231 Page 1 of 1 SkillSearch On-Line Ref: RSB231 Date: 9 October 2014

Network Rail – Safety Vision

This bulletin is issued to all Business unit managers and Department heads. It must be issued to Agents and be briefed to all relevant personnel and contractors that work on our Network Rail Managed Infrastructure sites, be recorded onto SkillSearch online using the reference number noted above and displayed on site notice boards.

Railway Safety Bulletin Issue no: HS/RSB/233

Page 1 of 1 SkillSearch On-Line Ref: RSB233 Date: 21 October 2014

Network Rail Letter – Manual Handling

This bulletin is issued to all Business unit managers and Department heads. It must be issued to Agents and be briefed to all relevant personnel and contractors that work on our Network Rail Managed Infrastructure sites and recorded onto SkillSearch online using the reference number noted above.

Safety Bulletin Issue no: HS/SB/181

Page 1 of 1 SkillSearch On-Line Ref: SB181 Date: 21 October 2014

This Bulletin is the first issue of the following new documents :

Health & Safety guidance: SG19 – Health and Safety breaches

Health & Safety literature: HSBO4 – Action notice

Health & Safety breaches – disciplinary process This Bulletin is issued to Business unit managers and Department heads. It must be forwarded to Agents. The attached PowerPoint must be communicated to all personnel including subcontractors on site. The attached guidance must be issued to all supervisors.

Summary

BAM Nuttall state a number of health and safety requirements which are communicated via several avenues including site induction

Investigation into incidents suggest that on occasion stated health and safety requirements are breached and this can lead to injury

As a result we have enhanced the profile of disciplinary actions when health and safety breaches are identified.

In order to reach our goal of Beyond Zero it is important that we all understand and are accountable for our actions. To reinforce this, a more visible disciplinary process has been introduced – specifically for health and safety breaches. The process is described in the attached Health and Safety guidance SG19: Health & Safety breaches and the associated action notice form: HSB04. Also attached is a short PowerPoint briefing which must be given to all personnel on site before adopting the procedure. The slides can also be inserted into the existing site induction briefing. If you have any questions or cannot access the intranet please contact your Area Health and Safety advisor or alternatively email [email protected]


SAFETY LEARNING NOTE

LESSONS LEARNED: FATAL ACCIDENT AT LANGLEY GREENFollowing a fatal incident in late 2013 at the Langley Green project, we havereviewed the circumstances of this incident and the key findings andrecommendations are as follows:

SUMMARY OF THE INCIDENT:

An operative was fatally injured after being struck on the head by a precast concrete unit whilst it was beinglifted into position using a 360 degree (5t) excavator. The precast concrete unit was attached to the excavatorarm using two legs of a four-leg set of lifting chains.

RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS:

The use of inappropriate lifting accessories; the chains used were too long for the task.

The chains were not attached to the approved lifting eye on the excavator arm; they were wrappedaround the dipper arm bucket attachment. This is likely to have led to them working free anddestabilising the load.

An exclusion zone was not established; the operative was located within the danger zone of the liftingoperation and the operative was not a slinger signaller.

THESE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN AS PART OF A REENACTMENT

SLN-002

IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:

A number of steps were taken in the immediate aftermath of the incident:

Regular CEO-led reviews throughout the investigation process.

An immediate review of lifting operations and people and plant interface, resulting in the issuing of anumber of safety stand-downs and CEO communications all staff throughout the UK business.

A re-statement of the importance of compliance with “Bare Essentials” in a number of areas includinglifting operations, people and plant interface, use of lifting plans, review of contractor riskassessments, adequacy and implementation of Safe Systems of Work and ensuring correctcompetencies for the required task.

Production of a weekly check sheet to assist Project Leads in ensuring compliance with the “BareEssentials”.

Enhancing the standard of HS&E training of staff across the business.

LEARNING POINTS FOR THE WIDER BUSINESS:

Those undertaking similar lifting activities are reminded to consider the following:

Vigilant reviews of sub-contractors’ competencies.

Ensure Work Package Plans (Method Statements) are suitable and sufficient and can deliver a safesystem of work for a specific task and location; not generic.

Ensure that the Work Package Plans (Method Statements) have been briefed to the operativescompleting works via Task Briefing Sheets.

Ensure plant and associated equipment is fit for purpose and in good order.

Ensure exclusion zones are in place and clearly demarcated.

Ensure sub-contractors provide suitable and sufficient supervision for their works at all times.

Regular and clear communication with sub-contractors from the commencement of the project andthroughout the period of their work activity.

Provision of a minimum level of Balfour Beatty management and supervision for our works at all times(min 1 x SMSTS at any time whilst works are being carried out)

Each of us has a responsibility to take heed of the lessons learned from this tragic incident and continue tofollow the procedures outlined above to help to ensure there is no reoccurrence of a similar incident in thefuture.

Heather BryantHS&E DirectorBalfour Beatty Construction Services UK

ACTION REQUIREDBMS WILL BE AMENDEDFOR INFORMATION ONLY

HS044: Mobile phones on & off site reminder Following the death of a construction operative (not Morgan Sindall or Grontmij) in London on Tuesday (15/7/14) who was killed by a lorry whilst taking a call on his mobile phone outside of a construction site, it serves as a timely reminder of the dangers faced by people both on and off site. Mobile phones are a distraction and affect our ability to hear dangers and audible alarms / warnings. Mobile phone usage demands the use of hand(s) and affects the ability to carry out tasks safely. Answering and making calls or texting on mobiles have been attributed to being the cause of incidents including:

Illegally using phones whilst driving or operating heavy plant / machinery

Carrying materials at height

Walking through site near high risk activities e.g. operating heavy plant, excavations, working at height

Banksmen / slinger giving poor one-handed signals to a crane driver In addition, no doubt there are numerous other incidents and near misses that go unreported but which all have the potential to cause injury. Routine calls or texts should only be made or answered from a safe location i.e. designated ‘Safe Zone’ areas, safe areas outside the site boundary or within the office / welfare facility. Mobile phones taken onto sites should, wherever possible, be set to divert or silent mode to prevent distraction. Emergency calls should only be taken at the scene of an accident/ incident providing it is safe to do so.

Date: 17th July 2014

SHEQ Alert

Communication: Toolbox Talks / briefings Notice boards Safe and Sustainable update

Circulation List: To all of Morgan Sindall Supply Chain Morgan Sindall Plant Hire Desk Morgan Sindall Group

SHEQ Alert No: 008—Oct 2014

New sentencing guidelines for environmental offences

New sentencing guidelines for environmental crimes have been introduced in July 2014 to assist

courts in sentencing companies and individuals and also to provide a stronger deterrent.

The guidelines are applicable to various offences, the most potentially relevant to the construction

industry are:

• Unauthorised disposal of waste

• Breach of duty of care in relation to waste (non-compliant waste transfer notes etc.)

• Breaches of any abatement notice

• Illegal discharges to air, water or land.

The courts will now consider the level of fine against three criteria, namely:

• Culpability i.e. whether the offence was deliberate, reckless, negligent or otherwise

• Harm i.e. the actual damage caused, based on the Environment Agency’s incident categories of

Cat 1 (major) to Cat 4 (near miss)

• Company turnover - Morgan Sindall plc (and Group) is considered large.

Fines for large organisations such as Morgan Sindall:

• Most serious offences will incur fines that start at £1 million through to £3 million

• Lesser offences will incur fines that start at £10,000 through to £25,000.

However, the courts have the ability to step outside of these guidelines and take into account the

resources of the parent organisation and impose fines at a higher level than indicated here.

For individuals, the most serious offences will attract large custody sentences and the least serious

offences allow the courts to recover 50-75% of a person’s weekly income.

If you have any queries regarding the content of this bulletin please contact your business SHEQ

team leader in the first instance.

Learning

Fines have been increased to better reflect a company’s ability to pay and to

provide a stronger deterrent. Being a ‘large’ company, Morgan Sindall has

the potential to attract the highest level of fines. The message is clear, those

committing an environmental crime can expect a hefty fine. Fines and

prosecutions damage reputation and have to be declared to customers in

work winning tenders, PQQs and sustainability reporting.

Therefore to minimise this risk:

It is essential to follow Morgan Sindall’s IMS processes

Ensure environmental risks have been properly identified in Risk

Assessment / Method Statements (RAMS)

Implement adequate control measures to minimise risk

Brief the project team on the risks and control measures.in RAMS

Report all incidents on SHEQ Tracker in line with the process

Investigate all incidents, using the correct forms on the IMS

Where appropriate we will seek legal advice to consider challenging the

harm category imposed by a regulator after an incident

Where required, upon legal advice, seek the option of incurring a civil

sanction where this option is available to us

Seek advice and support of the Morgan Sindall environmental specialists.

Action taken by site management None applicable Applicable (please state below)

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SHEQ Alert No: 009—Oct 2014

Amendment to waste regulations – waste transfer notes

Please note that although there have been recent amendments to waste regulations and the need for

separate waste transfer notes as part of the Red Tape Challenge, Morgan Sindall continues to require the

use of waste transfer notes (in paper or electronic format) to document items 1 to 13 listed below, for the

transfer of non-hazardous waste (including inert waste).

This is in order to ensure full compliance which can be audited with the Waste (England and Wales)

Regulations and also keeps an accurate record of the waste removed from sites and its destination.

1. Written description of the waste

2. List of wastes / EWC (European Waste Catalogue) code

3. Quantity of waste

4. How the waste has been packed / contained (loose or in a container)

5. If in a container, the kind of container

6. The time and place of the transfer

7. The name, address and role of the transferor (typically this is the waste producer)

8. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2007 code of the transferor

9. The name, address, role and relevant registration numbers of the transferee (typically this is the waste

carrier)

10. The name and address of the facility that the waste is being transferred to

11. The environmental permit or exemption number of the facility that the waste is being transferred to

12. Confirmation that the Waste Hierarchy has been applied

13. The signatures of the transferor and the transferee.

Morgan Sindall is trialling the use of the Environment Agency’s backed online waste transfer system , EDoC

(Electronic Duty of Care), which records all non-hazardous waste movement information electronically. For

the system to work, the waste carrier and the destination facility also need to be registered on the system.

For additional information on EDoC, please contact Charmaine Morrell, Senior Sustainability Advisor,

07805 819667.

If you have any queries regarding the content of this bulletin please contact your business SHEQ team

leader in the first instance.

Learning

Remember, it is the duty of the waste producer, Morgan Sindall, to ensure that

the information (points 1 to 13 opposite) are documented

Morgan Sindall will continue to require the use of waste transfer notes as this

ensures all 13 pieces of information are recorded in compliance with legal

duty of care requirements

Use form SE FRM9 Controlled Waste Transfer Note to document compliance,

available on the Integrated Management System (IMS)

Keep waste transfer notes for at least two years from date of transfer

For hazardous waste, the requirement to use consignment notes has not

changed and these need to be kept for three years.

Action taken by site management

None applicable Applicable (please state below)


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SHEQ Reminder No: 010 - Oct 2014

Compressor hoses and fittings

It has been identified that compressor hoses vary in quality. Those with a

high content of PVC become very soft in hot weather and inflexible in the

cold. Cheap hoses lack many safety features and are more prone to failure.

You can lower the risk of incident / injury by specifying a good quality hose

with safety features such as:

• Mandrel hose - Mandrel hoses offer the best properties in extreme cold and hot weather

conditions

• Safety Claw (Q Type) - The Q Type safety claws and Nyloc nuts help prevent saddle clamps

and claws detaching.

• Whip check - Whip checks should be used to attach air tools to hoses. This will help to

restrain the hose if it bursts.

In addition, fitting an air fuse to the compressor will stop the air flow if a hose bursts or the claw

comes off.


Nyloc nuts fitted on safety

claw

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Air Fuses

Whip check

Thursday 2nd October 2014

Sedgebrook Hall, Chapel Brampton

Northamptonshire, NN6 8BD

Your Invitation Thursday 2nd October 2014

Join us at the sixth annual Working at Height Best Practice Forum and take your opportunity to shape the way health and safety is managed at height.

As one of the industry's key stakeholders in safety, we're delighted to invite you to attend our sixth annual Working at Height Best Practice Forum. Taking place on 2nd October, the event will feature guest speakers, exclusive live demonstrations and insightful group seminars, all designed to help share new ideas and promote best practice across our industries. Your attendance at this key working at height event will be greatly valued.

Further details will soon be announced, however you can confirm your interest now by using the contact details found on the following page.

Confirm your attendance Thursday 2nd October 2014

I would like to confirm my attendance at the event.Please confirm which part of the event you will be attending

Name:

Company:

Email:

Please return to the Marketing Team as follows:Phone: 01455 206713Fax: 01455 550974 Email: bestpracticeforum@ nationwideplatforms.co.uk

( ) Forum, dinner and overnight on 2nd October 2014( ) Forum and dinner( ) Forum only

Please state any dietary requirements:

To confirm your attendance please use the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K3FKX7W Alternatively, please complete the form below and return to the Marketing Team by faxing 01455 550974 or by emailing [email protected]. If you have any questions with regards to the event please call 01455 206713.

Special dietary requirements Please include details of any dietary requirements on the registration form below.

Overnight accommodation Accommodation is complimentary and is available for the evening of 2nd October. To make a room reservation please request overnight accommodation when you confirm your attendance to this event.

Travelling to the event Sedgebrook Hall is conveniently situated just five miles from the M1, five miles from Northampton train station and just a 40 minute drive from Birmingham International Airport.

By Rail: Northampton Station, on the Silverlink line, is approx. 15 minutes from Sedgebrook Hall by taxi and should cost under £15. We recommend www.thetrainline.com to book your rail tickets.

By Road: The venue address is Sedgebrook Hall, Chapel Brampton, Northampton NN6 8BD

SatNav References: 52.295389,-0.919448 (NN6 8BD)

Parking: Parking is extensive and complimentary for guests of the hotel, conference venue and leisure club.

Network Rail The Quadrant: MK

Elder Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1EN 13 October 2014

No: NRS 338

Network Rail Safety Bulletin Crush Injury to Slinger / Signaller

Background

On 2 October 2014 a serious incident occurred on site during a lifting activity. A slinger/signaller was in the process of attaching lifting accessories to the lifting eye of a 22 tonne tracked 360 excavator. Whilst attaching the lifting accessories to the excavator’s quick hitch, he came into contact with an unintentional movement of the dipper arm of the machine. The slinger/signaller, positioned between the machine’s dipper arm and a stack of sheet piles, sustained serious crush injuries.

Immediate Action Required Investigations into the causes of this incident are on-going. In the meantime take the time to discuss the following issues with your teams: Before work commences, how do you ensure as a machine operator, that the plant you’re

operating cannot make an unintentional move whilst activities take place with staff within the exclusion zone?

As a work group, do you always understand and agree the communication protocol that indicates that the load and associated equipment is safe to approach?

What could be the effect of the slinger/signaller fitting or removing an attachment/lifting accessory to an item of plant before the machine operator confirms the safety lever (dead man’s handle) is in the safe position?

As the machine operator how do you ensure that the dead man’s handle is in the safe position when plant is used for lifting operations and accessories are attached or removed?

Remember - Always follow the lifesaving rule “Never enter the agreed exclusion zone, unless directed to by the person in charge”

Contact: Geoff Twiselton, Head of Safety & Sustainable Development IP Central


Paul Conway, Professional Head of Plant and T&RS

Network Rail The Quadrant: MK Elder Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1EN 13 October 2014

No: NRS 339

Network Rail Safety Bulletin Emergency Stop Circuits on SRS 18t Road/Rail MEWP’s

For the attention of all Operators of Network Rail owned SRS 18t Road/Rail MEWPs

Background

Following a recent fault on an SRS 18t MEWP it has been identified that an unapproved wiring modification had been carried out to effect a repair. This repair has inadvertently bypassed the emergency stop circuit rendering the emergency stop buttons totally ineffective, with the potential to import serious risk to those working on or around these vehicles.

This is the second vehicle on which this problem has been identified in the last 4 weeks

Initial investigations suggest the wiring modification may have been carried out by a road servicing company to rectify a brake fault, without full knowledge of the impact the modification will have had on the operational capability of the plant aspect of the vehicle. The modification had also put a 12v relay in a 24v circuit with the potential to overheat and cause fire damage.

Immediate Action Required by Operators All SRS 18t Road/Rail MEWPs must be inspected with immediate effect and the following action taken:

Inspection of the wiring arrangements underneath the dashboard to identify if any modifications have been carried out (see pictures below).

A full functional test of the emergency stop circuits to ensure they are all functioning correctly, this test must be conducted in RAIL mode. This should also be a normal part of the daily operator checks.

Any vehicles that fail the Emergency Stop functional test should be removed from service, quarantined and arrangements made to return the vehicle to the maintainer.

For a full list of vehicles that may be affected and to advise on the outcome of checks completed please contact [email protected]

12v Relay Modified Wiring Underneath Dashboard

June 2014 - Stop Think

Introduction

October 2014

October 2014 - STOP Think!

Introduction

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Introduction

Welcome to this month’s edition of STOP

Think! Remember this is to be shared with

everyone who works with the Osborne

Infrastructure Team.

The STOP Think! Programme is finally upon

us...hopefully you have accepted your invite

and are aboard. This programme represents

a major investment for Infrastructure and

Osborne as a whole.

The programme is

designed to get us

thinking differently,

making better business

decisions - including

safety - and thereby

changing lives.

I look forward to hearing your feedback.

This month we concluded this year’s Business

Plan review process and have updated our 3

Year Business Plan with input from the entire

Sector Leadership Team. The Plan is focused

on value growth through improving our

service to our customers and delivering our

target of 2% profit before tax. This is a modest

profit for all our efforts but it still represents a

significant increase from our current position,

and we must continue to focus our service

improvements on the things that we

recognise our customers’ value the most.

Finally, whilst I was sharing a dinner with Roger

Dickinson (the Regional Director from

Network Rail Southern), I was asked whether I

could provide a guarantee that we will not

injure or harm any of our people (including

our supply chain people) in the next 6

months.

• What would your answer be to this

question and why?

• STOP Think! and discuss with your

people

• Generate some more IO's with this

discussion please.

I am worried that we have a declining trend

on the number of IO's you are submitting.

Every person in an Osborne place of work

should be able to submit at least one IO (or

Close Call) each month. This again includes

all of our supply chain people.

We are monitoring people’s performance on

this including our suppliers and non-

participation in this is unacceptable.


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There is a link between this and Roger's

question above....the more IO's you put

forward, the more hazards and risks you

manage and the more incidents and

accidents you will avoid. I urge you to take

up this challenge.

As the STOP Think! Programme kicks in and

helps us to think differently and make better

decisions; the IO process gives us the perfect

platform to progressively turn that difference

into improving our performance.

During the coming weeks we will be talking to

some of our best IO contributors to gather

their views on why they personally place such

value in taking the time to raise IO’s. We will

be featuring their feedback in the coming

editions of STOP Think! and I look forward to

discussing this and your progress when I next

see you.

Have a great and safe month!

Dave Hooper

Executive Director

STOP Think! Programme

commences…Leadership Session 1

TOP: Dave Hooper, Osborne

MIDDLE: Joe Paine, Suttle Projects

BOTTOM: Simon Morgan, Network Rail

I want to see a reverse to this trend

IMMEDIATELY.

If everyone submits just one each

month, that will drive a huge increase!



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Contents

Infrastructure

Improvement opportunities

Month Total

July 211

August 124

September 205

How many has this site

Entered last month?

Top 5 IO classifications

1. Slips/Trip Hazard 2. Equipment/Plant 3. Access/Egress 4. Edge Protection 5. PPE

Top 5 non-conformities

1. Weekly audits & inspection 2. Waste Transfer Notes 3. Toolbox Talks target 4. Fire Precautions 5. Registers

Contents

Safety statistics

Learning zone • IMPORTANT REMINDER - Generator

Micro-switches

• NEW! Temporary Works Forms

• NEW! 24 hour post-incident reporting

• Hands Free - Why take the Risk?

• Green to Enter - Safer Machine

Interfaces

• Asbestos Kills - Be very aware

• HSE Autumn Inspection Initiatives

• Safe use of 1tonne dumpers

• Innovative Rebar Tools

• Outlook Tip - Threaded emails

Sharing zone • Twickenham Great PC Audit

• Connect Plus - Osborne Top the Table

• M25 Concrete Product of the Year

• Waterloo International Platforms –

Official Opening

• Nominations and Compliments for

Northern Road Bridge

• Marsh Lane Complex Culvert

• Success at Glencairn Road Bridge

• Early sharing of Expertise – Motorway

Box Installations

• Vox Pop Gemma!

• CIRAS Newsletter

Internal communications • Internal Incident - Cut hand

• HSEQ Buddies

External alerts • Deliveries adjacent to Railway Lines

• Prohibition of non-direct braked RRVs

• Fall from Height Preventative Measures

• Lorry Mounted Cranes Grab Accident

• Suspension lifted on 1 tonne dumpers

• Axle Lock Check Valves on RRVs

Toolbox talks • Deer on the Road

• Dermatitis

• Cement and Concrete

What good looks like • M4 Heston Yard - Pallet Storage Rack

• Somerton Underbridge - Access Ramp

• Botley Station - Compound Signage



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Safety Statistics

September HSEQ performance



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Learning Zone

Learning From:

• IMPORTANT REMINDER - Generator micro-switches

• NEW! User-friendly Temporary Works Forms

• NEW! 24 hour post-incident reporting

• Hands Free - Why take the Risk?

• Green to Enter - Safer Machine Interfaces

• Asbestos Kills - Be very aware!

• HSE Autumn Inspection Initiatives

• Safe use of 1tonne dumpers - Suspension removed

• Innovative Rebar Tools

• Outlook Tip - Threaded emails

IMPORTANT REMINDER -

Generator micro-switches

Following our diesel spill incident which was

reported in the July STOP Think! micro-switch

generators which automatically cut off

power in the event of a spill MUST be used

when generators with additional external

tank feeds are used.

NEW! User-friendly

Temporary Works Forms

Since the Temporary Works article in August,

Malcolm Attrill and David Poole have been

working hard to improve and update our

company Temporary Works Forms and

Procedures, making them clearer, more user

friendly and more applicable.

A new “Design Brief” form is now available.

Whilst it does not have to be used for all

elements of temporary works, it provides a

template for temporary works design briefs

with forms for common types of temporary

works. If used, it should provide the designer

all the information they require to complete

the design right first time. In addition, ALL sites

DO require a Temporary Works

Schedule/Register and there is a template

available on iGO that can be used.

The new procedures are explained in "PD-

SOP-091- Temporary Works Management”,

which replaces the old GSP/TWK/001 and

SGN/TWK/001, and provides links to the new

forms and templates. These can be found in

iGO by using the Navigator Wheel, either

under Delivery Processes or the Health and

Safety Topic Library:-

Please!

Ensure all generators with external tank

feeds are checked by a competent person

and this is addressed across all sites

immediately.



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NEW! - 24 hour post-

incident reporting

Incident publication can sometimes be seen

as a negative thing and if not treated in the

right way can have a damaging effect on

our brand and reputation. When we do this

openly and honestly rather than “under-the-

radar” it can actually help to build trust and

confidence with our customers and suppliers

– through providing teams that are

consistently personal, agile and assured

around incident investigation and learning.

Following a recent incident we have decided

to formalise the process to ensure that all our

customers are aware of any incidents on their

schemes within 24 hours of this happening.

The “24 Hour Accident / Incident Status

Report” has been designed to enable our

project teams to officially notify our

customers and the supply chain of all events

including accidents, incidents and

dangerous occurrences prior to any further

investigations or reporting being completed.

• It is the Site Manager’s/ Project

Manager’s responsibility to instigate

this process after an incident following

it being reported to the Infrastructure

Advice and Reporting Hot Line.

• The report should be sent no later than

24 hours after the incident to the

Infrastructure Leadership Team,

Customer Leadership Team as

appropriate/requested, the wider site

team and STOP Think! Editor.



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Support in completion of this form will be

provided by the Infrastructure HSEQ Team.

A copy of the form can be obtained from

iGO, under HSEQ/Operational.

Hands Free - Why take the

Risk?

Following the last two month’s issues of STOP

Think!, there has been some lively discussion

with regards to our decision to ban the use of

all hand-held or hands-free phones, or

programme any other mobile device, while

driving.

This policy is being introduced because using

a phone once driving has been statistically

proven to be dangerous and we cannot

condone such unacceptable risks –

especially when they can be so easily

avoided! This is exactly why it has been

introduced by our customers such as Network

Rail and Connect Plus.

It is a no-brainer!

DO NOT be tempted to answer that call

whilst driving and DO NOT call someone

you know is driving.

“Green to Enter” - Safer

Machine Interfaces

Working with Connect Plus we are continuing

to replace life-expired sections of the M25

concrete carriageway during overnight lane

closures. The process involves various

machines working in a cordoned safety zone

to lift out slabs of road paving and place the

rapid strength concrete. Only when the

machines are not working can our people

enter the zone to carry out the required

finishing and hand operations.

Several trials have been undertaken with our

customer, other framework contractors and

supply partners, in particular TAG

Construction and FGS Plant, to fine-tune the

process and provide further safety and

efficiencies. During these trials our suppliers

highlighted that it was not easy to see or hear

when the machines in the safety zones had

stopped working therefore permitting people

to enter.

Please!

This must be implemented consistently

within all site teams from 1st October.

Mark Carne,

Chief Executive Network Rail:

“The evidence is absolutely clear. If you are

on the phone using a hands-free device

you are 30% more likely to have an

accident than if you’ve had two pints of

beer. That’s not acceptable, so now we’re

being really clear – no-one will use a hands-

free device while driving”



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As seen in the Connect Plus “Learning and

Engagement Sheet” a simple but brilliant

idea was initiated and is now being

implemented by the bay replacement

teams. A green light is automatically

switched on when the machine is in non-

operational mode which is easy to see in the

low light, noisy motorway conditions!

Thank You!

Our supply partners TAG Construction and

FGS Plant have shown truly collaborative

behaviours – developing and embracing

the idea whole heartedly to keep all our

people safe.



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Asbestos Kills - Be very

aware!

September saw the industry hold it’s

”Asbestos Awareness Day” and HSEQ

Assurance Partner Barry Thompson reminds

us all of the deadly side effects of working

with or around products containing asbestos.

Barry runs “Asbestos Awareness Courses” and

has recently been assisting in rolling out our

Asbestos Handbook. This training plays a vital

part in giving our people the knowledge they

need to help protect themselves and others.

Asbestos is the single biggest cause of

work related deaths in the UK.

Asbestos was only banned in all its forms in

the UK in 1999. Hence any building

constructed or refurbished prior to the year

2000 has the potential to have within it

asbestos containing materials. Diseases

caused by exposure include asbestosis, lung

cancer, pleural thickening and plaques and

finally “mesothelioma” - which is a fatal

cancer of which the only proven cause is

asbestos exposure.

Look out for clues of its presence such as:

• Warning labels

• The age of the building or structure

(anything pre-2000)

• The type of product/material present

(e.g. as asbestos was used to protect

against fire, a fire door may contain

asbestos!)

HSE Autumn Inspection

Initiatives

From 22 September 2014, HSE Inspectors will

carry out unannounced visits to sites where

refurbishment projects or repair works are

underway. Inspectors will ensure high-risk

activities particularly those affecting the

health of workers, are being properly

managed.

During inspections, HSE inspectors will be

checking that:-

• Risks to health from exposure to dust

such as silica are being controlled.

• Workers are aware of where they may

find asbestos, and what to do if they

find it.

Asbestos remains a

very real danger to us all.

Remain vigilant and do not be afraid to ask

about the possible presence of asbestos

containing materials in your work place.

SAFER SITES

If unacceptable standards are found

Inspectors will take immediate enforcement

action



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Learning Zone

• Other health risks, such as exposure to

noise and vibration, manual handling,

hazardous substances are being

properly managed.

• Jobs that involve working at height

have been identified and properly

planned to ensure that appropriate

precautions, such as proper support of

structures, are in place.

• Equipment is correctly installed /

assembled, inspected and maintained

and used properly.

• Sites are well organised, to avoid trips

and falls, walkways and stairs are free

from obstructions and welfare facilities

are adequate.

Please make sure you STOP and Think! - are

we doing the right thing in the

right way? Don’t be distracted

by being over-engrossed in

specific tasks. Let your site be the

one that impresses and

differentiates Osborne.

Safe use of 1tonne dumpers

Suspension removed

The suspension on the use of 1 tonne

dumpers can now be removed PROVIDED

the minimum requirements set out in the

Restrictions on the Network Rail Safety Bulletin

are complied with.

Refer to External Alert NRS 336.

Innovative Rebar Tools

Sharing learning from across the company:-

• At our site in Deepcut near

Camberley, our suppliers are using an

innovative tool to fix bars with a

maximum diameter of 28mm. Each tie

takes about a second to make, single

handed – great for productivity.

• Are your concrete suppliers using this

kind of efficient and safe technology?

• Well worth asking the question…

Thank you Rennie Chadwick; for sharing

this industry improvement in steel fixing

techniques and tools.

Outlook Tip - “Threaded

emails”

Try changing the way you view your email

inbox to "View as Conversations" in the view

tab on the ribbon.



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Learning Zone

It groups emails of the same subject easily

allowing you to quickly trace the history of

the email conversation, particularly useful if

you are trying to deal with any type of

problem.

Greg Wall and Mike O’Connor have been

trailing it for a month now and it has proved

to be a good time saver.

THANK YOU Greg Wall and Mike

O'Connor for this Hot Tip.

Give it a go and see if it provides efficiency in

your everyday working methods.

.



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Sharing Zone

Sharing From:

• Twickenham Great PC Audit

• Connect Plus Osborne Top the Table

• M25 Concrete - Product of the Year Nomination

• Waterloo International Platforms – Official Opening

• Nominations and Compliments for Northern Road Bridge

• Marsh Lane Culvert Complex Culvert Complete

• Success at Glencairn Road Bridge

• Early sharing of Expertise – Motorway Box Installations

• Vox Pop Gemma

• CIRAS Newsletter

Twickenham Great PC

Audit

Our site at Twickenham Station has been

confirmed to be an excellently managed job

with all aspects of assurance being well

communicated, documented, reviewed and

used.

Our “Annual Principal Contractor Audit” was

highly successful with NO non-compliance

items and only two minor recommendations

which have already been closed out by

Majid and his excellent team. A massive

improvement compared with last year’s 18

point Management Improvement Plan!

The Audit Report comments:

“The site was well ordered with segregated

waste areas and there appeared to be a

good level of general housekeeping around

the worksite, compound areas and facilities.”

Over the last three weekends the site team

have also worked hard to successfully deliver

works in three abnormal possessions

including:-

• 52 hours: using a 500t crane to remove

scaffolding and footbridge

encapsulation, painting newly

exposed underside of footbridge;

platform re-surfacing using hand

techniques and involving 100 tonnes of

paving materials.

• 52 hours: Continuation of platform re-

surfacing removing and relaying 120

tonnes of paving material and

footbridge painting.



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• 27 hours: Continuation of platform re-

surfacing removing and relaying 80

tonnes of material, footbridge painting

and pouring of concrete slab to

platform building

Many thanks to Majid and Bernie for a

very well managed site - exactly the thing

we want to see and what we want others

to see in us!

Connect Plus Osborne Top

the Table

Having recently achieved one of the highest

scores in the M25 Connect Plus Framework,

Osborne is proving to be amongst the best

performing contractors.

Osborne is responsible for maintenance on

the M25, working on behalf of Connect Plus.

Customer Programme Manager, Jamie

Harrison said: “This is a fantastic result and a

good place to be halfway through the

Framework. We have to build and continue

this good work as a team, and also to

continually improve, collaborate, innovate

and be safe.”

Thank you all for your excellent work and

effort over all the projects, including:

Phil Fouche, Andrew Isted, Greg Forest, Sean

Broughan, Sean Coleman, Phil Koen, Paul

Brown, Jamie Rafferty, Gary Scott, Ian Fry,

Martin Parsons, Paul Reader, Andrew

Canning, Elliott Dye, Jon Millar, Mark Averill,

Noel Healy, Rafal Dzieciaszek, Robert Solway,

Jonathan Price, Mike O'Connor, Mike

McTeague and Gurjit Bal,

M25 Concrete - Product of

the Year Nomination

For the second year running, we are helping

to keep the M25 running by replacing life

expired sections of the concrete road, all in a

single 7 hour nightshift to ensure the

carriageway is fully open for the morning

rush-hour.

Through continual learning, improvement

and refinement in the use of the specially

designed rapid cure and strength gain

concrete, our collaborative team of:

Andrew Isted, Sean Broughan and Jamie

Rafferty, together with Connect Plus,

Connect Plus Services, Chevron TM, A-

Cone TM, TAG, Axtell, LMS, Balvac and

CET;

…are working hard to deliver these works for

our customer. As seen in our Learning Zone

article – significant safety improvements are

still being initiated and implemented for the

benefit of all.



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The bespoke rapid cure concrete has

removing the need for expensive and

inconvenient daytime lane closures and

consequently has been nominated for

“Highway Industry Product of the Year” at the

Highways Magazine Excellence Awards 2014

by Connect Plus on behalf of the Highways

Agency.

Waterloo International

Platforms – Official Opening

Having successfully upgraded the

infrastructure to Platforms 21 and 22, the

former Eurostar International Platforms at

Waterloo have been formally opened by Tim

Shoveller, Chief Executive for the South West

Trains-Network Rail Alliance, and Rail Minister

Clare Perry and a host of other dignitaries.

This will allow the use of previously dormant

platforms during periods of disruption whilst

the wider scheme is developed.

The event was used to formally launch the

train lengthening programme and Waterloo

capacity increase that is planned over the

next two years.

Our accelerated works to get the Eurostar

platforms open were recognised by Tim, who

thanked us specifically within his speech, in

front of the BBC and ITV cameras.

A huge thank you to Jon Purser, Adam

Szeremeta and the team for their

considerable efforts in getting the project

over the line to enable the event to take

place!



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Nominations and

Community Compliments

for Northern Road Bridge

Our Bridge Replacement Scheme at Northern

Road has been nominated for the Major

Project Award at the Highways Magazine

Excellence Awards 2014.

Winners will be

announced on Tuesday

21st October so “fingers-

crossed” for another

positive result for this

highly deserving project.

Even having completed the scheme several

months back – compliments are still be

received:-

"... Thank you for a project that has been

delivered in such a completely different way

to any other PCC enterprise I can ever

remember.…..From start to finish we’ve had

leaflet drops that have kept everyone up to

speed with what’s going to happen, why it’s

happening, and when. I particularly liked the

early leaflet that gave a potted history of the

old bridge, with old photo’s showing it in

previous years. It really added value to what

was happening and more importantly made

it interesting to us local residents…….The end

result is a bridge that looks like a 21st century

structure, with a touch of local art built in,

and one that isn’t just the usual cold piece of

grey concrete. I realise that these projects

don’t come cheap, and that you get what

you pay for, but the results are a credit to

everyone involved from start to finish.”

Marsh Lane Complex

Culvert Complete

In Stanstead Abbotts, as part of our

Hertfordshire Structures Framework, a culvert

located in a residential street required

replacing. Works were planned to be carried

out during the school summer holidays and

Well done to everyone involved…

Comments like this prove that by actively

considering the communities in which we

work and understanding their concerns

and needs, even the smallest things we

do can really make a difference.



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with properties on all sides, a vast array of

services and 24/7 access required, logistics

were never going to be straightforward

Thanks to the enormous efforts of our team

and excellent supply chain, this small but

complex scheme was completed early whilst

keeping the local residents happy, despite

significant changes and design

complications.

We were aware that services could be an

issue and even though our site team started

trial holes ahead of programme, numerous

service complications contributed to

delaying the project for over a week. But

through clever thinking and gaining approval

to work during the weekends, we

accelerated the works:-

• Concrete designs were adjusted to

reduce curing time and expedite the

programme

• A good relationship was formed with

the EA, ensuring no delays in

approving redesigns

• Despite initial concerns from the local

residents our comprehensive

stakeholder strategy and notice

boards, signage and consultations

ensured no complaints were received.

• Even with highly restricted working

areas, a mass of existing services, and

tight timescales, no incidents occurred

on site.

With the school opening date approaching

ever faster, our Customer, the local residents

and Local Council were delighted with our

early completion:

“Thank you for your efforts to get the road

open. We publicised it yesterday afternoon

on the Facebook Community News and

Parish Council pages and people were

delighted!”

Councillor Julia Witting

Stanstead Abbotts Parish Council

“Many congratulations to you and all your

team; on completing the job on time in

difficult circumstances. Thank you very much

indeed much appreciated. Best Wishes”

County Councillor, Roger Beeching

Congratulations to... Ed Anscombe, Lindsay Robertson and Martyn Cox and

our supply partners M&O Civil

Engineering, B&G Machining, Beaumont

Traffic Management, EA Scaffold and

Toppesfield for surfacing.

In this incredibly full-on 5 week period

they still managed to raise 21 IO’s

GREAT EFFORT GUYS!



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Success at Glencairn Road

Bridge

Bob Vidler and his project team have

recently completed the logistically complex

bridge refurbishment at Glencairn Road in

Croydon with minimal disruption to the local

community and within an impressive 8 week

period - much to the delight of our

Customer.

Working alongside the local residents with our

dedicated supply partners and customer was

fundamental to the success of this project. To

minimise disruption we ensured that all road

closures were designed to include pedestrian

access at all times.

Network Rail’s Asset Engineer, Myles

Gatherer, commented, “We are greatly

encouraged by Osborne’s responsibility to its

individuals and third parties.”

Congratulations Bob and the team for

leaving such a positive impact on the

community whilst successfully completing

a quality scheme

Early sharing of Expertise –

Motorway Box Installations

Malcolm Attrill has been sharing his structural

and geotechnical expertise with our

designers to assist in the consideration of

possible construction techniques for installing

a reinforced concrete box under a

motorway.

The scheme is at the feasibility stage and

Malcolm presented four options to help them

develop their design proposals and whole life

costings:-

• Slew the motorway and cast box in-situ

in sections

• Reduce the width of the motorway

over a length of time, to cast the box

in-situ in sections

• Narrow the motorway over two

discrete weekends, to slide the box in

an open cutting

• Jack the box under the motorway

therefore requiring no intervention with

the live carriageways

The presentation was well received as

Malcolm described the benefits and

disadvantages of the options and

considerations such as off-line working space,

land take, lane closures, time and cost

constraints.



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Vox Pop Gemma

Each month the Construction Manager

magazine runs a section they call “Vox Pop”

where they ask for brief comments from a

cross section of the industry in response to a

specific question. This month, the question

was; “What will the industry look like come

2050?” and our Project Manager Gemma

Gay took part in the media interview.

Gemma talked around the future of

construction, around BIM, emphasis on

technology and the up-skilling of our people.

Gemma will be featured

in the October 10th

online and hard copy

version of Construction

Manager.

Thanks Gemma and

well done. We look

forward to a good

read!

CIRAS Newsletter

This month we also distributed the latest

CIRAS report. Please do spare a minute to

have a look through. Here are some of the

highlights of this issue:-

• How does CIRAS provide additional

safety intelligence?

• Training and certification concerns

• Clarification on train dispatch method

Also, particularly topical

is a feature on “The

Safety of Technology” –

which talks about the

implications of

answering a phone and

the worst possible

consequences… take a

look…And don’t be

tempted to use your

phone or any other

hands free device

whilst driving!

And finally……

Another bumper edition this month with an

impressive volume of learning and sharing

stories received. THANK YOU and keep them

coming in. Your personal ideas are helping us

all to improve and indeed think differently.

Staying on this theme…I will be speaking with

some of our best IO contributors over the next

month. So WELL DONE if it is you that gets a

call.

Richard King, Editor

For further information please contact

Malcolm directly on

“[email protected]”



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Fall from Height

One of the main high severity hazards in our industry is falling from height.

A recent accident has occurred during scaffold erection works with an operative falling

approximately 6m and sustaining serious injuries.

The investigation is ongoing but the accident serves a good reminder of the high risk of these

activities and the preventative measures that must be taken:

1. Consider how to remove working at height during the design stage

2. Ensure all temporary walkways, scaffolds and other platforms have suitable edge

protection

3. Where it is not possible to eliminate the risk of falling, use a suitable fall protection system

to minimise the consequence of a fall. This can be achieved with a fall arrest or fall

restraint system (it should be recognised these are two different systems; fall restraint

prevents workers from reaching the hazard while fall arrest allows workers to reach a

hazard and then protects them if they should fall). Workers must be clipped onto an

anchor point.

4. Ensure there is a rescue plan in place when working at height.

5. All temporary works involving working at height, must have a suitable temporary works

design; this should take into consideration the need for workers to clip on.

This type of work is life threatening if the proper practices are not followed.

PLEASE share this message in every task brief involving works from height

One decision, one lapse can truly be life changing.



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What Good Looks Like

M4 Heston Yard Clever re-use of pallets creates a Sustainable, Efficient,

Tidy and Safe Storage System

At our Heston Yard on the M4 two of our people used their initiative to solve an ongoing problem

with the controlled storage of pipes and running out of that all-important connector that you

thought you had somewhere! An incredibly simple and efficient storage rack was devised at no

cost to the project by re-using timber pallets.

Our people took it upon themselves to install the rack to:-

• Keep the various materials segregated and tidy

• Provide efficiency in locating the various items

• Provide a visual identification of when stocks of particular materials are running low.

All credit goes to Mark Hughes and Steve Ingham for implementing

this great solution to a common site problem.

WELL DONE- admirable behaviour showing we can ALL make a difference.

Innovative and Environmentally-Friendly

Storage Rack

• Segregated compartments for

material sorting

• Uprights to safely contain longer pipes

• Kick board to prevent spillage and

tripping hazards



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Somerton Underbridge Strengthening and Refurbishment Safe and Robust Access to Track Level

CONGRATULATIONS to Martin Birchall and Martyn Grout for an impressive site

set-up and providing a robust safe access for everyone.

At Somerton Road we are completing repairs and

strengthening to the rail underbridge in advance of

a major possession to repair the deck troughs.

The site team had to respond quickly to changes in

the proposed access routes but have succeeded

in achieving an impressive site set-up and

temporary ramp.

The compound is tidy and organised with clear

signage and the access ramp up the embankment

has interlocked painted blocks to clearly define the

edges of the vehicular lane, and barriers to prevent

unauthorised access.



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Botley Station – Footbridge Improvements Consistently High Standards from our Reactive

Maintenance Teams

Even when required to respond very quickly we must never let our standards slip and at Botley

Station our Reactive Maintenance Team is setting a great example in setting very high standards.

In the tightest of spaces we have:

• Erected secure fencing to maintain safety of the site compound and works areas

• Included comprehensive signage with Emergency Number clearly displayed

• Prominently displayed the re-branded Osborne sign

Well Done to Graham Bowers for maintaining our high standards at all times, even in the

most challenging of locations and timescales.



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Key Points

Key Points for October

• Generator micro-switches to be used on all generators with an external feed tank –

all generator set-ups to be checked immediately

• NEW! 24 Hour Post-incident reporting report to be used with immediate effect

• NEW! HSEQ Buddy System being trialled – Buddies identified for One Team Wessex

and Reactive Maintenance, Western and Anglia

• NEW! Temporary Works Forms and guidance available in iGO

• DO NOT use a hands-free device while driving - if you are on the phone using a

hands-free device you are 30% more likely to have an accident than if you’ve had

two pints of beer.

• Suspension on 1 tonne dumpers lifted provided minimum stipulated requirements

are followed

• Prohibition of non-direct rail wheel braked RRVs

• Unannounced HSE Inspector Visits – Be ready, impress and differentiate Osborne

• Clear Communications to all – Ensure clear understanding of Task Briefings

especially if English is not the first language of any person in the team

• Safe deliveries and collections near railway lines –ensure all vehicular movements

are at least 3 metres from nearest railway line

• HIGH RISK Working at Height – Reminder on preventative measures

• Life Saving Rule “Exclusion Zones” – Learning from external alert incident and

“Green Light to Enter” initiative on the M25 Slab Replacement Scheme.

• Deer on the Road – most active in October and November at dawn and dusk

• Occupational Dermatitis – care of your hands and skin. Wear the right gloves for the

job!

Prohibition Notice Served on Ringway Foreman

On Friday 19th October a Health and Safety Executive Inspector was travelling along the A419 when he witnessed

dust coming from a Ringway worksite. He decided to stop and investigate as 6 months previously he stopped on

a Ringway site in Bracknell Forest; again due to dust escaping from site. Similarly to the Bracknell Forest site the

HSE Inspector witnessed a gang dry cutting kerbs which was causing the dust.

Following an investigation into the circumstances leading up to the point where the HSE Inspector witnesses the

activities being carried out on site, he decided to serve a Prohibition Notice on the site Foreman and not the

Company.

The HSE Inspector said if he had witnessed the operative’s dry cutting without the knowledge of the site Foreman

then he would have served the PN on the Company. However, as procedures were in place and the Foreman was

aware that the gang were not working to the procedures, the notice was served on him for failing to fulfil his

responsibilities. The Foreman’s responsibilities to manage health and safety on site turned to accountability

following the HSE Inspectors intervention.

Not only was the Foreman served with a Prohibition Notice but he will also receive a bill from the Health and

Safety Executive under the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012. Knows as fees for intervention, which

means the HSE now charge £124 per hour when they are investigating Health and Safety breaches. The hourly

rate starts from the moment they step foot on site and include time spent writing up reports and any subsequent

research.

This event will be thoroughly investigated and further disciplinary action may be taken. All employees have

health and safety responsibilities which are enforced internally within the Company and externally by the

Enforcing Authorities. Failure to fully discharge these responsibilities will result in individual accountability.

David Campbell

Group Health, Safety & Environment Director Eurovia Group Limited

London power tunnels

Operating Unit: Tunnels Date of Incident: 25/09/2014 Location: London Power Tunnels, Eade Road Site Cause: Concrete Pour – Uncontrolled Movement of the Delivery Hose

On Thursday 25th September at approximately 12.55pm, during the commencement of a concrete pour on the secondary lining at the bottom of Eade Road shaft, a sudden discharge of concrete through the pump lines caused an uncontrolled movement / whipping of the delivery hose resulting in a concrete operative sustaining facial injuries. The contact with the delivery hose caused a laceration to his forehead. The IP also sustained minor injuries (laceration to his finger) and bruising to his right arm / rib area as a result of being forced against the shuttering following the impact. Two other operatives also came into contact with discharged concrete.

The IP received first aid treatment and was removed to hospital by the emergency services.

Work was stopped immediately and the incident scene was quarantined.

All pumping activities were ceased on-site and an investigation commenced.

The correct concrete pump start up procedure must be followed at all times. The grout mix, used to prime the lines of the concrete pump, should not be pumped into any shutter or the pour area. Instead it should be pumped into a holding vessel and disposed of with no risk to the environment.

If the grouting procedure is not followed correctly, the pipelines may not be sufficiently lubricated therefore increasing the risk of a blockage while the first load of concrete is being pumped through the pipelines.

Due to the risks involved during certain stages of concrete pumping activities, a ‘danger zone’ must be established and monitored by the Concrete Pump Operative. This ‘danger zone’ is defined as the area around the delivery hose in which the delivery hose can strike out during operations. The diameter of this zone is twice the length of the end of the placing hose. It is recommended that operatives stand clear of this ‘danger zone’ when:

o The concrete pump lines are being grouted (concrete pump start up procedure). o Any blockages are being cleared / freed from the pipelines. o There is any stoppage in concrete pumping. Entry into the ‘danger zone’ is not permitted

until the concrete from the new load is flowing smoothly into the pour area / shutter. o The concrete pump is being washed out.

WE WILL WORK SAFELY OR NOT AT ALL

London power tunnels

Safety Alert Over 7 Day Injury

During the dayshift on Friday 25th July 2014, an operative was cutting and breaking out a slab of concrete

that formed part of a walkway in preparation for a cable trough to be installed. The cable trough was to be

installed between a brick wall that is part of an existing building (left hand wall in picture) and a cable

culvert (timber framed excavation in picture). The slab of concrete was between 100mm and 200mm thick

sitting on a rebar mesh.

The methodology identified in the Risk Assessment Method Statement (RAMS) stated this would be broken

out with an 8T Excavator and breaker. The Excavator was off hired the day before this task was

undertaken. It was decided to proceed with this task using petrol driven circular saw and a kango. It was

not identified that the slab of concrete was not fully supported underneath though photographs taken 4

days prior show this. 1. The RAMS was not amended to reflect this change

2. There is no evidence to show the operative was briefed on this methodology (though he must have been told what to do).

3. Hazards from using this methodology were not identified and recorded

The causation factors have been

identified as:

Immediate causes of incident Partial collapse of slab causing operative to lose footing and whilst falling, contact his right hand with rotating blade Contributory Causes of incident Perceived perception by various persons involved that the task needed to be completed Root causes of incident Management of Change Tool selection for the environment Plant operating supervisor

Outcomes/Lessons Learnt:

Management of Change needs to be agreed, briefed and recorded prior to commencement of works.

Selection of tools that are correct for environment rather than what is available.

LPT supervisors may not operate plant and supervise at the same time.

Better awareness of the ability to stop a task if conditions dictate reactive measures are needed.

Safety Alert – Tower Cranes

29th October 2014

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Further information Skanska UK

www.skanska.co.uk

+46 1923 776666

Contact Dylan Roberts Director for Health & Safety [email protected] Jennifer Clark Director of Environment [email protected]

Operating Unit : Civil Engineering

Date of Incident : 2013

Location : JV Tunnelling Site

Date EHS Alert Distributed : 29th October 2014



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Best Practice

Bulletin

SHES

Alert

SHES

Bulletin

Quality

Bulletin

Lessons

Learned

Fire Service Strike: Are you prepared? Ref: SE B356 31 October 2014

Communication Required: -

If you have any queries please contact SHESQ Department - 01494 760 377

X X Site Tool Box

Talk Management

System Briefing

SHESQ

Notice Board

SHES Stand

Down

Weekly

Meeting

Supply

Chain

South East Electricity Substation Alliance

Actions:

Conduct a fire awareness TBT.

Review fire extinguisher deployment.

Smoking zones: Ensure no smoking outside of these areas.

Hot Works: Unless absolutely necessary, defer / bring forward hot works for affected

period.

Confined space: Review rescue plans, if fire service required then defer/ bring forward

task.

Working at height: Review rescue plans, if fire service required then defer/ bring

forward task.

• Friday 31 October 2014 (18:00 onwards)

• Saturday 1 November 2014

• Sunday 2 November 2014

• Monday 3 November 2014

• Tuesday 4 November 2014 (until 18:00)

The Authority has a legal duty to provide London with an emergency fire and rescue service and it

has taken action to ensure the continuing provision of a reduced service during a strike (or any

other event which deprives the Brigade of its usual workforce).

The provision, known as ‘CapitalGuard’, is a contracted service providing up to 27 fire engines. It

is intended to provide a reduced level of operational capability sufficient to fulfil the Authority’s

basic statutory duties.

This means that the 27 fire engines will attend a limited range of incidents and that, in the first

instance, the normal initial attendance to incidents will be just one fire engine.

Starting from 18:00 this evening, the Fire Brigade Union have indicated that they will be holding 4-

days of continuous strike on: - .

Hydraulic injection injury Health and Safety Executive - Safety Alert

Department

Name: Field Operations Directorate - Product Safety Group

Bulletin No: FOD 4-2014

Issue Date: 23 September 2014

Target

Audience:

Hydraulics engineers,

Construction

Quarrying and tunnelling

Engineering

Maintenance and Service personnel

Key Issues:

A maintenance fitter died from hydraulic injection injury sustained whilst tensioning

the track of a piling rig. The grease nipple became detached from the track

mechanism permitting the release of grease under high pressure. This alert

reminds the target audience of the potential for such injury when working on any

hydraulic machinery.

Introduction:

The purpose of this safety alert is to raise awareness of the risks from hydraulic injection injury.

Initial findings from an HSE investigation has found that whilst a maintenance fitter was using a

hand powered grease gun to tension the track of a piling rig, the nipple connecting the grease gun

to the track mechanism detached, permitting the grease (under significant stored energy) to

release, injecting the fitter.

Background:

Hydraulic injection injury occurs when the outer layer of skin is broken by a jet of fluid under

pressure. Although serious reported instances of hydraulic injection have occurred at pressures

over 100 bar (1450 psi), anecdotal evidence suggests hydraulic injection injury may occur at

pressures as low as 7 bar (101.5psi) [1].

Injection injury often results from a failure of a component in the mechanical system. This can

result in the equipment remaining in use and pressurised whilst leaking fluid. [2]).

A person may come in to contact with a fluid jet while using equipment or when carrying out

inspection and/ or maintenance prompted by a reduction in performance of the equipment.

This can cause harm in two ways:

• The mechanical pressurised penetration and subsequent trauma to the surrounding and

underlying tissue

• The toxicity of the fluid injected into the injured party

The severity of the injury varies according to the following:

• Pressure

• Proximity

• Jet size

Following any injection injury, prompt action is essential to save the injured persons limb, or even

life. Without medical treatment, after four – six hours the victim may experience intense throbbing

pain that is unresponsive to pain medication. Without proper care injection injuries can lead to

amputation of affected parts.

Action required:

Anyone maintaining mechanical plant should inspect the integrity and security of grease nipples

and pipe work adapters used as part of track tensioning systems. This should take place at routine

service intervals and before attempting to carry out vehicle track tensioning at any time.

Where replacement or maintenance takes place on a pressurised system, fittings should be

matched and compatible as per the original equipment manufacturers specification. Verification of

such replacement should be regarded as a pressure test and appropriate precautions taken [3].

Personnel should be familiar with the steps to take, if injection injury occurs, particularly the need

to seek immediate professional medical treatment [4].

References:

[1] Hydraulic injection – HSL research report – RR976

[2] BS EN ISO 4413 (2011): International Standards Organisation - Hydraulic fluid power –

General rules relating to systems

[3] Safety in pressure testing – HSE guidance note GS4

[4] Fluid Injection injury emergency – The facts – British Fluid Power Association

Further information:

Awareness to a previous reported incident is available at: safequarry.com .

General note:

Please pass this information to anyone involved in hydraulics engineering or general maintenance

technicians.

[Additional note not part of the published safety alert - the safequarry.com link listed above

illustrates the level of surgery that may be required to resolve an apparent ‘pin prick’ injection injury

- accurate briefing of medical staff and early treatment is essential.]

HSE Bulletin (Ref: 16 in 2014) Maintenance of water systems to control legionella bacteria

Date of issue: 31 July 2014

Background Any water system that has the right environmental c onditions could potentially be a source for legionella bacteria growth. Transport for London ne eds to take all suitable precautions to prevent or control the risk of exposure to legionella. Passen gers, staff and contractors exposed to legionella bacteria are at risk of ill-health.

Instruction TfL is required to:

• identify and assess sources of risk,

• prepare a scheme to prevent or control risk,

• implement, manage and monitor precautions,

• keep record of precautions, and

• appoint a manager to be responsible for others.

The key point is to design, maintain and operate ou r water services under conditions that prevent or adequately control the growth of legionella bact eria. We should:

• avoid water temperatures and conditions that favou r the growth of legionella and other micro-organisms;

• ensure water cannot stagnate anywhere in the syste m by keeping pipe lengths as short as possible or by removing redundant pipework;

• avoid materials that encourage the growth of legio nella (The Water Fittings & Materials Directory reference fittings, materials, and applia nces approved for use on the UK Water Supply System by the Water Regulations Advisory Sch eme);

• keep the system and the water in it clean; and

• treat water to either kill legionella (and other m icroorganisms) or limit their ability to grow.

We must ensure that any redundant sections of water pipe work are isolated and removed from a water system. Maintenance must ensure that all required manufactu rer’s recommended maintenance is completed and that waters systems are tested and di sinfected at the required frequencies.

Please communicate this alert to your teams, projec ts and suppliers as appropriate

For more information contact Sharon Duffy - Princip al Building Services Engineer Approved by (HSE Senior Manager): Mark Moore

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