Contractor Health & Safety Forum

6th June 2013

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Agenda� Actions from Previous Meeting

� Contractor Slides

– Black & Veatch

– GBM

– Interserve

– Kier

– Murphy

– MVB

– Optimise

– Tamesis

� Right tool for the job stand-down day

� Feedback from HSLT

� AOB

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Actions from previous forum

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Ref Description Action by Date

1. (2) Input to Essential and Visual standards. Contractors to nominate volunteers to input to development. Interserve had two items to include Plant handrailing and MEWP anti entrapment. All visual standards contributions to be emailed to CD

Interserve/ All 15.3.13Feedback 25.3.13

2. (7) All contractors to use the Task Observation process to check RAMS and work method compliance across their projects. Feedback to be provided to appropriate CMO Assurance teams

All Action complete

3. Right tool for the job stand down day to be arranged. GBM offered to lead this in September. All contractors to provide details of any companies that they would like to include

GBM/All

4. B&V raised an issue with Subcontractors providing non-compliant footwear all contractors to check what their subcontractors are providing and ensure correct standards are maintained.

All 15.3.13

5. Optimse provided details of their new trench step. MVB stated that a similar piece of equipment has been available on the marketfor some time. MVB to provide details

MVB 8.3.13

6. Optimise provided details of their lost time boards. All to make use of this process on appropriate sites and report back at next forum All Immediate –feedback 25.5.13

7. Tamesis are developing Dynamic Risk Assessment Training Course – detail to be provided for the next forum Tamesis 25.5.13

8. Tamesis are developing visual task sheets. Consider if this can be loaded to the Hub Tamesis 15.3.13

9. Fire Risk Assessment Document HSP42 is now available on the TW Portal Note

10. Service Avoidance. All to ensure they have appropriate representation on this initiative All 15.3.13

11. Vehicle movement and pedestrian segregation – Hierarchical control guidance document to be produced. CD/NG 22.3.13

12. Close down of actions and incidents on Safeguard needs to be kept up to date, this will be reviewed at performance meetings. All to bring up to date and maintain.

All ImmediateReview at performance meetings

13. MVB reminded attendees of the availability of the HSLT Conference call. Contact details and times can be obtained from Clare Hamment

note

14. The MVB DVD that was shown at the Forum will be loaded to the Hub shorty for all to access. MVB/All 15.3.13

15.. Next Meeting. Note this will be held at MVB Beckton STW 8.30am 25th May 2013. Please ensure that you get presentation material to Elaine in good time – Elaine will send out template and specify cut off date in advance. Kier have offered the Oxford site for the August meeting which will be held on 15th August 2013. The venue for the 14th November 2013 Forum has yet to be agreed

Note All

Black & Veatch

Adrian Holland & Dave Brown

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Innovation / Best Practice / Initiatives

� Stand down day on risk assessments held on all sites;

� Presentation from Line Watch to design and site teams.

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Incidents

� Mogden – Individual twisted ankle whilst banking dumper (two days absence).

GBM JV

Alan Mansfield: Contract Director

Neil Hancox: HS&E Manager

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Collaboration / Initiatives Ideas and learning from previous forum

� GBM Focus on Occupational Health and Wellbeing

– Stand Down Day 2012

– Commenced Health Screening including cholesterol test

– Fruit Boxes; weekly deliveries

– “Wellpoint” at Hampton from June 2013

– Survey feedback has been favourable

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Innovation/Best Practice/ Initiatives

� “Helping Hands”: BBS Training programme

– Following a RIDDOR incident involving a GBM supervisor on a project at Merstham STW

• Engaged with Dramanon to develop a bespoke dramatisation and to tour our projects: Taking the message to the workplace. 200 personnel briefed including some TW operational staff

– Feedback on impact has been very good

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Near Miss / Unsafe Situation: Ashford Common 23rd May 2013� Observed during routine

HS&E inspection

� Specialist operatives apparently oblivious to risk working around open 4.0 metre deep valve chamberdeep chamber.

� No form of internal guarding or guardrails

� Technocover or Steelway Guardsman alternative specification within new chambers

Interserve Construction LimitedColin Best

Initiatives Ideas and learning from previous forum

� Briefing note, also Tier 2 briefings

� Thorough review of our ground disturbance permitting

� Continued learning at monthly stand downs: included use of the MVB dvd to prompt discussions

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Accidents, Incidents and learning

� Refresh manual handling training session, to all site personnel, including some

practical/ problem solving aspects to engage delegates

� Behavioural safety training now refreshed, to all site personnel, and annually from

now on. (IP had good motive, but chose to do an unsafe task).

� Metatarsal protection boots trialled and now a minimum standard at Riverside

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New initiatives

Introducing two new items into our

minimum standards

� handrails to plant counterweights

• mandatory handrails fitted

to excavators and similar plant

above 15T where access is

required to the counterweight

areas.

• Briefing note with 'visual

standard'.

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New initiatives

� anti entrapment devices to

boom type MEWPs

• Mandatory requirement to

have anti-entrapment

devices fitted to all boom

type MEWPs.

• Briefing note with 'visual

standards

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Keith Barrett

Martyn Bishop

Lifting incident 1

Dropped steel beam

What caused the incident to happen?

Dropped steel beam

Crane collision

Lifting incident 2

What caused the incident to happen?

� Poor communication between Slinger / signaller.

� Lifting operation not adequately controlled.

� Lack of prior planning

Crane collision

Other crane incidents

Conclusions

� Plan your work.

� Work your plan.

Murphy

Mick O’Shea

Head of Water & Wastewater

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Who’s in Charge here?

� Site Supervisor Map

– Named Supervisors responsible for each section (M&E & Civils)

– Ensures clarity of responsibility

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Risk Management and Coordination

� RAMS Review meetings

– Inclusive development of RAMS with all stakeholders

� Task Briefings and Daily Risk Assessments

– Developed from RAMS, simplified for briefing to operatives

� Afternoon Huddles

– Involves all site supervisors, details works for the following day inc. RAMS, permits, deliveries, lifting etc.

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Lessons Learnt from Incidents

� Service Avoidance Working Group recently instigated at Murphy Group level

– Investigating additional measures and/or changes to working practices to reduce underground service strike rate

– Also supporting Optimise in agreeing and rolling out revised Permit to Break Ground

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May Mission

� Toolbox Talk on Sun Safety

� Two Posters

� Information Leaflet

CMVBJV

Phillip S. Price

Francois Pogu

These steps are being procured for a deep excavation at the Outfall Culvert for primary access and egress.

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� Trench (Universal)Steps

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� 2 RIDDOR Incidents this year.

� Pumping Incident: Selwoods had set up a pump for operations.

� 3 12” flexi hoses were connected from the pump to the 12” steel Pipes.

� At the security gates there were more flexi hoses which had been disconnected and the gate valve shut so that the gate could be closed.

� The hoses were connected by this gate and the pump started

� The gate valve was not opened

Incidents

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� One of the flexi hoses near the pump failed at the joint and the water pushed the operative into the pump

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� The IP sustained bruising to his lower legs and a laceration that required sutures above his right eye.

� The Flexi hose failed. It was rated SWP 10 bar. (FOS 15 bar)

� The pump could only deliver at 4 bar

� Subsequent tests which were filmed by Selwood showed the flexi hoses from the same batch failing at 4 bar.

� All hoses from that batch destroyed. Safety Alert sent out by MBV and Selwoods.

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� 2nd RIDDOR Incident:

� Locomotive fitter stepped out of manrider in tunnel, slipped and as he grabbed rails dislocate his shoulder.

� Accident happened during stand down for inline slurry pump installation.

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� Main Causes: Working area was not cleaned up and ambi-decking laid for the whole working area

� Planning. Concentrated on high risk elements of task and not enough attention paid to low risks.

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Optimise

Ian Noble

Nick Gilbert

Recent incidentsRIDDOR INJURY –fractured ankle•Operative standing on material trailer shovelling off sub-base material

•Slipped, landing on ground awkwardly

•Continued shift and went to hospital in evening

•Reviewing:

•Trailer usage

•Safe use of trailers

•Manual handling assessment

•Integrity of trailer

11kv cable strike in verge –no injuries• The team were well trained

and in the industry for 20yrs• Mark up was done but at

either side of saturated area. • No hand dig to locate cable

due to saturated ground• Cable curved between points

and thereby within excavated area

• No exclusion zone set up and CAT3-I report indicates no use of CAT in layers

• Some pressure to repair as night shut

From the healthandsafetyhub.co.uk

Thank you to those who have put the following on the hub and we have shared across our business over March-April-May 2013:

• Network Rail – Driver jailed over death after texting at wheel

• Barhale – Quick hitch partial failure

• Using lifting chains (TW 32)

• Plastic container expiry dates – Anglian Water

• RIDDOR – bucket detachment – Morrison

• Nitrogen filled HV cable strike – Morrison

• Lifting of pre-cast rings – B&V

• Lafarge Tarmac- Serious incident with wagon and OH cable strike

• Plowman Craven – Glove selection

Behavioural assessment for Service Avoidance• Optimise are undertaking ‘dual’

assessments of all people involved in service avoidance:

• Supervisors

• Supervisors

• Operatives

• Plant operators

• reinstators

• Using tablet/lap top to answer 7 scenarios with 4/5 questions in each

• Period of retraining/coaching/mentoring

• Reassess to demonstrate improvement

Advisory Note – Near miss reporting of service strikes

• Encourage reporting of

shallow services

• NJUG depth

recommendations confirmed

• We don’t want someone

else to hit the service

Tamesis JV

Mike Macleod - Beckton Project Director

Mick Day - Health & Safety Manager

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Collaboration / Initiatives Ideas and learning from previous forum

SSOW Planning

LOR / Tamesis now in full roll out of Dynamic Risk Assessment Courses across the group.

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Collaboration / Initiatives Ideas and learning from previous forum

Behavioural Safety Programme

LOR / Tamesis moved to stage 4;Behavioural Safety – “Ask the Question”

Trainers undergoing days training at Head Office.

Roll out June 13 onwards

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Lost Time Injury 24.04.13

Crossness STW

Fall from Height

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• IP working outside of remit. Not planned.

• IP ignored instructions from Project Engineer.

• IP violated site rules – Breached pedestrian walkway / Breached hole protection

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View inside manhole.

Ladder shown was

inserted after incident to

assist in recovery of IP.

Timber batten from

bottom of manhole cover

which became detached

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Incident Learning Bulletin

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Tamesis have increased Hole Protection Control Measures;

Plywood / Metal cover – yellow “Warning Hole Below”

Barriered – Rigid Scaffold Tubes

Signage

Induction information

TBT to workforce

RAMS revised

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Minor Injury 23.05.13

Crossness STW

Rebar Collapse

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Incident Details

Engineer Assistant received blow to the head – returned

to work 17:30 same day of incident.

Erection of rebar and shutters for new building.

Architectural changes – led to requirement to remove

shutters.

Shutters providing bracing to rebar.

Shutters removed – leading to rebar collapse.

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Incident remains under investigation;

Looking at the following areas.

Management of Change.

Temporary Works Process & Management.

Supervision.

Behaviours.

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Awards

LOR – 25 Projects

5 Gold

8 Silver

12 Bronze

Crossness – Silver

Beckton - Bronze

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Right Tool for the job stand down day

� GBM proposal 17th-18th September at Kempton

� Supplier list

� Attendance and scope

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Feedback from Health and Safety Leadership Team

� Jason Aldred to provide feedback from the HSLT

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AOB

� HGV Cycle Protection Compliance

� Next Meeting 10th October 2013 at Oxford STW