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Effective Health & SafetyEffective Health & SafetyManagementManagement
Kev Coghill MIOSH RSP
Senior Risk ConsultantMarsh Risk Consulting Practice
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Objectives
Introduce the UK H&S legal regime
Appreciate h! H&S is important
Understand the risk assessment process
Summarise current "hot# topics $ e%g% ield
trips'stress'noise
Recognise h! H&S should (e managed
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So why bother with H&S?So why bother with H&S?
gal
Moral
Busin ss
)ines and costsCourt time
Civil cases
*otices
Pain andsuering
+ut! to ello
human (eing
Premiums
Uninsured losses
Reputation
MoraleProductivit!
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2003/04 Statistics2003/04 Statistics
,-. atalities
/.01230 RI++OR reported in4uries
An estimated ,%, million people suering
rom an illness caused or made orse (! their
current or past ork
An estimated -0 million orking da!s lost $-3 million due to ill health & 0 million due to
in4ur!
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UK legal systemUK legal system
5! HS6 or 7A
7eads to aine'imprisonment
*ot insura(le
Criminal
5! in4ured person
7eads to aard odamages
Must (e insured
Civil
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Legal rocessLegal rocess
Someone is in4ured at ork or (! people at
ork
8he! make a civil claim or compensation
9damages:
8he HS6 or local authorit! prosecute on
(ehal o the state 9ine'imprisonment:
!ritish Law
"rimi#al "ivil
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HealthHealtha#$ Sa%ety at or' etca#$ Sa%ety at or' etc
(ct )*+4(ct )*+4
Duties on all at
work
To protect allaffected by work
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,re )*+4 Legislatio#,re )*+4 Legislatio#
OSRP Act
1963
Regulations
Oter Safety
Acts
Regulations
!actories Act
1961
Regulations
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,ost )*+4 Legislatio#,ost )*+4 Legislatio#
"ASA#A 19$%
Regulations
A&'&O&P(s
OSRP Act
1963
Regulations
Oter Safety
Acts
Regulations
!actories Act
1961
Regulations
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Legal -e.ireme#ts
Health & Saet! at ;ork etc Act /0
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Sectio# 2
Section )*1+ , e-ployers( general duty
+ut! to ensure >so ar as is reasona(l!practica(le?1 the health1 saet! and elare at orko emplo!ees and an! others ho ma! (e aected
(! the undertaking@%
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Legal Sta#$ar$sLegal Sta#$ar$s
"Reasona(l! Practica(le# or "S)ARP#
Implies a eighing up o the risk against the cost
9in terms o time1 mone! or trou(le: o preventing
or controlling the risk
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Sectio# 2 co#t1
Provision o such inormation1 instruction1 training
and supervision as is necessar! to ensure 1 S)ARP1the health and saet! at ork o emplo!ees andan! others ho ma! (e aected.
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Sectio# 2 co#t1
+ut! o 6mplo!ers to 6mplo!ees cont%
,%,a $ sae plant and s!stems o ork
,%,( $ sae use1 handling1 storage and transportation oarticles and su(stances
,%,c $ inormation1 instruction1 training and adeuate
supervision
,%,d $ sae place o ork and a sae means o access andegress
,%,e $ sae orking environment and adeuate elare
acilities
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Sectio# +
+ut! o 6mplo!ees at ;ork
It shall (e the dut! o ever! emplo!ee hilst at orkB$
to take reasona(le care o their on health and saet! ando an! other person ho ma! (e aected (! their acts or
omissions
to co$operate ith their emplo!er so ar as is necessar! to
ena(le that emplo!er to meet their reuirements ith
regards to an! statutor! provisions
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Sectio# 2)
Improvement *otices
I an inspector is o the opinion that a personB$
is contravening one or more o the relevantstatutor! provisions or
has contravened one or more o those statutor!
provisions1 in circumstances that it is likel! thatthe contravention ill continue or (e repeated1
then he ill issue an Improvement *otice%
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Sectio# 22
Prohi(ition *otices
I an! activit! is (eing1 or is a(out to (e1 carried
out that could result in serious personal in4ur!1then an inspector ma! issue a Prohi(ition *otice%
8his notice ill cause the immediate cessation o
the activit! involved until all measures are
rectiied%
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#%orceme#t
8he HS6 can take legal action against an
emplo!er'emplo!ee in a criminal court or H&S
ailuresBUnlimited ine and'or
Custodial sentence
9Remem(er $ !ou cannot insure against ailure tocompl! ith H&S legislation:
I guilt! D criminal record
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!ritish stice
I**OC6*8
untilproven
EUI78F
(e!ond
A77R6ASO*A576
+OU58
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"ivil Litigatio#
Provides or compensation to (e paid to persons
ho suer harm as a result o a ork activit!%
Can insure $ 6mplo!ers 7ia(ilit! Insurance5urden o proo is *6E7IE6*C6
Proo is "on the (alance o pro(a(ilities#
6ectivel! "guilt! until !ou prove !our
innocence#
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-eortable
Reporting of.
/n0uries *accidents incidents+Disease
Dangerous Occurrences
*Regulations+
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(cci$e#t/5#ci$e#t 5#vestigatio#
RI++OR onl! reuires reporting o
incidents etc%
*o eGplicit legal reuirement in an! H&S
legislation to investigate $ thereore ;HF
+O I8
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(cci$e#t/5#ci$e#t 5#vestigatio#
HS; Act states $ "emplo!ers must
ensure@%the health1 saet! and elare o
emplo!ees%%%# etc%Reactive monitoring $ to prevent the same or
similar rom happening again
Revie'revise risk assessments andassociated H&S documentation'orking
practices
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6he 7a#ageme#t O% Health &6he 7a#ageme#t O% Health &
Sa%ety (t or' -eglatio#sSa%ety (t or' -eglatio#s
)***)***
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7a#ageme#t o% H&S -egs
Risk Assessments
6ver! emplo!er shall make a >suita(le andsuicient? assessment o risks to the health and
saet!B$
o his emplo!ees
o persons not in his emplo!ment
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7a#ageme#t o% H&S -egs
Suita(le & Suicient
Should ena(le the emplo!er to identi! andprioritise the measures that need to (e taken
Should identi! the signiicant risks arising out oor as a result o the ork activit!
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7a#ageme#t o% H&S -egs
8e%i#itio#s"A2ARD
R/S
"AR48AK6* )ROM 8H6 MHS;R APPROJ6+ CO+6 O) PRAC8IC6 /000
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7a#ageme#t o% H&S -egs
;hat is a Haard
"Something ith the potential to cause
harm#
Ma! (e chemical1 mechanical1electrical1
environmental etc% OR LHumanL in nature
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7a#ageme#t o% H&S -egs
;hat is a Risk
Risk eGpresses the likelihood that harm
rom a particular haard is realised
Risk thereore relects (oth the likelihood
that harm ill (e caused and its severit!
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7a#ageme#t o% H&S -egs
;hat is Harm
HARM D death1 (odil! in4ur! and damage to
ph!sical or mental health%Saet! la is onl! concerned ith harm to
propert! or the environment i that entails a risk o
harm to people%
Now consider risk ranking
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-is' -a#'i#g 9 ,robability
Frequent 3Likelihood of incident recurringrepeatedly during course of the
work activity
Occasional 2Likelihood of incident occurringsometime during course of the
work activity
Rare 1Likelihood of incident virtuallynever occurring during course
of the work activity
Measurement o reuenc!'likelihood
- Categories B
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-is' -a#'i#g 9 "o#se.e#ce
Severe 3 ay lead to lost!time orrecorda"le incident
oderate 2ay lead to recorda"le or first!
aid incident
inor 1ay result in minor first!aidtreatment or no harm "eing
caused
Measurement o severit!
- Categories B
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-is' (ssessme#t 7atri:
Risk D Pro(a(ilit! G Conseuence
9Severit!: Severe#3$
oderate
#2$
inor
#1$Frequent
#3$ % & 3
Occasional
#2$ & ' 2Rare#1$ 3 2 1
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:isti#g "o#trol 7easrers
Assess !our eGisting control measures
8ake into account hether controls are
(eing applied ' complied ith etc%
I there are no controls1 enter this on the
assessment
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-e.ire$ (ctio#s
;hatWhat is to be undertaken
;hoWho is charged with undertaking the action
5! ;henAction target date
Completion conirmed N)ormalised
Action completion date
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-eview
Assessment Revie date
Remem(er that the reuired actions progress must
(e monitored to ensure that the actions are carriedout and are eective%
A revie should (e undertaken olloing the
implementation o the improved controls to assess
the eectiveness and ensure other ne risks have
not evolved rom these actions
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-eviewi#g co#t1
7egal reuirement
Reason to suspect no longer valid
Signiicant change
8hink "s!stems# approach to constantmonitoring and revie
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-is' "o#trol Hierarchy
Hierarch! o risk controls
6liminate haard at source
Reduce haard at source Remove person rom haard
Contain haard (! enclosure
Reduce emplo!ee eGposure
S!stems o ork
Personal protective euipment 9PP6:
pa! attention to order
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;;Hot 6oics
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StressStress
Should (e considered under Management
Regs & risk assessment
HS6 pu(lished "Management standards ortackling ork related stress#
)irst improvement notice issued this !ear to
a *HS 8rust or ailing to assess stress risks
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=iel$ 6ris=iel$ 6ris
Management Regs risk assessment
reuirement
Popular item or press hen something goesrong
Reuire detailed management plans $
o(viousl! dependent upon each trip
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>oise>oise
6Gisting *oise at ;ork Regs set levels at
2.d5A & 03d5A
*e Ph!sical Agents +irective to (eincorporated into UK legal regime (!
/.'3,'3Q $ noise levels reduced to 23d5A &
2.d5A
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Occatio#al -oa$ Sa%etyOccatio#al -oa$ Sa%ety
Currentl! on the HS6 top /3 inspection
topics
8raditionall! eGcluded rom an! statistics(ecause it is Road 8raic Act & thereore
the police ho enorce
*o looking at all ork related driving $eGcluding commuting to'rom ork
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Health & Sa%ety 7a#ageme#t
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HS@A
Organising
(lanning and
)mplementing
easuring
(erformance
(olicy
Reviewing
(erformance
*uditing
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Orga#isi#g
Split into our sections1 our Cs
Co$operation
Communication
Control
Competence
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,la##i#g & 5mleme#ti#g
O(4ectives'Actions should (e $ SMAR8
Speciic
Measura(le
Am(itious & agreed
Relevant
8ied to a timeta(le
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7easri#g ,er%orma#ce
Important management tool
Use ork alread! (eing done
Risk assessment Active monitoring
Accident'incident data
+etailed techniues in 5S 2233'OHSAS /233/ Implementing goes (ack to eective
communication
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-eview & ($it
Remem(er s!stems theor! $ monitor and revie
9audit and eed(ack:
Helps to determine hether actions have (eenachieved and i so1 hat ne ones should (e set
Once revie completed $ communicate indings
and remem(er (oth positive and negative eed(ack
Set ne SMAR8 o(4ectives
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our plans to conuer the
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