Health and Safety Executive

Health and Safety Executive

Priorities for Construction Programme 2008/09

Presentation for CONIACLouise Brearey

Head of Construction Sector and Policy

Keys to Success

• Ownership by dutyholders

• Motivating external partners

• Outcome led approach

• Influencing at the right time and at the right level

• Integration – focus on whole supply chain

• Clarity of purpose - priorities

Cross-Cutting Strategic Projects

• Major Accident Potential (MAP)

• High Impact Interventions (HII)

• Local Authority Construction Engagement (LACE)

• Vulnerable Workers (VW)

• Small Sites and Small Construction Firms (SMEs)

Fatal accidents have occurred 2007/08 preliminary

Where Fatal accidents have occurred 2007/08prelim (Fatals database) 1999/00-2005/06 (536) 2006/07p (77) 2007/08prelim (?)

28%22%

29%

21% 19%

13%

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13%4%

3%

3%10%

6%

3%

8%3%

9%

7% 7% 8%

29%

16%9%

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100% Other/demolition

Civil Engineering

Roadworks

New build-industrial

New build-commercial

New build-housing

Refurb/Rep/Maint-domestic

Refurb/Rep/Maint-non domestic

Work streams BGDP 2008/09

• Refurbishment

• Property Developers

• Major Projects

• Homebuild

• Public Procurement/LA

• Micro and small businesses (inc WWT)

• Musculoskeletal Disorders (OHI project)

• Roadworks and temporary traffic management

• Asbestos

Cross-Cutting inspection themes

• Well managed projects

• Embedding CDM2007

• Worker engagement

• Equal management of occupational health and safety risks

Refurbishment Fatalities

Refurbishment/repair % Fatal accidents against % of Total Output, April 1999 to March 2007

- Fatals Database -

45.5 46.3 47.3 47.5 48.5 46 43.5 42.3

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Refurb/repair % output (Average 46%)

Refurb/repair % fatalities (Average 62%)

Refurb/repair fatal accident sites - 20% Large and 80% Small (Average - All fatalities 35%L & 65%S) Refurb/repair contractors involved - 24% Large and 76% Small (Average - All fatalities 30%L & 70%S)

Refurbishment

• All refurb (except commercial)

- inspection throughout the year

- intensive inspection initiative

• Major Commercial Refurb

- continuation of 07/08

Topics

- CDM2007 inc

Competence

- Falls / low falls

- Good order

- Structural safety /temp works

- Mgnt of Occ.Health/ COHME

- Fire

- Worker Engagement

Home Build – work by value

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Private Housing

Offices

Shops

Roads

Entertainment

Other infrastructure

Schools & Universities

Public other new work

Factories

Public housing

Health

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Private other new work

Work by value 2000/06 - (BERR Construction Statistics 2007)

Home Build

• Large, medium & small contractors

• HBF/SHADS/Regional Volume Builders forums/WWT

• NLI work

• Small developers

• Timber frame

Topics

- CDM 2007 inc competence

- Cranes

- Traffic mgnt

- Quick hitch

- Worker Engagement

- Mgnt of OH risks /COHME

- Timber frame

Ongoing work

• Major Projects / NLI

• Road Workers & Temporary Traffic Management

• WWT/SME partnership

• Asbestos Licensing

• Musculoskeletal disorders (OHI project)

Conclusion

• Aim to deliver cultural change

• Industry ownership

• Evidence based approach

• Targeted interventions

• Mixture of intervention techniques

• Sector work with stakeholders to support field work