Post on 17-May-2018
HARDING SAFETY REPS
Development of an effective Safety Committee
Safety Reps Circa 1999
• 8 / 9 elected Safety Reps
• Not visible to constituency members
• No Duty Safety Reps as a focal point
• Some Safety Rep involvement in incident investigations
• Informal Safety Rep/OIM weekly meeting
• No recorded minutes – Hand written notes in Safety Rep diary.
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Harding 1999 Safety Statistics
• 2 Days Away From Work Cases
• 2 Restricted Work Injuries
• 4 Medical Treatment Injuries
• 42 First Aid Injuries
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Harding Safety Reps Charter
• In 2000 the Harding Safety Rep Charter was created• In 2000 Stuart Broom (Business Unit Leader) for Harding signed a Safety
Reps Charter• A pledge from the management team to support the Harding Safety Reps.• The Charter was then passed on to the Harding contracting companies to
pledge their commitment.
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Objective of the Charter
• Acknowledgment of Safety Reps role & development of the Safety Committee
• Safety Reps contribution
• Management commitment to actively support the intent of Safety Rep legislation
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Safety Reps Charter-Management Commitments
• Promote Proactive Safety Rep involvement in the Workplace• Management / Safety Rep Consultation on HSE issues• Allow Time off for HSE / Safety Rep training• Incident Investigation and Risk Assessment involvement• Promote employee awareness of Safety Reps• Time for Safety Rep meetings• Access to accident & incident reports • Audits & safety inspections• Sharing best practices• Representation at Offshore UK level• Provide Time for Safety Rep duties
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The 90 Day Plan
The 90 day plan focuses on:
• People
• Process
• Plant
• Assurance
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Evolution - 2000
• Allocated time for Safety Reps meeting to plan agenda
• Weekly Safety meeting Safety Rep / Management team
• First recorded meeting minutes with limited distribution within the Harding Team.
• Safety Reps became active team members in Incident Investigation
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-Time for Change
• Safety Rep slot in the 90 day plan quarterly presentation.
• Safety Reps involvement in current and future 90 day plan content.
• Safety Rep slot to the departmental safety meetings
• Safety Rep slot during Town Hall Meetings
• Attended private meetings with the HSE & Business Unit Leaders
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Safety Rep Visibility
• Safety Rep and OIM meeting flights for first ‘Time Out For Safety’
• Duty Safety Rep introduction to new arrivals.
• Safety Management Team Picture board
• Identified current constituency Safety Rep on board
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Continuous Reps Improvement
• Managing our own budget
• Safety Reps Initial Training
• Refresher Training
• Task Based Risk Assessment Training
• Accident/Incident Investigation Training
• Focusing attention on new work parties to the platform
• Larger circulation of Safety Meeting Minutes to Onshore Management and other Platforms
• More involved in Leading Safety Audits
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Raising the Safety Rep Profile
• Quarterly newsletter
• Quarterly Safety Promotions
• European Safety Week
• BP UK Safety Rep Forum
• Field (SPU) Safety Rep Forum
• Safety Reps returning to Harding with feedback
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Harding Safety Statistics Then and Now
1999 Last 12 Months
• Days Away From Work Cases 2 0
• Restricted Work Injuries 2 1
• Medical Treatment Injuries 4 0
• First Aid Injuries 42 4
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The Future
• Looking for new ways to improve safety
• Recruiting new Safety Reps with new ideas
• Expanding our safety network
• Learning from other sources
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