Post on 12-Apr-2018
Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
HSE Workplan / Priorities / Direction /
investigations
Andrew Kingscott
HM Principal Inspector Bristol
• Direction / issues
• Work plan / business plan
• Local Issues
• Recent
Prosecutions/Investigations/outcomes
Wider Strategy
• Helping Great Britain work well
• Getting risk management right is an
enabler for productivity, innovation
and growth and is integral to business
success as well as the wellbeing of
workers.
• Britain has a health and safety record
we can all be very proud of – it’s one
of the best in the world. But we also
know that we can be even better.
GB H&S Strategy
6 Key themes
• Acting together.
• Tackling ill health.
• Managing risk well
• Supporting small employers
• Keeping pace with change
• Sharing our success
GB H&S Strategy + events
• Does your personal contribution to health and
safety really help others - or hinder?
• Is ownership and responsibility for health and
safety in the right place in your organisation?
• Is it focussed on the right things?
• What could you personally do differently in 2016
that will really help us to create an even better
health and safety system in GB?
• Are you prepared to make a resolution to do
something different in 2016?
HSE Business Plan 2015/16
• Mission: The prevention of death, injury
and ill health to those at work and those
affected by work activities
• Lead others to improve health and safety
in the workplace
• Provide an effective regulatory framework
• Secure compliance with the law
• Reduce the likelihood of low frequency,
high-impact catastrophic incidents
HSE 2020 – 5 year plan
• sustaining regulatory excellence;
• growing commercial activities;
• investing in people and capability;
• driving operational effectiveness and
efficiencies.
HSE 2020 – 5 year plan
• The challenge
• 1.2 million workers – work related illness
• 13000 deaths occ lung disease/cancer
• 133 deaths 77000 injuries
• 28.2 million working days lost
• £14.2 Billion cost
HSE 2020 – 5 year plan
• © 19000 targeted inspections (87% action)
• 1100 major hazards visits
• 3280 investigations
• 10000 notices 600 Prosecutions
• 32 million hits on HSE website
• Simplified guidance to 300000 SMEs
• 53000 visits to the asbestos App
• £17 commercial income
HSE work plan - proactive
• Maintain focus – intelligence led
• High risk sectors – poor performers -
HSE work - reactive
• Construction / Asbestos
• Legionella
• Gas
• Machinery guarding
• Vehicle movements
Construction Proactive Interventions
• Refurbishment Initiative – Sept/Oct
• Health embedded in all interventions
Construction - Unsafe Work at
Height (The usual)
Front Rear
Refurbishment Initiative
Number of sites 217
Number of sites in MB 91 (42%)
Sites with Notices 43 (20%)
No PNs 33
No INs 38
Proactive PRs 1
Construction - Unsafe Plant
Construction: Unsafe Plant
Construction: Unsafe plant
Construction Unsafe Demolition
Construction: Unsafe Demolition
Construction: unsafe demolition
Construction: overhead cables
Struck by material
Struck by material
Construction: overhead cables
Other failings
Schools
Gas
Current investigations
• Arm off
• Fall from a sling
• Cattle trampling
• MEWP overturn
• Permits to work
• LOTO
• Crushing
• Gas
• Fragile material
New sentencing guidelines
• Revised arrangements
• Could see significant increases in fines
for large organisations – based on turn
over
• Consideration of HARM, CULPABILITY
• Prosecutor duty to assist on sentencing
• Changes re Policy – Individuals.
New sentencing guidelines
• Step 1: Harm/Culpability
• Step 2: Aggravating factors (mitigation)
• Step 3: Step back – meet general
principals
• Step 4: Any other factors
• S7/S36/S37 – HARM / CUPLABILITY –
aggravating Custody/Community - Fine
Questions?