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A presentation to a Roads Academy Masterclass May 2011 Paul Mitchell Head of Health & Safety Aiming for Zero The Highways Agency’s approach to improving health and safety performance
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A presentation to a Roads Academy Masterclass
May 2011
Paul Mitchell
Head of Health & Safety
Aiming for Zero The Highways Agency’s approach to
improving health and safety performance
2Roads Academy – May 2011
What is Aiming for Zero?
It is the Agency’s strategy for improving health and safety performance across its business, guided by the core vision:
‘Our aim is that as an employer, designer and a leading client, nobody comes to harm as a result of their work for us’
The strategy commits the Agency to action in four areas: Office and RCC-Based Staff;
Construction & Maintenance Workers;
Road Workers; and
Traffic Officers and Control Room Staff
3Roads Academy – May 2011
Why four strategies?
Our Office Staff strategy seeks to include all of our people – some have significant influence over risks to others
The Construction & Maintenance Strategy and Action Plan addresses legislative H&S requirements for all workers – e.g. CDM2007 - its scope includes workers who face risks on site, and those working on roads behind protective temporary traffic management;
The Road Worker strategy actively targets risk of on-road work, especially crossings of live carriageways and other higher risk activities;
Our Traffic Officer Strategy looks at a planned approach to further improving our management of this service – enabling good dynamic assessment of risk
They are complementary Strategies. Together, they seek to address the full range of risks faced by all those working on the Strategic Road Network on behalf of the Agency
4Roads Academy – May 2011
Operational Areas Targeted
Office Staff Safety Strategy/
Action Plan
Traffic Officer Safety Strategy/
Action Plan
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Road Worker Safety Strategy/
Action Plan
6Roads Academy – May 2011
What have we done so far? Development and sharing of specific construction and
maintenance health & safety initiatives such as:
‘What does good H&S performance look like?’; The Health & Safety Wheel; The ‘Personal Commitments’ credit card; Core Health & Safety Inductions for all MACs; Health & Safety Good practice guides e.g. Litter Picking, Gully
Emptying
7Roads Academy – May 2011
Key aspect of success -Joint working with our supply chain
8Roads Academy – May 2011
Developments in on-Road Worker Safety
Research projects leading to risk reduction:
New VMS Legends and RCC procedures at road works (on-road trials completed November 2010);
Speed Compliance in overnight road works and feasibility of rapid deployment speed enforcement systems (on-road trials completed, report complete November 2010);
Temporary Traffic Management Simplification – removal of 200 yard and 600 yard wicket signs (completed March 2011);
Mobile Lane Closure Technique for Static Lane Closures (on-road trials commenced and due to complete April 2011);
Offside signs relaxation trials (supply chain led project about to start)
Measuring risk reduction - MIRi
9Roads Academy – May 2011
Improving Traffic Officer health and safety
HA AfZ Vision
TMD AfZ Strategy
3 Key Goals
TMD AfZ Strategy
9 Strategic Action Areas
TMD AfZ Action Plan
24 Action Areas
TMD H&S Development
91 Independent Recommendations
10Roads Academy – May 2011
Engaging all of our staff
Information Understanding Engagement ?
