AMP5 Contractors Health & Safety Forum28th February 2013

Aylesbury STW

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Agenda

� Introductions

� Site Safety and Housekeeping Arrangements

� Contractor’s presentations

� Site Induction and visit

� Complete Contractors’ presentations

� TW Issues

� HSLT Update

� AOB

Black & Veatch

Adrian Holland & Dave Brown

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Innovation / Best Practice / Initiatives

� Stand down day held on all sites lead by senior Managers &

Directors which included:

– Site inspection by operatives;

– Risk Assessment review by operatives;

– BOSS briefing; and

– Feedback/consultation session with the workforce.

� Supply chain engagement workshop held with key suppliers;

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Task Observation

� Task observation form trialled;

� Similar process to the BVL engagement process;

� Outcomes generally the same.

GBM JV

Ravi Darigala: Area Delivery Manager

Neil Hancox: HS&E Manager

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Collaboration / Initiatives Ideas and learning from previous forum

� We have developed a Safety action plan incorporating the 6 Pillars of BBS from the HSLT

– Leadership

– Engagement

– Coaching

– Communication

– Recognition

– Measurement

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GBM JV Initiatives

� Occupational Health and Wellbeing Stand Down Day: 400 attendees

� Occupational Health surveillance visits including wellbeing

� Drugs and Alcohol awareness training plus posters and leaflets (with a view to introduce increased random testing)

� SSSTS training facilitated for our supply chain: Raised standard to minimum SSSTS : May 2013

� Quarterly Safety Climate Survey introduced: output awaited from January survey

� GBM / TW H&S and Assurance auditing: Collaborative approach has improved Safeguard performance

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Lessons Learnt from Incidents

� GBM Have experienced 2 RIDDOR Major Injuries since the previous forum;

31st October 2012

– Operative walking from work area to parked car. Stepped onto / into deviation in permanent way

– Severe sprain later diagnosed as three fractures to bones of foot

– Kohler's Necrosis increased severity of injury

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Lessons Learnt from Incidents

Familiar Grounds?

� Assess you surroundings

� Demarcate safe routes

� Liaise with local Operations Team

Report hazards

� Cover where appropriate

� Fence off if appropriate

� Repair if possible

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Lessons Learnt from Incidents

31st January 2013

� Mechanical Supervisor needed access to a cordoned area to assist Thames Water in retrieval of equipment from a building

� Took an inappropriate route including breaching barriers in order to help

� Knocked a poorly stored permanent sign which fell and struck his wrist causing “chip”: RIDDOR Major Injury

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Lessons Learned from Incidents

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Lessons Learned from Incidents

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Task Observation

� Task Observation audits underway in collaboration with TW H&S and Assurance Team

� London Process North and South have been audited: Various sites

� Key Issues:

– Management of change and minor deviations from written SSOW

� Information for SSOW briefing must be addressed to ensure it is appropriate for the operatives and not too in-depth and complex.

Interserve Construction Limited

Colin Best

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Initiatives Ideas and learning from previous forum

� Briefing note, also Tier 2 briefings

� Learning from ‘Beckton boulder’ at standdowns: “who is

your supervisor”

First point of contact

� Site Task Observation audits

� Introducing two new items into our minimum standards

�handrails to plant counterweights

�anti entrapment devices to boom type MEWPs

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New initiatives

� Safety at risk due to recent failings

� Quality’ TBTs to raise awareness and widen the area of vigilance

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Task Observation

� Riverside Audited; by CM, Agent and TW, each once per month

� Key issues - good control; permits in place for all works

� General learning

– TBT on our RAMS review procedure

– Good opportunity to show interest

– Instigates feedback

– Need to find ‘reactive work’

Susan Brown

Jim Carew

Collaboration / Initiatives / Ideas and

learning from previous forum

� Excavations 1. Temporary Works - training to deal with uncharted services 2. Supervisors attended “Safe Digging” (theory course)3. The shoring aspects of excavations dealt on a half day

workshop which included RAMS, as part of continual improvement.

� Challenging Beliefs, Affecting Behaviour” (Behavioural Safety)1. Three more safety coaches attended training in January = 7No2. “Site Charters” of beliefs to be developed.3. RAMS & 10 Minute briefing communication to be simplified.4. Safety Coach Project Plans to be agreed and launched.

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Innovation / Best Practice / Initiatives

� “Service Strikes” Collaborative initiative with Optimise

1. PPE is the last resort! In agreement with Optimise, MGJV met with “PHSB Safe” a fabric manufacturer

2. A joint initiative is ongoing with Optimise to set an agreed minimum standard for Breaking Ground Permits.

3. CAT 4+ with GENNY training.

4. Operatives to be encouraged to report all services not located at the NJUG required depths as a “hazard spot”.

5. Joint attendance at TfL Best Practice forums to glean new ideas…

� Underground Services “Designing for Safety” 19th February

� Underground Services “Street-works” 19th March

� Wellbeing

1. The Wellpoint Health Kiosk is moving to Maple Lodge 11th March

2. Wellbeing launch 14th/15th March..

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Task Observation

� MGJV have had 8 audits.

� Majority of sites audited selected equally from waste, water and base load light.

� Focus placed on RAMS – has reminded people of the importance of site specific information and the 10 minute brief.

� RAMS workshop undertaken with Site and Project Managers to highlight the findings of the audits.

David McCulloch

HSEQ Manager (Water & Wastewater )

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Collaboration / Initiatives Ideas and

learning from previous forum

� Supplier Engagement H&S Forum held at Murphy HQ

– Top 25 suppliers on the Deephams project attended

– Positive response to key messages delivered

– Overwhelming response to Culture Change Programme – all keen to engage and send their operatives to sessions

– Suppliers would like to have clearer understanding of Murphy expectations prior to arrival on site

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Lessons Learnt from Incidents

� RIDDOR at Deephams STW – December 2012

� During lifting operation, subcontractor operative fell on level due to exposed void in flooring resulting in dislocated shoulder and fractured upper arm

– Access to area had been restricted, unauthorised entry into area

– Inadequate task supervision

– Inadequate task planning

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Task Observation

� Being introduced on Deephams project, backing up the recently introduced Daily Risk Assessment process

– Sample of activities only, too many to capture all

� Mainly carried out by H&S Adviser and subcontractor H&S Coach, site management team also involved

� Key issues for the sites

– Ensuring positive communication to 3rd and 4th tier suppliers

– Ensuring RAMS account for adjacent/nearby work activities

MVB

Phillip Price

MVB DVD

Executive - action plan

REVIEWNEAR MISS DATA

ONSITE SAFETYSHAPE

TREND ANALYSIS

BBSTRAINING

SAFETYCOMMS

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

SAFETY TEAMSHAPE

PERFECT DELIVERY

NOV/DEC12th 19th 26th

(A)Live

on site Mick LoughranCanteen briefs

Wellman /woman clinicscommence

Incident DVDto be briefed to sites 2013

Treatment Service

Calendar of OccupationalHealth interventionsNow available

New Safety Leader Phil Price

Alan Swanncover for training assessment and competency

Perfect Delivery launched

Intervention data and trend analysis system

Medicals backlognow cleared

Perfect Delivery Hazard boards produced and being erected

Consistent briefing to Site 2, Site 4 and Abbey Mills

Joined up Safety Leadership Team and Safety Championmeetings outputs

Improve immediate output of safety engagement tours

Communicate investigation and root cause analysis to Safety Leadership Team, committee and safety coaches

SITE 2John Corcoran, Pat Lally, Phil Fuller,

Lynne Griffiths, Ian Hogben

(Safety Champion)

SITE 4Emanuel Costas, Dave Brighton, Dan

Wildman (trainee safety advisor) and new

safety champion to be appointed

Abbey MillsNicolas Worringer, Martin Stanley, Baptiste

Barbier, Pat Sharkey (Safety Champion)

Fire Awareness training to the entire site

Specialist manual handling courses five completed

New Supervisor/Foreman training

Combine MVB / Thames Water Passport Induction

Delivered feedback from sessions to all involvedAction plan to implement

BBS

MODULESReposition Module 1, Launching new Module 2

Site 2, Site 4 and Abbey Mills -Fire Plans

Safety champions mini survey

Mind Safety Research completedReport 23 Nov

Anna Gardiner joins as technical administrator

Perfect Delivery WorkshopsDelivered

Mind Safety/Leadership

Programme29th January and

6th March 2013

Mind Safety Supervisor / Foreman

training19th February and

28th February 2013

Workforce Behavioural

Programme• Safe by design modules – March 2013

• (A) Live on site programme – April 2013

• Positive intervention feedback - immediate

• Onsite change management - immediate

Join up Safety Leadership Team

and Safety Champions

Individual engagement

interviews with all Foreman /

Gangers and charge hands

Perfect Delivery

Launched

• Individual engagement interviews with all ‘front line’ supervisors

• Experienced manager (outside of the site team) weekly reviews of Site 2 operations

• Implement briefing sessions and introduction of ‘Pocket Size’ task statements

• Highlight the requirement to recognise and manage change

• Alan Swann to deliver five point plan and support Site 2 on a permanent basis for six months.

2013 Lee Tunnel Executive review – action plan

NEWONSITE SAFETYSHAPE

BBS/CULTURETRAINING

REVIEWNEAR MISS

DATA

SAFETYCOMMS

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

PERFECT DELIVERY

2013 Lee Tunnel 5 Point Safety Plan

New

picture

SITE 2John Corcoran, Pat Lally, Phil Fuller,

Lynne Griffiths, Ian Hogben

(Safety Champion)

SITE 4Emmanuel Costes, Dave Brighton, Dan

Wildman and new safety champion to be

appointed

Abbey MillsNicolas Worringer, Martin Stanley, Paul

Harrington, Baptiste Barbier, Pat Sharkey

(Safety Champion)

Mind Safety

Supervisor/

foreman training

19th Feb / 28th Feb

Further (A) live

onsite sessions to

involve everyone

Mar 2013

Mind Safety/

Leadership

programme

Jan 29th/ Mar 6th

Positive intervention

data and trend

analysis system

expanded - Immediate

Specialist manual

handling courses

Are continuing

Combined MVB/TW

Passport Induction in

place

Site safety

committees now

being held at Site 2,

Site 4 and Abbey

Mills

Joined up Safety

Leadership Team

and Safety

Champion

meetings outputs

Expand safety

champions role i.e.

launch VOICE – Mar 2013

New

picture

Accelerate calendar of

Occupational

Health interventions

underway

Wellman/

woman clinics

booked

Treatment Service

launch in Mar 2013

Perfect Delivery

Hazard boards onsite

and in use

Perfect Delivery

workshops

delivered.

Training assessment

and competence

unit. Launch Mar

2013

Everyone to understand that

safety is success.

Everyone to understand that time

pressure is detrimental to safety.

Everyone to understand individual

and collective responsibility for safe

completion of this major project.

Everyone, regardless of ‘uniform’ to

work towards a ‘one team’ safety

culture.

Optimise

Ian Noble

Nick Gilbert

Innovation

• The trench step is still being trialled on site

• Mixed feedback

• Some mods made

Essentially to :• Help access to

linear trenches 0.7-1.1m deep

• Weighs 20kg

Communication

• Optimise still continue with the mandatory monthly H&S update briefing

• Shared with suppliers and also put on the ‘healthandsafethub’

• February update:

• Right from the start

• Days lost since last lost time incident

• Visual standard – stacking plastic barriers

• Bird nesting precautions

• H&S training coming to you

• Best practice –spill response- Datchet

• From the ‘healthandsafetyhub:

• Barhale – flash burn strike

• Tamesis – activity interface

• GBM fire extinguishers

• Tamesis – slinger/banksman foot run over

From the healthandsafetyhub.co.uk

Thank you to the following who have put the following on the hub and we have shared across our business over December and January:• Enterprise- fatality associated with mechanical lift• GBM - driving in heavy rain and floods• GBM - injury caused by a crack in a TW road• Balfour Beatty – Stihl saw injury• Capula – Electrical short• Barhale – Safe digging stand-down briefing

Lost time Incident boards

• Have adopted these across CAPEX and OPEX

• Sites > 30 days / OPEX depots

• Every Monday we issue the data

• Site/depot managers update the ‘this site’ information.

Days since last lost time incident

Days since last LTI last LT incident

NL CAPEX 93 21/11/2012

TV CAPEX 171 04/09/2012

DS OPEX 29 24/01/2013

R&M OPEX 232 05/07/2012

Last update 22nd Feb 2013

Good Practice

Visual Standard – storage of plastic barriers

• Incident on OPEX

contract

• Contributory cause of

barriers stacked too high

• Alternate panels

• Where possible display

this by stack

Tamesis

Mick Day

Health & Safety Manager

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Collaboration / Initiatives Ideas and

learning from previous forum

� Tamesis working towards On site Health & Safety Working - Task Sheets – Primary working and reference document. - Method Statement – Overarching – covers – H.S.Q.E.Eng.T.

� Tamesis are trialling a new Dynamic Risk Assessment training programme. 2 courses run to date at Beckton.

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Innovation / Best Practice / Initiatives

� Tamesis have developed a Vehicles / Plant DVD – Used as a TBT

– Plug & Play – Slides & HSE “Slow Moving Vehicles” Video.

� Tamesis have enhanced Audit & Inspection regime;

– Specialist External Plant Trainer

– Observing – Engaging – Coaching – Advising

� Tamesis have established briefing huts across site;

– Point of work briefing.

– Location of site specific documentation

• Task Sheet / DABS Briefing Sheets / Visitor briefing

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Innovation/Best Practice/ Initiatives

Briefing Huts

Beckton STW- LTI-04/12/12

Details

� After lifting and positioning one of two T joints the Excavator

Operator moved his position and in the process travelled

over the foot of the Slinger Signaller working with him.

� The IP returned to work two days later with a bruised foot.

Beckton STW- LTI-04/12/12

Follow up Actions

1. Both persons involved disciplined by the Trade Contractor in the

form of written warnings.

2. A trial was carried out using the My Zone equipment and found to

be unsuitable for this site.

3. A trial was carried out to determine a means to prevent accidental

or unauthorised movement of an Excavator. This involved the

Operator physically placing plastic chocks behind the tracks (front

& back). This also provides a physical barrier which prevents

anybody placing their feet under the tracks. (photo)

4. When an operator / driver is given the signal to move he is to give

two beeps on the horn, wait a couple of seconds then move off.

This has been trialled and is to be instigated as standard practice

during Jan 2013.

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Task Observation

� Beckton & Crossness STW

� 40 Task Observations.

� Good engagement with the workforce.

� Enhancement to current Audit & Inspection Programme

� Identifying issues with ;

– Access / Egress

– Planning

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Thames Water

Task Observation Audit

Trial period runs through to end of March

Safeguard Simplified format

Documentation

Briefing

Control measures

Competence

Supervision

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Executive incident review process

� This process will apply to significant accidents/incidents/near misses

selected by the TW H&S Team

� Report Submitted to TW Head of H&S

� Standard template report has been produced by Karl Simmons

� Two representatives from responsible company attend review meeting

with Karl Simmons and Lawrence Gosden. TW Exec members may

attend

� Action Plan agreed and communicated

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Management of Fire Assessments -HSP 42 – What it Means to You

� HSP 42 applies to Thames Water Sites and aimed at TWUL Employees

specifically Site Managers.

� The fire risk assessment is completed for each structure on a Thames

Water Site where it is used as a workplace. This applies to existing and

new structures.

� New structures constructed as part of a Capital Delivery Project shall be

notified to the TWUL at design stage to determine if the structure is

Complex, Non Complex or small.

� Contractors should ensure structures meet and where possible exceed the

minimum codes and current regulations in respect of fire precautions. This

aspect should be considered when designing and building the structures.

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Management of Fire Assessments -HSP 42 – ( continued )

� Fire Risk Assessments will be reviewed by TWUL and updated to reflect any changes on site such as the introduction of a new structure or demolition of an existing structure.

� Fire Risk Assessment review is triggered by undertaking a SHE 17 ( New/Refurbished Asset Inspection Form ).

� Fire Risk Assessments will be held on Safeguard and shall form part of the Pre-construction information supplied by TWUL under HSI 14 ( Existing Site Hazard information )

� HSP42, the Health & Safety Manual and relevant HIS’s and HSP’s will be amended but these notes are to be briefed in the interim as guidance.

� Any additional queries should be directed to:

HealthSafetyandEnvironment@thameswater.co.uk

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HSLT Update – Ian Noble

AOB

� Right tool for the job – Stand down day

� Visual Standards

� Close down of Safeguard Accidents and Actions

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