ALTERING LAYOUTS AT any station whilst it’s still operational and moving thousands of people around every day is extremely demanding therefore it is no surprise that the complex redevel-opment of London Bridge station is a real challenge for those working on the project.

London Bridge station has approx-imately 52 million people travelling through it every year during which Railway Systems and Civils project teams from Network Rail, Costain, Bal-four Beatty, Siemens and others not mentioned are working tirelessly to redevelop.

Prior to the start of the main works at London Bridge station the Railway Systems team diverted all the signal-ling and communication cables (around 60km of multi-core cable) off the foot-bridge to allow the Costain station team to start demolition.

On 25th May 2013 platform 14, 15 and 16 were taken out of use and by the end of March 2014 (less than a year later) the team will bring into use the first new platforms.

What has made this a success is the people involved and the good commu-nications that are in place between the Civils and Railway Systems teams. The teams have worked together with Mark Howard, Project Manager from Costain chairing interface meetings every 2 weeks as well as the teams undertaking weekly walk outs to agree works, talk through logistics and agree solutions were problems arise.

Gregg Smith, Construction Man-ager for Railway Systems, Network Rail has managed the cable recover-ies and all aspects of the station sig-nalling and track interfaces with Cos-tain and has worked with contractors SRA and Balfour Beatty to recover cables and deal with other station issues such as the removal and relo-cation of station furniture which may have affected signal sighting issues for train drivers and potentially caused disruption to train services.

As part of the design for the station, the Civ-ils team have installed new cable routes in the roof canopy and under platform voids for the signalling and communication copper and fibre cables to reach their destination. New cable risers from the new Lon-don Bridge Equipment room have also

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Balfour Beatty team members as follows: Dave Read; Site Manager, Steve Collins,

Dan Johnson, Richard Watson

The first of the new platforms at London Bridge are due to be brought into use at the end of March 2014

been installed by Balfour Beatty’s civil team based at New Cross Gate to get cables to track level to feed the new signalling systems.

As well as the cable routes, major modifications have been made to the existing 1974 Westpac signalling with over 1000 wires to change over during the commissioning which will keep the system running until the new electronic Westlock system becomes live in December 2014.

And finally, before the platforms can be opened the track needs to be laid, so during the first week of Feb-ruary the team have seen the first ballast trains arrive during mid week nights for 4 consecutive nights. Each night 420t of ballast has been deliv-ered by train and then during the day it’s been dozered and compacted

Ballast being dropped in the new track well

THE THAMESLINK PROGRAMME

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EVERYONE GETS HOME SAFE EVERY DAY!

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‘What has made this a success is the people involved’

Once the site had been cleared the old sidings were stripped out and the old formation works dug out and relayed in preparation for the installation of new rail infrastructure which included Overhead line equipment, buffer stops and drivers walkways the length of the extended roads.

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Carillion team achieve a milestone for the Thameslink Programme

ARTUR DYBAS IS our regular night shift concrete pump driver, he is a calm oper-ator who works long hours and always delivers an excellent job. His skill in han-dling the pump is demonstrated here when after completing up stand walls on the bridge deck he manoeu-vred the boom over the deck down the side and under to pour this manhole surround.

Artur comes from Poland and operates this 44 metre pump and his ambition is to be the full time driver of his companies 62 metre boom pump.

Artur works regularly on the night shift and is liked and respected and is part of the team that makes up the London Bridge Station Re-development Night Shift.

CRICKLEWOOD DEPOT AND SIDINGS PHASE 2 COMPLETION

DECEMBER 2013 MARKED the successful completion of the North sidings at Cricklewood.

As part of the Thameslink programme of works the North sidings at Cricklewood previously comprised of 6 stabling roads for 8 car trains. The phase 2 works extended these sid-ings to accommodate 6 stabling roads each capable of accom-modating an 8 car and 12 car train. Works also included the establishment of a new Depot reception road off the Up slow mainline.

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to make a stable layer for the new track. This has all been completed safely with trains using the other platforms. All of which needed to be done with care so as not to affect the waterproofing on the deck. In fact 200mm of ballast needed to be laid before the dozer could even go on it!

And not to forget all the other work that has gone on prior to this but critical in getting the project to the current status include:

l Installation of the protection deck, removal of listed train shed roof and columns and deconstruction of deck.

l 7 major signalling stages to divert rail-way systems equipment away from demolition site

l Several utility services diverted around the London bridge station footprint to allow column piling including gas, water, electricity and 3rd party data carriers.

l Construction of arch 77 lift and stairs.l HV cable diversions.l London Bridge maintenance delivery

unit reallocated to a brand new fully functional building in the middle of London.

l Blocks A-F demolition. l Property management and London

Dugeon relocated. l Foundations, columns , crossheads and

bridge beams to support the new tracks

A WELL DONE TO EVERYONE INVOLVED!

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December 2013, Job done and on target!The team have now started work on the South sidings

where they are scrapping out the old infrastructure and remodelling it to accommodate a 24 car length washer road with a bi directional carriage washing machine, and 5 x 24 car length stabling roads.

All to be operational by April 2015

Work commenced late 2012 with site set up prior to site clearance and construction through to December 2013. Prior to starting work the team had to remove over 5000 tonnes of wood waste from the site, This was much to the relief of the local fire brigade who were concerned about the fire risk it presented and the risk of closure of the A406 which is adjacent to the site Site ready for work

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Any ideas or suggestions email Hi-Viz@networkrail.co.ukEditor, Sharon Fink, Health & Safety Manager, Network Rail

DURING THAMESLINK SAFETY week Skanska with Lynch Plant Hire carried out a ‘plant safety day’ which was held at the Bermondsey Dive Un-der site. This was part of a week long aspiration to raise the awareness of heavy plant and construction vehi-cles on sites as well as on the road.

Many site operatives and office staff are not aware of the dangers work-ing with or being around heavy plant. This event gave the team a fantastic opportunity to get close up to plant and understand the restrictions and challenges that plant operators and delivery drivers have whether it is cy-clists, pedestrians or drivers that are in the vicinity.

There were various types of plant on display including a 360 excava-tor, forward tipping dumper and an 8 wheeled tipper lorry. The sessions per machine lasted for about 15 minutes each and all involved site personnel getting the chance to see the real dan-gers and the view from the operators cab.

Over 50 people attended the ses-sions and included both site and the office based staff. There was real-ly good feedback from everyone with most being amazed at the many re-strictions and regulations now in place for plant operators.

Article by: Feila Scally, HS&E Manager, Skanska

PLANT SAFETY DAY

VIEW FROM THEPUMP

Inset: Concrete being pumped to the deck of the new platforms at London Bridge

Skanska and Lynch team

Artur pictured next

to the concrete

pump on St Thomas

Street, London Bridge

Article by : Mark Bolton, Nightshift Manager, Costain

Article by : Lee Roberts, Programme Manager (Construction), Network Rail

‘Chance to see the real dangers’

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GuidanceA Policy (N000-NRT-POL-SQ-000001) is in place for anyone who uses these types of knives on any Thameslink site. The purpose of this policy is to eradicate the use of fixed blade knives and promote the selection of the right tools to undertake cut-ting, stripping or deburr-ing whilst undertaking work for the Thameslink Programme. If you require any more information on this Policy, contact your companies Health and Safety Manager/Advi-sor and make sure you are using the correct tools for the job in hand.

Don’t get caught out!!!!

BackgroundFollowing a recent site walk out by Senior Net-work Rail Staff and Con-tractors Directors, Stan-ley Knives were found on two sites at Patcham and Brighton during the Back to Work week we found a number of individu-als on these two sites with banned Stanley Knives in there tool box, which has now raised concern’s of how many other sites these knives are being used on. We did address this with the individuals and although a number were aware this was not consist-ent across the board and some failed to acknowledge or understand the dangers of using such a tool and still considered them to be a good tool.

HistoricallyThe fixed or folding blade utility knife is popular for both indoor and outdoor use. One of the most pop-ular types of workplace utility knife is the retract-able or folding utility knife (also known as a Stanley knife, or by various other names). These types of utility knives are designed as multi-purpose cut-ting tools for use in a vari-ety of trades and crafts. Designed to be lightweight and easy to carry and use, utility knives are com-monly used in factories, warehouses, construction projects, and other situa-tions where a tool is rou-tinely needed to mark cut lines, trim plastic or wood materials, or to cut tape, cord, strapping, card-board, or other packaging material.

HoweverSmall knives don’t auto-matically seem danger-ous to some, and hence they’re not always treated with due respect. They can cause serious inju-ries, as some of the blades are sharp enough to cut deeply. Conversely, a

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WE’VE ALL seen it, high visibility clothing so dirty and tattered that it appears to be totally pointless. Is it worn as a badge of honour? To prove I’m a site worker or I have the dirtiest job round here. I’m sure you have all made comment on visiting managers and others in their bright clean clothing – they obviously don’t work on site, they don’t get their hands dirty, do they….

High visibility clothing is worn for a purpose, so you can be seen. The railway and construction sites are dangerous places with many trades shar-ing a work area, moving materials, moving plant, moving trains. At night or during poor lighting or weather conditions the need to be seen is of even greater importance.

This also extends to your supervisors and COSS’s being able to easily see the correct number of staff have moved to a place of safety from trains or when other exclusion zones are created, such as when materials are being lifted or work is being carried out overhead.

Your employers have a responsibility under Health and Safety Legislation to provide you with clothing that fits and is suitable for the environ-mental conditions you work in, this also includes its upkeep, but you also have responsibility to look after it!

But when it becomes faded, torn, dirty, soiled, worn out, or defaced it should be cleaned or replaced.

If you think your PPE could be cleaner speak to your supervisor or site manager. All of your employers have arrangements in place to clean, provide cleaning vouchers or replace, just ask.

very fine cut can be hard to stop bleeding. To in-crease your awareness you should ensure you have been trained in the basic precautions.

Let’s face it, we don’t get up in the morning thinking I’ll go to work and give myself a seri-ous injury with my Stan-ley knife today. In reality most injuries are caused through the knife slipping and if your lucky a small laceration occurs to some part of your anatomy, if your unlucky a more seri-ous injury which more often that not requires stitching.

InjuriesHand Knife injuries usu-ally happen when the knife slips during cut-ting or trimming, in most cases the blade usually comes into contact with the workers other hand, causing a laceration to the hand and/or fingers. Inju-ries do also occur to other parts of the body, includ-ing the knife hand itself, these injuries are listed as follows:

The importance of being seen

HIGH VISIBILITY HIGH INVINCIBILITY

Article by: Mike Netherton, Health & Safety Manager, Network Rail

Examples of dirty PPE

Please ensure you are in a place of Safety before opening this link…

Article by: John McGiffen & Maria Siakovelli, UKPNS

KNIVESThis link shows a video, demonstrating an example of a spring loaded knife.

Correct selection of a suitable tool is one of the most important factors with regard to safe use. Remember that if the tool for the job is suitable and sufficient, it will not only be safer, it is likely to make the job more

efficient and productive.

Statistics taken from HSE Information Sheet – How to Reduce Hand Injurieswww.hse.gov.uk/pubns/pps12.pdf

REMEMBER

FINGER 51%

HAND 33% ARM 5%

LEG 8%

SAFETY BY DESIGN

lation of pipework at London Bridge. This has resulted in min-imal hot works.

Bernard Okornoe’s work is made Safer by Design. Over 7000 metres of pipe is being installed in stage 1 alone without hot works.

By fabricating off site and using crimped connections, copper and steel pipework is installed with almost no welding or soldering on site.

Bernard stated “the design fea-tures save time and reduce heavy lifting, there is no need to continu-ally ask for permits and the pipe-work arrives in manageable sec-tions”. “With a good WPP and the safety by design approach the task is much easier to achieve”.

Article by: Jim Lawson, SHE Advisor, Costain Bernard Okornoe, Pipework Fitter, NG Bailey

ADAM WILSON THE Health & Safe-ty Manager for WSP part of the WSP / Hyder team (the designers for Cos-tain at London Bridge project) also lectures a health and safety module at Loughborough University. As part of the module Adam thought it would be a good idea to introduce some real learning and approached Net-work Rail Health & Safety team to see if there was anything that could be done.

Some discussions were held with sup-pliers to the Thameslink programme and as a result Skanska, Lynch Plant Hire and WSP joined forces with the Thameslink Health & Safety Team to run a Plant Awareness Day at the Uni-versity on the 9th December 2013.

The H&S module is run on the BEng, MEng, Design Management and Con-struction Management courses with over 190 students going through this.

The students the next generation of leaders for the construction industry, so

a collaborative initiative between Client, Principal Contractor, Plant Supplier and Designer to provide the attendees with a picture of ‘what good looks like’ in terms of plant operations seemed like a strong message for the industry to promote.

The aim of the day was to give the stu-dents an overview of recent technical innovations to improve plant safety, pro-vide them with practical experience of a machine operator’s viewpoint, an over-view of the importance of exclusion zones and H&S initiatives that Skanska and Network Rail have implemented such as: Injury Free Environment (IFE) and the Life Saving Rules.

The practical activities focused on 3 items of plant: 6 ton forward tipping dumper, 8 wheeled tipper truck and a 14 ton excavator. The students were split into small groups so they could access the plant and understand how it worked and the visibility issues that the operators/drives have to contend with.

The Lynch representatives Liam (Train-

LOUGHBOROUGH PLANT DAY

Hope Station CCTV footage showing operative being crushed against platform

by On Track Plant (operative was lucky to escape with no serious injuries)

Main picture and inset: Lynch Plant team explain the workings and safety controls to the students

Students experience the operators cab view and blindspots first hand

‘It showed the modern safety first construction industry at it’s best’

tors, interface with cyclists/pedestri-ans, FORS requirements, speed require-ments and hazard spotting/reporting as well as maintenance of the plant itself.

Presentations were also delivered in the lecture theatre by Skanska focus-ing on new innovations arising out of industy fatalities such as Sky Siren, Fully Automatic Quick Hitches and 360 degree vision accessories for plant. Network Rail presented the lifesaving rules and why these had been imple-mented and shared the recent cam-paign about exclusion zones includ-ing sharing the Hope Station accident (with CCTV footage).

MAKING THINGS EASIER and safer for workers on site is something we are continually trying to achieve.

If we think a little different and look at design in detail there is often newer more modern technology that can help

achieve this – some people will know this as “Safety by Design”.

Working together, people within Costain, Hyder and N.G Bailey have worked hard on the “Safety by Design” approach for the full mechanical instal-

ing Manager), Stephen (Fleet Manager) and Mark (Snr Ops Manager) briefed the students on the plant operation including common bad practices, blind spots, quick hitches, competence requirement, warn-ing devices, operational tests for excava-

The students really enjoyed the day and the chance top get out of a lecture theatre and into a 14 ton excavator!

The lecturers were pleased with the day especially the support from indus-try and the chance for the students to gain a bit of practical experience.

Adam Wilson, H&S Module Lec-turer said “Network Rail, WSP, Skan-ska, Lynch Plant and Loughbor-ough University all worked together to deliver this, it showed the modern “safety first” construction industry at its best; all parties working together to make sure that tomorrow is better and safer than today. I hope that Network Rail, its supply chain and Loughbor-ough University can work together in the future, to bring experience and evi-dence led solutions to all”.

Article by: Etienne De Toney, Health & Safety Manager, Network Rail

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HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED WITH THE THAMESLINK PROGRAM?I had the opportunity to get on a fast track signal design program as an apprentice with Siemens Rail Auto-mation which included working on the Thameslink program.

Previously I was employed by Net-work Rail for six years as a Signal Maintenance and Fault finder Techni-cian, before deciding to take a one year career break to travel the world.

When I returned to England I decided I wan-ted to challenge myself by exploring a new direction in my rail-way career and saw working for Sie-mens in Signal design as a great oppor-tunity to do this.

WHAT IS A TYPICAL DAY FOR YOU?As an apprentice, I attend college two days a week to complete my HND in General Engineering. I must say that returning to a studying environment has been a huge challenge for me as it has been 7 years since I last attended an academic course. It has however, been very rewarding as I am gaining a lot of technical knowledge, as well as learn-ing how engineering projects are man-aged.

I spend the other three days working in the design office at Euston House in London. I work in an Assistant Design-ers role assisting the design team with the Thameslink project. My Design man-ager has been keen to see me progress and use my previous onsite signalling experience to support my design work. I have been heavily involved with updat-ing scheme plans, route tables and con-trol tables using Computer Aided Design under the mentorship of the design team. When I worked as a maintainer I often used these documents and diagrams to assist me in performing my job, so I am really enjoying being involved in the process of designing them.

Being involved with this project is also helping me to gather the necessary evidence I require to obtain my IRSE Designers licence which I hope to gain by the end of 2014.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE RAILWAY?When I left school I originally wanted to be an electrician. So I took an NVQ level 2 course in electrical and electron-ics whilst actively searching for appren-

DAY IN THE LIFE: AN APPRENTICE

Hi-Viz took time out to talk to Darren Hargreaves, Siemens Apprentice

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of his visit, ‘’ Thameslink is one of the most important transport projects cur-rently underway. This project won’t just give us a new piece of transport infra-structure; it is also creating a skills leg-acy which we must capitalise on. The apprentices who are cutting their teeth on Thameslink are gaining the skills that will see them work on the ever increas-ing number of projects coming down the tracks’’.

Ashley, Jake & Jason started their Apprenticeship in August 2012 at the Carillion Kings Cross Construction Skills School, studying for a Diploma Level 1 and 2 - General Construction Operative. The school is located directly adjacent to the

Darren undertaking an inspection in the print room, noting down the untidy cables, boxesand checking

that the equipment is secure

Transport Minister Visits ‘Graduating‘ Carillion Apprentices at TLP Project Canal Tunnels

APPRENTICESGRADUATE

Article by: Debbie Bewley Sustainability & Assurance

Manager, Carillion TLP

TRANSPORT MINISTER STEPHEN Hammond paid a visit to the Thameslink Canal Tunnels site on November 22nd last year to meet Carillion Apprentices and find out how they were developing their skills on the Carillion Apprentice-ship Programme to support the rail in-dustry.

Carillion, similar to many Contrac-tors on TLP, is supporting the Network Rail TLP Sustainability Objective to deliver a social legacy of employment, skills and training within the commu-nities we work in. Attracting and sup-porting young people is a vital part of this, encouraging new talent into the future development and maintenance of the rail infrastructure.

The Transport Minister took a tour of the site and chatted to 3 Carillion Apprentices; Ashley Edwards, Jake Caddy and Jason Platford, all of whom have been working at Canal Tun-nels since March 2013. It was an ideal opportunity for them to talk about their experiences on Thameslink and their involvement in a range of site safety initiatives.

Stephen Hammond said on the day

We spoke to the lads to cap-ture their views for Hi-Vis. They explained that the experience they have gained on the project and the proactive support and help received from everyone on site helped them to complete their NVQ in record time. In addition to trade skills they have learnt about risk assess-ment and the importance of Point of Work Risk Assessments. They have enjoyed getting actively involved in the wide range of site safety initia-tives, from submitting Don’t Walk By Cards with concerns or suggestions for improvements they have spotted, to attending the site Safety Action Group (SAG) every two weeks. Ash-ley was voted in as SAG Champion 6 months ago and actively encour-ages all on site to get involved in the group.

So what does the future hold for them…? In the short term they are looking forward to helping the new Apprentice that joined the project recently and are keen to share their experience with other young people in the community. They are joining a planned visit to Whitefield Second-ary school near the Carillion Crickle-wood site to help promote job oppor-tunities in the rail industry to the school children. They are also look-ing forward to continuing work at Canal Tunnels until project comple-tion later this year and are actively discussing further options for pro-gressing in rail including the Young Supervisors Route.

When I was travelling around some countries in Asia I was shocked by the lack of attention to health and safety in their culture. Their transport system is a good example, as there was minimum enforcement of any speed restrictions or rules against driving on the oppo-site side of the road. I often saw some quite serious accidents and near misses. It really showed me how important our safety rules are for keeping us safe.

DO YOUR STUDIES/WORK PROMOTE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF HEALTH & SAFETY?Health and safety is one of the units I take and I have been doing a lot of research on rules, regulations and how health and safety is implemented in the engineering industry. One of my assess-ments involved researching and writing about safety inspections. I thought the best way of understanding how a safety inspection works was to go and do one! I asked my health and safety manager if he could mentor me as I performed a safety inspection of the office.

Before undertaking the inspection, I actually had no idea how many poten-tial hazards there were just working in an office. When I was actively looking for possible hazards, I noticed exposed and untidy cables that could cause trip-ping hazards, broken chairs that could

Canal Tunnels site and site management recognised an ideal opportunity to sup-port the school. Following interviews, the 3 lads were selected and completed their NVQ Level 2 on the Canal Tunnels Project in November last year 3 months ahead of schedule. The visit by Stephen Hammond was an ideal opportunity to present them with their civils white hats as they ‘gradu-ated from their Apprenticeship.

Mark Walker, Carillion Project Man-ager, said; ‘’ They have really impressed us with their attitude and willingness to learn and to this end we have taken on all 3 of them as part of the Canal Tunnels Team full time. They are undertaking their PTS in February which will allow them to gain further experience and skills within the Thameslink project. Being based next door to the training school has sent a pos-itive message to those following in their footsteps in that the training gives good opportunities for full time employment

upon completion. Based on the success of Ashley, Jake and Jason we have

taken on an additional trainee who was very keen to come here based on the feedback he had received from them.’’

From left to right: Carillion Jason Platford and Jake Caddy, Transport Minister Stephen Hammond and Carillion Apprentice Ashley Edwards

ticeships. During my research I came across an advert for Network Rails ap-prenticeship scheme for signal main-tainers. After completing various selec-tion and interview processes I was ac-cepted into the apprenticeship scheme. I spent my first year studying some foun-dation courses at the navy base ‘HMS Sultan’ before joining the Dartford sig-nal maintenance team and gaining my first experience working on the railway.

WHAT ROLE DOES HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAY IN YOUR LIFE?Health and safety has had a huge impact on me throughout my life. When I was working as a maintainer I had to consider health and safety on a daily basis. When working line side I had to regularly overcome a variety of haz-ards which made following health and safety procedures vital to keeping eve-ryone safe. Producing a well-planned safe system of work to cope with the dangers of moving trains, the third rail, tripping hazards and many other haz-ards became one of the most important tasks of the day.

potentially collapse, fire doors being left open and water leaks from cracks in the ceiling which were in danger of coming into contact with power sockets. I learned that recording and escalating these hazards is very important so that a solution to the problem can be found and actioned.

Towards the end of the inspection my Health and Safety Manager noticed one of my colleagues was slouching over a small laptop screen despite having two large screens in front of him which were not being used. The manager decided to politely ask the reasons why he was using the laptop screen which was caus-ing him to slouch and possibly strain his neck, instead of using the larger, better positioned screens in front of him. My colleague explained that he did not have a docking station and so was unable to use the screens. My man-ager then asked him if he would use the larger screens if a docking station was provided and my colleague agreed. My manager came across as very friendly and showed that he cared for the health of my colleague. Having received my colleague’s commitment, we arranged for a docking station to be provided. I found this “stop and talk” to be a very effective and friendly way of finding out what the problem was and gaining my colleagues cooperation.

I found this practical and it really helped me to understand how impor-tant safety inspections are and also how easy it was to do them. I really came to the realisation that anyone can perform an inspection or stop and talk and I feel that this experience has motivated me to incorporate these techniques into my day to day life.

Article by: Julien Gandemer, EHS&S Manager, Siemens

BEHAVIOURAL SAFETY WAS the focus of stand-downs held by Carillion in No-vember last year as part of their quarter-ly safety stand down programme. Bill Cooke, NR Principal Health and Safety Manager, was invited to host the events which were attended by over 200 from the TLP Carillion team including site op-eratives and senior managers. The ses-sions were designed to concentrate on the benefits of working as a cohesive team, identifying ‘good’ behaviours and leading by example to ensure that eve-ryone has the confidence to say ‘Stop’, re-evaluate the situations we are work-ing in and raise a concern if necessary. This fits with the Carillion Lifeguard and Don’t Walk By campaign which encour-ages everyone to be vigilant of hazards, challenge unsafe behaviour and condi-tions, and suggest improvements for saf-er working.

The workshops were very interac-tive encouraging input from all that at-tended using videos, exercises and even actors! They were designed to get eve-ryone really thinking about good and bad behaviour and the impacts this can have on others around us. Obser-vational skills were tested, highlight-ing how people respond differently and

Article by: Debbie Bewley Sustainability & Assurance Manager,

Carillion TLP

BEHAVIOURAL SAFETY CARILLION SUPPORT SAFETY STAND DOWN DAYS

Cheque presented to RNLI Life-guards

pages on Safety Central: http://safety.networkrail.co.uk/Safety-Groups/Be-havioural-Safety-Programme.

Following on from a Caril-lion stand-down event in March last year where the RNLI Lifeguards pre-sented their approach to safety and preventing serious incidents, Carillion committed to donating £1 for each Don’t Walk By raised on our TLP sites. The stand-downs in November were used as an opportunity to present a donation to this important lifesaving charity. A to-tal of £2,480 was donated by Carillion which was matched by Network Rail bringing the total donation by Thames-link to just under £5,000.

Go to www.hse.gov.uk/myth/index.htm to find out more

Great health andsafety myths

The myth Graduates are banned from throwing mortar boards

The reality Health and safety law doesn’t stop graduates having fun and celebratingtheir success in the time-honoured fashion!

The chance of being injured by a flying mortar board is incredibly small, and when theconcern is actually about the hats being returned in good condition, it’s time to stopblaming health and safety.

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200 attendees listen and discuss

behaviours to help improve safety

how sometimes when we are focused on the task at hand, our observational skills can switch off! This emphasised the im-portance of taking time to re-evaluate a situation and double check before going ahead with work. The Actors performed a sequence of events, which although ex-aggerated, everyone agreed represent-ed some of the elements we have all come across at some point when on sites, which promoted great discussions on what should have been the right behaviours.

Everyone agreed that the stand-downs were a very useful forum to col-lectively focus on a positive behaving safely culture and build upon the exist-ing Carillion Behaving Safely approach. For those that would like to know more on Behavioural Safety there is a huge range of information on the Network Rail Behavioural Safety Programme

‘Health & safety has had a huge impact on me throughout my life’

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RECENT RESEARCH HAS shown that the majority of people would not rec-ognise the signs if someone was hav-ing a stroke. Getting help FAST to save a life or prevent a long lasting disability…

So what is a stroke? l A stroke if a disruption of blood

supply to the brainl Approximately 85% of all strokes

are caused by a blockage in an artery or the heart

l The other 15% are caused by bleeding on the brain

l Every 5 minutes, someone in the UK has a stroke, that’s 152,000 every year

l One in 5 strokes are fatal 58% of those that suffer a stroke are left with some form of disability

l High blood pressure and smoking are major contributors to having a stroke

l Smoking doubles the risk of a stroke with someone smoking 20 cigarettes a day, 6 times more likely to have a stroke than a non-smoker

l If you have diabetes, you are twice and likely to have a stroke than someone without diabetes.

So what can I do?l Large amounts of fruit and vegeta-

bles can reduce the risk of a stroke by up to 30%

l Reduce your salt intake – an increase of 5g of salt is associated with a 23% increased risk of a stroke

l Reduce your alcohol consumptionl Exercise – Moderate physical activ-

ity can reduce the risk of a stroke by up to 27%

DON’T RELY ON A STROKE OF LUCK…

So what are the signs?

FACE

Has their face fallen on one side? Can they smile?

ARMS

Can they raise both arms and keep them there?

SPEECH

Is their speech slurred?

TIME TO CALL 999

If you see any single one of these signs

STROKE

ACTF.A.S.T.

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WORDSEARCH

Springtime Sunbeam IdealisticVacation Cute Little LambsMinaretAtlantaCrane PassportsHiking Boots

Holiday BookingsCropsAbilityTaintSwimsuitColourLeapedShellsSpigot Rabbits

TasteSunburnt Go To Town PeterValise Trunks StingingHeatstroke Title Jellyfish

Rewarding Easter Eggs StarsHippo Skin Cancer Hilly

Spring is in the air! Time to flex the old grey matter with the Hi-Viz sunny, springtime word search.

PHOTO COMPETITIONThe chance to have your photograph featured in next year’s

Thameslink Health & Wellbeing 2015 Calendar

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOUPhotos for next years calendar

PRIZES FOR THE TOP 3This issue Hi-Viz is looking for photographs which depict winter or early spring.

The photos could be of anything you like but, should be related to the Thameslink works or places on or near the Thameslink route, feel free to be as imaginative as you like, or submit one you have previously taken.

The competition is open to any-

one working on the Thameslink Pro-gramme. Please submit your pho-tographs (with your name, contact email address and phone number and where the photograph was taken) to TLPHealthandWellbeing@networkrail.co.uk by 21st March 2014

1ST PRIZE: £50 voucher2ND PRIZE: £25 voucher3RD PRIZE: £10 voucher

Winners will be announced in the next edition of Hi-Viz.

Article by : Steve Fink, Head of HSEA (Thameslink), Network Rail

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