Load Restraint Auditing and SteelDrive

Graeme Agnew – Risk Engineer

0418 616 397

Graeme.Agnew@bluescopesteel.com

15 November 2016

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BlueScope and Load Restraint

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BlueScope and Load Restraint q  Recognised that securing steel

products was a major risk to its employees, contractors and the community back in the mid-1990s.

q  Steel industry has seen a number of serious incidents including fatalities to either the driver or other road users as a result of incorrectly restrained loads.

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BlueScope and Load Restraint q  Recognised globally as a leader in

safety in the steel industry. q  Business wide “Codes of Practice”

to manage critical risk activities including: q  Mobile equipment; q  Overhead cranes; q  Product Storage; and q  Load restraint.

q  “Codes of Practice” set out minimum standards sites and service providers must adhere to.

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BlueScopeandLoadRestraintCritical Workplace Attributes q  Customer Pick Ups assisted. q  Load Restraint Audits must be conducted.

Critical Load Restraint Attributes q  Packaging integrity must be maintained. q  Directly controlled vehicles use BlueScope

Load Restraint Guidelines. q  Contractors use an engineered system.

Critical Personnel Attributes q  BlueScope employees have roles & responsibilities clarified. q  Contract personnel have roles & responsibilities clarified.

Load Restraint Auditing

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Load Restraint Audit Requirements q  Code of Practice requires:

q  High risk loads be identified and where a high risk load is identified, it is audited.

q  Sites have an audit strategy to achieve this and check a sample of all other loads.

q  Audit compliance be regularly monitored and the audit strategy adjusted based on analysis of findings, reported incidents or other relevant changes.

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The Traditional Approach q  Site and personal targets. q  Target 5% of all loads despatched,

covering all products and carriers. q  The more we audit, the safer the

system. q  Some sites audit 100% of loads.

Creates a “tick and flick” approach. q  Incidents continue to occur. q  Quality rather than quantity.

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High Risk Products q  Targets per product per site based on the

number of loads despatched. q  Higher targets are set for product types

which are more difficult to restrain based on load restraint incident and audit failure history. q  High risk products – 5% - e.g. Bore

Horizontal Coil, Mixed Loads, Pipe & Tube. q  Medium risk products – 3.5% - e.g. Plate,

Structurals. q  Low risk products – 0.5% - e.g. Coils in

Robbo Racks.

SiteTarget 36BH-BoreHorizontalCoil 14

BV-BoreVer2calCoil 17

SS-Structurals 3

RR-RobboRack 2

Low risk product – Easy to restrain.

High risk product – More complex restraint.

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High Risk Loads q  High risk loads differ from high risk

products.

q  Incident history has shown us there are also often other contributing factors, e.g. an inexperienced driver or complex load.

q  Does not mean more audits just focus on the riskiest loads rather than the most convenient loads.

q  Ask employee to think about, “What type of loads leaving your site worry you the most?”

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High Risk Loads q  Common high risk factors identified:

q  Inexperienced Driver/Loader. q  Complex Load. q  Outside Normal Hours. q  Infrequent Despatch. q  Customer Pick-up.

q  Non-Standard Product/Packaging. q  Change in load restraint requirement. q  Uncontained small items. q  Oversize/Tailboard removed. q  Complex restraint methods.

q  Early days yet but results have been positive. Number of audits required to be fixed both leaving site has increased: q  FY15 – 0.97%

q  FY16 – 1.08%

q  FY17 YTD – 2.72%

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Analysis of Load Restraint Performance q  Audit results are recorded in ELRA for all

sites within Australia. 40,000 load restraint audits conducted in FY16.

q  Monthly report is complied that includes: q  Business and site level performance. q  Percentage of audits versus the target. q  Audit compliance based on failures. q  BlueScope vs Contractor Audit Compliance. q  Failure reasons - e.g. low friction, not enough

restraints, dunnage etc.

q  Actions taken to address trends based on audit results and/or incidents:

q  Increased audit targets. q  Safety alerts. q  Training/coaching sessions. q  Guideline updates.

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SteelDrive

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Site Location Details q  Address and Directions. q  Site Map. q  Site Contact Details. q  Operating Hours.

q  Site Facilities. q  Photos – PPE requirements, height

safety equipment, key areas on site. q  If site is saved in “Favourites” driver

can receive notifications of delays.

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Site Location Details q  Address and Directions. q  Site Map. q  Site Contact Details. q  Operating Hours.

q  Site Facilities. q  Photos – PPE requirements, height

safety equipment, key areas on site. q  If site is saved in “Favourites” driver

can receive notifications of delays.

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Load Restraint Guidelines q  Access to the current load restraint guideline on the driver’s Smartphone.

q  Easy access to the restraint requirement tables, that is, number of restraint required.

q  Step-by-step instructional videos.

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Load Capture q  Ability for driver to capture up to 8 photos of load configuration and restraint.

q  Extra step process for driver to check restraint is correct prior to leaving site.

q  Load photos kept in central database for a period of 30 days for future reference.

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SteelDrive – Possibilities for the Future q  Training and Induction Records.

q  Load Restraint Audit.

q  Load Restraint Training.

q  Customer Site Details.

q  Pre-start Checks.

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