Health and Safety Executive

Health and Safety Executive

Construction (Design and

Management) Regulations 2007

Overview

Version: September 07

Overview of the construction industry

• Output - 8% of UK GDP

• 1.75M site workers and 450K professionals and consultants (8% of working population)

• 190,000 companies (95% employ < 10)

• Over 200+ key stakeholders

• No entry threshold/transitory workplaces

• £17bn unofficial economy

• Disproportionate level of fatals, major injuries and incidents of ill-health

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Key health and safety statistics

• 32% of all worker fatalities (77 killed in 2006/07)

• 15% of all major employee injuries (3677 in 2005/06)

• 7492 over 3-day injuries to employees (2005/06)

• 86,000 suffering from work-related ill health (2005/06)

• 3.2M working days lost per year due to injury and ill health (2005/06)

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Background – CDM 94

• Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 1994 implemented key aspects of a construction European Directive

• Identified the need to reduce risk by better co-ordination, management and co-operation

• For the first time the duties on clients and designers were made more explicit

• CDM 94 led to a major change in how the industry managed health and safety

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CDM 94 - Why Change?

• Concerns from industry and HSE that CDM 94 was not delivering the improvements in health and safety that were expected of it

• Slow acceptance, particularly amongst clients and designers

• Effective planning, management, communications and co-ordination less than expected

• Competence of organisations and individuals slow to improve

• Defensive verification approach adopted by many – led to complexity and bureaucracy

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History of CDM 2007

• Extensive consultation and partnership working between industry and HSE

• September 2002 - Discussion Document ‘Revitalising Health and Safety in Construction’

• March 2005 - HSC publish Consultation Document with draft Regulations – which combine CDM 94 and Construction (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1996

• December 2005 - HSC agreed Regulations should be supported by an Approved Code of Practice and industry produced guidance

• CDM 2007 came into force April 2007CDM 2007 Overview

The objectives of CDM 2007

• Simplify the regulations and improve clarity

• Maximise their flexibility

• Focus on planning and management, not ‘The Plan’ and other paperwork

• Strengthen requirements on co-operation and co-ordination- encourage better integration

• Simplify competence assessment, reduce bureaucracy and raise standards

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Structure of CDM 2007

• Five parts– Part 1: Introduction– Part 2: General management duties applying

to all construction projects– Part 3: Additional duties where projects are

notifiable– Part 4: Worksite health and safety

requirements– Part 5: General

• Supported by a CDM 2007 Approved Code of Practice (ACoP)

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CDM 2007 – key points

• Regulations apply to all construction work

• Notification triggers appointment of additional duty holders and duties in Part 3 of the Regulations– Principal contractor (PC)– CDM co-ordinator (role of planning supervisor under CDM

94 has been removed)– Notification to HSE (F10 Form)– Construction phase plan (requirement for pre-construction

plan under CDM 94 removed)– Health and safety file

• Most duties remain on clients, designers & contractors regardless of notification

• Greater clarity in relation to competence assessment and new competence criteria in the ACoP

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Trigger for Appointments

• Notifiable construction work under CDM 2007 are construction projects with a:

– Non-domestic client

and involve– Construction work lasting longer than 30 days

or– Construction work involving 500 person days

Note – Trigger under CDM 94 had been more complex

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HSE’s expectations on the construction industry• A change in attitude is needed to deliver the

much needed improvements in construction health and safety

• A ‘business as usual’ approach is not acceptable

• Industry needs to take ownership of the management of health and safety risks, show leadership and work in partnership

• Focus on effective planning and managing risk

• Ensure people are competent

• Reduce bureaucracy & paperwork CDM 2007 Overview

CDM 2007 – Key messages

• Industry and HSE have worked in partnership to revise and simply the CDM Regulations and combine them with the CHSW Regulations

• The new regulations apply if you are involved in construction and will help you to improve health and safety in the industry

• The aims of the new regulations are to have the right people for the right job at the right time to manage risks on site, reduce paperwork and encourage teamwork

• Focus on effective planning and managing riskCDM 2007 Overview