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Health and Safety ExecutiveHealth and Safety Executive
Key challenges for the
UK construction industry
& SMEs
Philip White
Chief Inspector of Construction13 November 2009
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An improving picture for SMEs? Not necessarily . . .
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% fatal rate change(Workers)
% MI (Employees) ratechange
% Employee over 3-day rate change
% RHS Target
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Challenges with SMEs & small sites
• Recession/downturn – “price is everything”
• Extremely difficult to reach/communicate with
• Hidden part of the industry operating below the radar – no barriers to entry into construction
• Too busy for health and safety – “I’m not stupid, I’m busy”
• Competence – workforce skilled but not necessarily in health and safety
• Fast changing environment
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HSE Construction Programme 2009/10
Main Targets - Micro & small
businesses – increasing emphasis
- Refurbishment projects
- Major projects
- Housebuilding
- Asbestos licence holders removal work
- Crane hirers & suppliers
Main Topics - Falls
- Welfare
- Asbestos & duty to manage
- Site transport
- Silica
- Slips and trips
- Fire
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Programme for SMEs
• Small Sites Strategy
• Communication and education through Working Well Together and other partners
• Targeted campaigns
• Website & guidance
• Local Authority Construction Engagement (LACE project)
• Securing justice through inspection & enforcement
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Small Sites Strategy
Why?
• Account for approx. 70% of fatal accidents
• Inspector feedback that standards are poor
• Informed by research
What?
• Aimed at sites with 5 or fewer workers
• Combination of inspection and guidance
• Concentrating on roof-work, welfare & manual handling (but also ensuring that basic minimum standards are met e.g. asbestos work)
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Working Well Together (WWT)
• 10 year old campaign and still evolving
• Increasingly concentrating on reaching SMEs
• 14 regional groups and growing
• Real delivery partnership between HSE and the industry working together
• Delivering on average 4000 face to face contacts with workers through 40+ events per year
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Working Well Together (WWT)
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Campaigns targeting SMEs
• Asbestos: The hidden killer
• Shattered Lives
• Property Developers
• Falls from Vehicles
• Watch Your Step
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Summary
• Long-term overall downward trend in fatals & major/O3-day injuries – but not necessarily the case with SMEs
• Recognised difficulty in reaching and communicating with SMEs – importance of working with and through others
• Inspection/enforcement key part of delivery - but a specific range of interventions for SMEs
• Programme aligned to new HSE Strategy – thinking ahead for new ways of reaching SMEs
• Seeking permanent change in industry culture - competence
• All have a role & responsibility . . . Will not be easy!