heriot watt hs training 2004

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Effective Health & SafetyEffective Health & SafetyManagementManagement

Kev Coghill MIOSH RSP

Senior Risk ConsultantMarsh Risk Consulting Practice


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Objectives

Introduce the UK H&S legal regime

Appreciate h! H&S is important

Understand the risk assessment process

Summarise current "hot# topics $ e%g% ield

trips'stress'noise

Recognise h! H&S should (e managed


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So why bother with H&S?So why bother with H&S?

gal

Moral

Busin ss

)ines and costsCourt time

Civil cases

*otices

Pain andsuering

+ut! to ello

human (eing

Premiums

Uninsured losses

Reputation

MoraleProductivit!


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2003/04 Statistics2003/04 Statistics

,-. atalities

/.01230 RI++OR reported in4uries

An estimated ,%, million people suering

rom an illness caused or made orse (! their

current or past ork

An estimated -0 million orking da!s lost $-3 million due to ill health & 0 million due to

in4ur!


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UK legal systemUK legal system

5! HS6 or 7A

7eads to aine'imprisonment

*ot insura(le

Criminal

5! in4ured person

7eads to aard odamages

Must (e insured

Civil


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Legal rocessLegal rocess

Someone is in4ured at ork or (! people at

ork

8he! make a civil claim or compensation

9damages:

8he HS6 or local authorit! prosecute on

(ehal o the state 9ine'imprisonment:

!ritish Law

"rimi#al "ivil


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HealthHealtha#$ Sa%ety at or' etca#$ Sa%ety at or' etc

(ct )*+4(ct )*+4

Duties on all at

work

To protect allaffected by work


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,re )*+4 Legislatio#,re )*+4 Legislatio#

OSRP Act

1963

Regulations

Oter Safety

Acts

Regulations

!actories Act

1961

Regulations


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,ost )*+4 Legislatio#,ost )*+4 Legislatio#

"ASA#A 19$%

Regulations

A&'&O&P(s

OSRP Act

1963

Regulations

Oter Safety

Acts

Regulations

!actories Act

1961

Regulations


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Legal -e.ireme#ts

Health & Saet! at ;ork etc Act /0


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Sectio# 2

Section )*1+ , e-ployers( general duty

+ut! to ensure >so ar as is reasona(l!practica(le?1 the health1 saet! and elare at orko emplo!ees and an! others ho ma! (e aected

(! the undertaking@%


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Legal Sta#$ar$sLegal Sta#$ar$s

"Reasona(l! Practica(le# or "S)ARP#

Implies a eighing up o the risk against the cost

9in terms o time1 mone! or trou(le: o preventing

or controlling the risk


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Sectio# 2 co#t1

Provision o such inormation1 instruction1 training

and supervision as is necessar! to ensure 1 S)ARP1the health and saet! at ork o emplo!ees andan! others ho ma! (e aected.


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Sectio# 2 co#t1

+ut! o 6mplo!ers to 6mplo!ees cont%

,%,a $ sae plant and s!stems o ork

,%,( $ sae use1 handling1 storage and transportation oarticles and su(stances

,%,c $ inormation1 instruction1 training and adeuate

supervision

,%,d $ sae place o ork and a sae means o access andegress

,%,e $ sae orking environment and adeuate elare

acilities


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Sectio# +

+ut! o 6mplo!ees at ;ork

It shall (e the dut! o ever! emplo!ee hilst at orkB$

to take reasona(le care o their on health and saet! ando an! other person ho ma! (e aected (! their acts or

omissions

to co$operate ith their emplo!er so ar as is necessar! to

ena(le that emplo!er to meet their reuirements ith

regards to an! statutor! provisions


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Sectio# 2)

Improvement *otices

I an inspector is o the opinion that a personB$

is contravening one or more o the relevantstatutor! provisions or

has contravened one or more o those statutor!

provisions1 in circumstances that it is likel! thatthe contravention ill continue or (e repeated1

then he ill issue an Improvement *otice%


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Sectio# 22

Prohi(ition *otices

I an! activit! is (eing1 or is a(out to (e1 carried

out that could result in serious personal in4ur!1then an inspector ma! issue a Prohi(ition *otice%

8his notice ill cause the immediate cessation o

the activit! involved until all measures are

rectiied%


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#%orceme#t

8he HS6 can take legal action against an

emplo!er'emplo!ee in a criminal court or H&S

ailuresBUnlimited ine and'or

Custodial sentence

9Remem(er $ !ou cannot insure against ailure tocompl! ith H&S legislation:

I guilt! D criminal record


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!ritish stice

I**OC6*8

untilproven

EUI78F

(e!ond

A77R6ASO*A576

+OU58


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"ivil Litigatio#

Provides or compensation to (e paid to persons

ho suer harm as a result o a ork activit!%

Can insure $ 6mplo!ers 7ia(ilit! Insurance5urden o proo is *6E7IE6*C6

Proo is "on the (alance o pro(a(ilities#

6ectivel! "guilt! until !ou prove !our

innocence#


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-eortable

Reporting of.

/n0uries *accidents incidents+Disease

Dangerous Occurrences

*Regulations+


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(cci$e#t/5#ci$e#t 5#vestigatio#

RI++OR onl! reuires reporting o

incidents etc%

*o eGplicit legal reuirement in an! H&S

legislation to investigate $ thereore ;HF

+O I8


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(cci$e#t/5#ci$e#t 5#vestigatio#

HS; Act states $ "emplo!ers must

ensure@%the health1 saet! and elare o

emplo!ees%%%# etc%Reactive monitoring $ to prevent the same or

similar rom happening again

Revie'revise risk assessments andassociated H&S documentation'orking

practices


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6he 7a#ageme#t O% Health &6he 7a#ageme#t O% Health &

Sa%ety (t or' -eglatio#sSa%ety (t or' -eglatio#s

)***)***


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7a#ageme#t o% H&S -egs

Risk Assessments

6ver! emplo!er shall make a >suita(le andsuicient? assessment o risks to the health and

saet!B$

o his emplo!ees

o persons not in his emplo!ment


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Suita(le & Suicient

Should ena(le the emplo!er to identi! andprioritise the measures that need to (e taken

Should identi! the signiicant risks arising out oor as a result o the ork activit!


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8e%i#itio#s"A2ARD

R/S

"AR48AK6* )ROM 8H6 MHS;R APPROJ6+ CO+6 O) PRAC8IC6 /000


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;hat is a Haard

"Something ith the potential to cause

harm#

Ma! (e chemical1 mechanical1electrical1

environmental etc% OR LHumanL in nature


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;hat is a Risk

Risk eGpresses the likelihood that harm

rom a particular haard is realised

Risk thereore relects (oth the likelihood

that harm ill (e caused and its severit!


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;hat is Harm

HARM D death1 (odil! in4ur! and damage to

ph!sical or mental health%Saet! la is onl! concerned ith harm to

propert! or the environment i that entails a risk o

harm to people%

Now consider risk ranking


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-is' -a#'i#g 9 ,robability

Frequent 3Likelihood of incident recurringrepeatedly during course of the

work activity

Occasional 2Likelihood of incident occurringsometime during course of the

work activity

Rare 1Likelihood of incident virtuallynever occurring during course

of the work activity

Measurement o reuenc!'likelihood

- Categories B


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-is' -a#'i#g 9 "o#se.e#ce

Severe 3 ay lead to lost!time orrecorda"le incident

oderate 2ay lead to recorda"le or first!

aid incident

inor 1ay result in minor first!aidtreatment or no harm "eing

caused

Measurement o severit!

- Categories B


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-is' (ssessme#t 7atri:

Risk D Pro(a(ilit! G Conseuence

9Severit!: Severe#3$

oderate

#2$

inor

#1$Frequent

#3$ % & 3

Occasional

#2$ & ' 2Rare#1$ 3 2 1


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:isti#g "o#trol 7easrers

Assess !our eGisting control measures

8ake into account hether controls are

(eing applied ' complied ith etc%

I there are no controls1 enter this on the

assessment


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-e.ire$ (ctio#s

;hatWhat is to be undertaken

;hoWho is charged with undertaking the action

5! ;henAction target date

Completion conirmed N)ormalised

Action completion date


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-eview

Assessment Revie date

Remem(er that the reuired actions progress must

(e monitored to ensure that the actions are carriedout and are eective%

A revie should (e undertaken olloing the

implementation o the improved controls to assess

the eectiveness and ensure other ne risks have

not evolved rom these actions


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-eviewi#g co#t1

7egal reuirement

Reason to suspect no longer valid

Signiicant change

8hink "s!stems# approach to constantmonitoring and revie


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-is' "o#trol Hierarchy

Hierarch! o risk controls

6liminate haard at source

Reduce haard at source Remove person rom haard

Contain haard (! enclosure

Reduce emplo!ee eGposure

S!stems o ork

Personal protective euipment 9PP6:

pa! attention to order


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;;Hot 6oics


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StressStress

Should (e considered under Management

Regs & risk assessment

HS6 pu(lished "Management standards ortackling ork related stress#

)irst improvement notice issued this !ear to

a *HS 8rust or ailing to assess stress risks


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=iel$ 6ris=iel$ 6ris

Management Regs risk assessment

reuirement

Popular item or press hen something goesrong

Reuire detailed management plans $

o(viousl! dependent upon each trip


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>oise>oise

6Gisting *oise at ;ork Regs set levels at

2.d5A & 03d5A

*e Ph!sical Agents +irective to (eincorporated into UK legal regime (!

/.'3,'3Q $ noise levels reduced to 23d5A &

2.d5A


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Occatio#al -oa$ Sa%etyOccatio#al -oa$ Sa%ety

Currentl! on the HS6 top /3 inspection

topics

8raditionall! eGcluded rom an! statistics(ecause it is Road 8raic Act & thereore

the police ho enorce

*o looking at all ork related driving $eGcluding commuting to'rom ork


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Health & Sa%ety 7a#ageme#t


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HS@A

Organising

(lanning and

)mplementing

easuring

(erformance

(olicy

Reviewing

(erformance

*uditing


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Orga#isi#g

Split into our sections1 our Cs

Co$operation

Communication

Control

Competence


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,la##i#g & 5mleme#ti#g

O(4ectives'Actions should (e $ SMAR8

Speciic

Measura(le

Am(itious & agreed

Relevant

8ied to a timeta(le


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7easri#g ,er%orma#ce

Important management tool

Use ork alread! (eing done

Risk assessment Active monitoring

Accident'incident data

+etailed techniues in 5S 2233'OHSAS /233/ Implementing goes (ack to eective

communication


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-eview & ($it

Remem(er s!stems theor! $ monitor and revie

9audit and eed(ack:

Helps to determine hether actions have (eenachieved and i so1 hat ne ones should (e set

Once revie completed $ communicate indings

and remem(er (oth positive and negative eed(ack

Set ne SMAR8 o(4ectives


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our plans to conuer the

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