Raising safety awareness and

improving safety performance

Organisations

DWMA: Dutch Waste Management Association (VA)Breaking Recycling and Sorting association (BRBS)Organic residu association (BVOR)Association of (public) waste managers (NVRD)(association metal recyclers applied)

Employer Organisation Energie and Utilities (WENB)

Unions:Abvakabo FNVPublic services CNVPoffesionals CNVBlack Corps

Works counsel representative (LPMA)

How does labour inspection use HS catalogue

Labour inspection (LI) approves HS catalogue

Maintain mandatory rules on laws on Health and saftey executive (Arbowet en Arbobesluit)

HS catalogue is reference for LI Company can adjust or differ from the HS catalogue Labour inspection inspect on target prescription

(doelvoorschriften) e.g. lowest Diesel emmisions => euro 4, 5 or 6 engine => best filter

Past inspections LI

Waste collection: ± 70% Not OK ‘niet in orde’

Waste recycling: ± 75% Not OK ‘niet in orde’ (2005)→ ± 65% (2011)

Waste treatment: ± 50% Not OK ‘niet in orde’

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DWMA: Dutch Waste Management Association

Represents Dutch Waste companies:• waste collection,• recycling, processing, sorting,• anaerobic digestion and composting,• incineration• landfill

accidents in DWMA companies

Facts & Figures

Fatal accidents own third Total

personnel partiesWaste

Collection 2006 2 0 22007 1 0 12008 0 2 22009 0 1 12010 0 0 0

Waste

Treatment 2006 0 1 12007 0 1 12008 0 2 22009 0 0 02010 0 1 1

Total 3 8 11

LTIFown

personnel

third

parties Total

Waste

Collection 2006 17,4 28,3 17,92007 13,0 33,6 14,12008 12,5 19,0 13,22009 11,6 22,6 13,32010 11,5 46,8 13,7

average 13,2 30,1 14,4

Waste

Treatment 2006 10,0 13,2 10,82007 7,0 5,5 6,62008 10,6 9,6 10,42009 12,0 16,0 12,72010 9,4 18,8 10,5

average 9,8 12,6 10,2

LTIF: Lost Time Injury Frequency

Past five years

LTIF

LTIF: Lost Time Injury Frequency

• Hit by an object• Slip / trip / fall• Entrapment• Punctures or cuts• Falling objects• Chemicals• Push / pull / lift

Top 7 of direct causes

Lost workdays and first aid cases

• 11 fatalities in the past five years• Every year one lost workday case per 50 employees• Number of lost workday cases: level remains too high

DWMA has started two important projects:• Reinforce the safety culture • Develop and implement the Health and Safety Catalogue

How to manage safety?

… consciously taking acceptable risks

• What are the risks?• What is acceptable?

The Health and Safety catalogue gives the answers!

Safety is……..

Health and Safety Catalogue

• A collection of measures• To manage the risks• Agreed between employee and employers organizations

• Basis for inspection in all Dutch waste companies

Approved by Labour Inspectorate

Health and Safety Catalogue

www.arbocatalogus-afvalbranche.nl Website

• General provisions• Collection of household waste

industrial waste

hazardous waste• Municipal waste recycling centres

and household chemical waste depots• Processing household waste

industrial waste

hazardous waste• Composting and digestion• Incineration• Landfill• Sewer maintenance

Sections

▲ Kind of risk▲ Rules en regulations: criteria and limits▲ Solutions:

► Source measures► Technical measures► Organizational measures► Personal protective equipment

According the occupational health strategy▲ Annex containing relevant information

Structure of the risks

• Replacement measure▲ Replace the diesel by an electric motor

• Source measures▲ Vehicle remains outside the enclose space

• Measures according to state of the art▲ Euro 4 or 5 motor▲ Diesel with effective soot filter

in enclosed spaces (1)

Diesel emissions

• Technical measures▲ Preventive engine maitenance▲ Cleaner fuels▲ Separation of the workspaces▲ Optimum ventilation

• Organizational measures▲ Informing employees involved▲ Routing and driving behaviour▲ Admission warehouse, shed or loading space

• Personal Protective equipment▲ Use respiratory protection

in enclosed spaces (2)

Diesel emissions

• The Health and Safety Cataloguesubstantially contributes to healthy and safe workplace!

• PROPOSAL:translate the catalogue in multiple languages and implement the best practices!

• Questions??

How to manage safety?