Health and Safety Health and Safety Executive Executive HSE - Construction BHSEA update October 2018 Tony Mitchell Principal Inspector – Construction Division
Construction Division Planning
UK Construction Strategy
UK Construction Sector Deal
The challenges Mark Farmer said: “If you buy a new car, you expect it to have been built in a factory to exacting standards, to be delivered on time, to an agreed price and to a predetermined quality. “This needs to happen more in construction, so that the investors, developers or building owners hiring construction firms increasingly dictate the use of modern methods of delivery and invest appropriately in the skills agenda to grow this part of the industry. There are more similarities between manufacturing and construction than many people are led to believe and this perception needs to change, starting in the housing market.”
Meeting the objectives and challenges Effective risk management is fundamental to improving ; Productivity, Efficiency, Skills Growth, Sustainability and Economic viability HGBWW provides the vehicle through which we can support wider construction objectives
Helping GB work well Acting together Managing risk well Supporting small employers Tackling ill-health Keeping pace with change Sharing our success
Fatal injuries to workers
Why Health? • Deaths – for every worker killed on site, approximately 100 die from ill health due to past exposures – particularly asbestos (2,500 deaths) and silica (600 deaths)
Why Health? • Ill health – working days lost (1.9 million) is nearly 3 X that of safety (0.4 million) • MSD – is the biggest cause (65%) of self-reported illness in the industry
CD Annual Plan - principles • Range of interventions from inspection to broader engagement • Greater use of inspection campaigns with increased impact using communications • Maintain balance of proactive - reactive effort to target risk • Maintain rigour of asbestos licensing regime • Disciplined, planned delivery of around 9,000 inspections • Engagement and development
Priorities in the Sector Plan • Reducing incidents of ill health, with a particular focus on occupational lung disease and musculoskeletal disorders • Supporting small businesses to achieve improved risk management and control • Embedding the principles of CDM 2015
CD Plan of Work - highlights • MSD - Materials Handling • Inspection – National refurbishment initiative – London Initiative – Health Initiative • Targeted inspections of tower block cladding removal and replacement works
Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) • CONIAC Joint HSE, Industry and Union industrial advisory committee • Reconstituted inline with HGBWW themes into working groups overseen by a steering group • Delivers a Workplan which contributes to the HGBWW strategy and objectives
Leading and engaging • HCLG – case studies • Plasterboard supply – reducing handling risks • Construction stress management standards • SME insight research • WWT campaign • Improving teaching of design risk management • New technologies – BIM and Build Offsite
Sustaining regulatory excellence • Technical training programme • Project specific training – high hazard demolition, material handling, architects, TDS • Industry placements • Unit peer reviews and other assurance • Sector advice and support
Securing effective control of risk • Four campaigns – London refurbishment – Health campaign – Two others targeted at risk • Other interventions, eg: – Clients and designers – CHeRT – delivered by VOs • Red concern inspections
Sharing our success
Thorny issues!
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