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September 2017
IOSH Managing safely
in construction online We have extended our range of approved
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September 2017
RIBA drafts new fire guidance as the Metropolitan police investigation continues into the Grenfell fire
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the
Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) are planning a
new add-on to a widely-used project management tool to help
ensure that critical fire safety issues – such as fire-stopping and
cladding design – cannot fall between the gaps in complex
project teams.
The RIBA Plan of Work, first developed in 1963 and updated in
2013, is a process map for the briefing, design and execution
of construction projects. It is widely followed by architects and
the wider construction industry.
The draft can be viewed at: https://drive.google.com/file/
d/0B2pazEjKsF3fTFhjNjFJSjNEUEU/view
The RIBA and ASFP were working on the project before the fire
at Grenfell Tower, but are now seeking to publish the new
guidance for the industry urgently – possibly by Christmas.
The update would have no official status in regulation or
legislation, but would act as the best available practical guide
for project teams to navigate their requirements, advising on
the timing of key decisions and when specialist advice should
be sought.
The aftermath of the Grenfell fire has featured in the agenda
of the Labour Party Conference, with a motion calling for the
public inquiry to take a “wider remit and consider the broad
range of issues requested by residents, trade unions and other
interested parties”.
The motion, proposed by the Fire Brigades Union, says that the
inquiry should examine “the whole deregulatory agenda of
past governments since the 1980s and [underline] the
irreplaceable role of regulation in keeping communities safe”.
Also this month, the Metropolitan Police said that they had
identified 336 different organisations that had been involved in
the construction, refurbishment or management of Grenfell
Tower. Each organisation is being contacted to establish
exactly what its role was.
Where their role is considered relevant, the Met said that it
would recover digital downloads of all business records. So far,
in excess of 31 million documents have been recovered and it
is anticipated that number will increase.
The Met will use specialist software to enable officers to
process and search millions of documents in order to find any
relevant material that may be used evidentially at a later
stage.
Meanwhile, the forensic examination of the tower is expected
to continue until the beginning of 2018. This includes
photographing and documenting every room on every floor,
paying particular attention to fire safety provisions such as fire
doors, the standards of construction work, the routing of
pipework and smoke extraction systems.
After that, officers will conduct a series of further forensic
tests, including reconstructions. Only after that work is
compete will officers be in a position to fully understand what
happened, what went wrong and what questions need to be
answered.
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September 2017
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September 2017
Iceland foods fined £2.5m following fatal accident
Iceland Foods Limited has been fined £2.5 million at a
sentencing hearing at Grimsby Crown Court, following a fatal
accident at the company’s store in Rotherham.
The incident, on 28 October 2013, happened when a
contractor visited the store to replace filters within an air
conditioning unit located on a plant plaform above a
suspending ceiling, which was located in the warehouse.
The contractor fell three metres from the platform and
through the suspended ceiling, sustaining fatal injuries.
Iceland had previously been found guilty of breaching Sections
2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
following a three-week trial held at Sheffield Crown Court in
July 2017.
An investigation by Adrian Monkhouse, principal
environmental health officer at the council, revealed there
were no barriers in place to prevent falls from the platform,
the area of the platform immediately in front of the access
ladder was restricted (just 45cm in width) and there were
several tripping hazards in this area, including cabling and the
fixing points for the ladder itself.
Iceland Foods Limited was instructed to take this area out of
use until suitable protective measures had been installed on
the plant platform.
Once this work was carried out to the satisfaction of the
investigating officer, the plant platform was put back into use
in March 2014.
Further investigations revealed that Iceland Foods Limited had
not carried out a risk assessment to consider access to the
plant platform either by contractors or their own employees.
Iceland argued it had intended for a guardrail to be installed
around the plant platform and had in fact paid for one during
refurbishment of the store in January 2013.
In court, Iceland contended that they were entitled to rely on
the specialist contractors who carried out work on the plant
platform to identify the missing handrail. These claims were
rejected by the prosecution and the court.
The company was fined £1.25 million for each offence and
ordered to pay the full costs of £65,019.64 to Rotherham
Council.
How the sentencing guidelines were applied:
• Culpability: Medium
• Seriousness of Harm Risked: Level A
• Likelihood of Harm: High
• Harm Category: 1
• Significant Cause of Actual Harm: Yes
• Size of Organisation: Very large but the Judge stayed within
the large business category
• Turnover: £2.7bn
• Starting point for fine: £1.3m
• Mitigation: full co-operation with prosecution, lack of
previous convictions, remedial measures taken to prevent
re-occurrence.
• Penalty: £1.25m per offence. Total of £2.5m plus costs of
£65,019.64
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September 2017
Fine following crush injury
A Wolverhampton based company, Sterry Lane Limited,
trading as LPD Demolition, has been fined after a 39-year old-
employee was crushed by a reversing excavator.
Newcastle under Lyme Magistrates’ Court heard that on 3 May
2016 employees of Sterry Lane Limited, had been contracted
to complete demolition work on a site in Stafford. The
employees were moving debris around the excavator when it
began to reverse, crushing the man and leaving him with
serious injuries to his leg and torso.
The worker suffered multiple fractures to his legs and pelvis, as
well as punctured lungs and liver injuries. He requires
assistance to move around his home and he has not returned
to work more than 16 months after the incident.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found the company
failed to implement a suitable management system to
segregate pedestrians and vehicles on site.
The investigation also found the company failed to adequately
plan the demolition work on site and failed to highlight the
risks of workers and machinery operating in the same areas
without clear communication between the driver and workers
on the ground.
Sterry Lane Limited pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 15
(2) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
2015.
The company was fined £50,000 and ordered to pay costs of
£1,726.88.
Almost half of Britain’s industry leaders do not feel enough is
being done across industry to tackle cases of work-related ill-
health, according to new research from the Health and Safety
Executive (HSE).
The research also found more than two-fifths of businesses are
reporting a rise in cases of long-term ill-health with the
majority (80%) stating tackling this growing problem is a
priority within their organisation.
The news comes as HSE figures show that work-related ill-
health is costing the economy more than £9bn with 26 million
working days being lost, making it a priority for HSE, as the
Government’s chief occupational health adviser.
The views of 300 major business leaders were sought and 40%
of respondents said their industry was not doing enough to
raise awareness and tackle the causes of long-term work-
related ill-health.
The findings were revealed as HSE announced its new national
campaign – ‘Go Home Healthy’. The campaign aims to reduce
cases of work-related ill-health by shining a light on the causes
and encouraging employers to do the right thing to protect
their workers’ health.
Speaking after the campaign launch, Minister of State for
Disabled People, Health and Work, Penny Mordaunt said:
“Everyone should want to have a healthy and safe
environment at work. Work-related ill-health is a costly issue
for individuals, businesses, and the whole economy. This
campaign will encourage employers to operate healthier
workplaces and ensure workers get the support that they
need.”
Commenting on the findings, HSE’s chair Martin Temple, said:
“The survey findings confirmed what we already suspected –
more needs to be done to tackle work-related ill-health.
“Over the years, figures show that as workplace safety has
improved, health has stagnated. The ‘Go Home Healthy’
campaign is about driving behavioural change in workplaces so
we all can go home healthy. There is a moral, legal, and
business case for employers to do the right thing by their
workers. The importance of more joined-up thinking across
industries when it comes to tackling work-related ill-health
cannot be overstated.”
You can join in the conversation using #WorkRight and follow
@Go_Home_Healthy for campaign updates.
More information on the campaign can be found at:
www.hse.gov.uk/gohomehealthy
GB business leaders: Not enough being done to tackle work-related ill-health
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September 2017
Roofing contractor given suspended prison sentence
A roofing contractor has been sentenced for safety breaches
after workers were left at risk of falling from unprotected roof
edges.
The failures of C Smith Roofing were discovered by health and
safety staff who could see unsafe scaffolding from their office
window.
Leeds Crown Court heard that in November 2015 Mr Smith
was contracted to carry out some roof repairs to a Guest
House roof in Northallerton. Scaffolding was erected along the
full length of the roof at the front of the property. However,
due to the presence of a conservatory structure at the rear,
the company only erected a partial scaffold at the rear. It did
not take the conservatory into account which left
approximately two thirds of the rear roof edge unprotected.
In February 2016, nearby health and safety risk managers at
North Yorkshire County Council could see the project from
their office window and had concerns about the safety of the
two workers on a roof where there were inadequate fall
protection measures in place such as scaffolding.
Two operatives working under the control of Mr Smith were at
risk of falling approximately seven metres from the
unprotected edge of the roof at the rear of the property.
Chris Smith pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 6 (3) of the
Work at height Regulations 2005. He was given an eight-month
prison sentence suspended for two years and ordered to
complete 200 hours of community service. In addition, he was
also ordered to pay £5800 costs.
A supplier to the aerospace trade from Durham has been fined
when an employee suffered serious leg injuries.
Merthyr Magistrates’ Court heard how the CAV Aerospace
Limited employee fell into the path of an advancing work
platform at the company’s Llantrisant, Pontycun factory.
The worker’s right leg was trapped and he was dragged along
the metal floor for the length of the machine’s cycle. Mr Paul
Dignam, 40 from Pontypridd suffered significant leg injuries
including two broken ankles and other flesh and muscle
injuries that required vein and skin grafts to both legs.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into
the incident which occurred on the 5 January 2016, found that
the company had failed to prevent access to dangerous parts
of machinery, namely the milling machine where Mr Dignam
was working.
CAV Aerospace Limited of Consett, Durham pleaded guilty to
breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work
Equipment Regulations 1998. The company was fined
£800,000 and ordered to pay costs of £5,119.
Speaking after the hearing HSE inspector Wayne Williams said:
“This injury could have been easily prevented and the risk
should have been identified.
“Employers should make sure they properly assess and apply
effective control measures to minimise the risk from
dangerous parts of machinery.”
Manufacturer sentenced
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September 2017
Updated Asbestos Essentials
The suite of free-to-download ‘asbestos essentials’ task sheets
have been reviewed and updated by the Health and Safety
Executive (HSE).
Asbestos essentials task sheets tell employers, managers and
sole traders what to do when they need to work on or near
asbestos containing materials (ACMs). They help those people
to decide what category of asbestos work it is and how to plan
the work safely. Higher-risk work with ACMs, including sprayed
coatings, loose asbestos, lagging, insulation and jobs involving
asbestos insulating board (AIB) – apart from some very limited-
duration works to AIB – will require an HSE-licensed
contractor.
The task sheets cover work that does not need a licence if
carried out as the sheets describe. Each sheet describes what
equipment is required for a particular task and covers the
action needed to reduce exposure to an adequate level.
More information can be accessed at:
www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/essentials/
Two scaffold Inspectors have been prosecuted after a worker
fell through a gap between the scaffolding and the building,
resulting in serious injuries.
Greater Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how on 26th
March 2014, the 49-year old worker was working on a re-
roofing project.
As he stepped down from the untiled roof onto a fixed
scaffold, he fell through a gap between the working platform
of the scaffolding and the building. He suffered fracture
injuries to his spine and had to wear a back brace for -eight
weeks.
The scaffolding had been signed off as safe for use by Mr
Stephen Harper and Mr Garry Arnold. The Health and Safety
Executive (HSE) investigation revealed that they had not
carried out the relevant inspections and had falsified the
certificates to show that all was safe for use.
Speaking after the hearing HSE Inspector Matt Greenly said:
“Scaffold Inspectors are relied upon by workers and must be
trusted. Falsely completing reports without carrying out a
thorough inspection can lead to serious risks being missed and
life changing accidents occurring.”
Stephen Harper and Garry Arnold pleaded guilty to breaching
Section 7(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
and were each sentenced to 170 hours community service and
ordered to pay £1,500 costs.
A food seasoning manufacturer has been fined after an agency
worker suffered serious hand injuries.
Northampton Magistrates’ Court heard how the man, working
at Symrise Ltd in Corby was cleaning near the screw conveyor
machine, when he tripped and his finger came into contact
with the moving parts of the machine. The worker suffered a
partial amputation to his left hand following this incident.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into
the incident which occurred on 13 September 2016 found the
vacuum point, for cleaning this screw conveyor did not have
adequate guarding to prevent people coming into contact with
this dangerous part of the machine.
Symrise Ltd of Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow was found guilty of
breaching Section 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work
Equipment Regulations 1998 and has been fined £55,000 and
ordered to pay costs of £1293.
Scaffold inspectors prosecuted Hand injury leads to fine
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September 2017
Bakery fined after contractor death
A Hull based bakery has been fined following the death of self-
employed electrical contractor who died following a fall from
height.
Hull Crown Court heard how the worker was contracted to
complete electrical work at Greencore Grocery Ltd site in Hull.
In October 2013, the worker was wiring a motor situated
above a machine whilst standing on a stepladder. The
company agreed this work activity could be completed using a
stepladder which it had provided. The employee fell from the
step ladder and suffered fatal injuries.
An investigation by the Health and Safety executive (HSE)
found that Greencore failed to properly plan this workplace
activity from the beginning including access arrangements to
be made for installation of motors to use to carry out this work
activity.
Greencore Grocery Ltd of Apex Park, Amsterdam Road, Sutton
Fields Industrial Estate Hull, pleaded guilty to breaching
Section 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
The company has been fined £1million and ordered to pay
costs of £30,000.
An engineering company has been fined after a 29-year-old
worker was diagnosed with hand-arm vibration syndrome
(HAVS) – a condition causing tingling, pins and needles,
numbness and pain in the affected person’s hands.
Greater Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how the
employee, who was working in the trimming department at
Taylor Engineering and Plastics Limited, was exposed to
vibration from tools used to sand components. Health
surveillance implemented at the company in 2014 showed that
the employee had developed HAVS through exposure to
vibration while working at the company.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
found that the company risk assessments relating to vibration
were not suitable or sufficient. It also found that health
surveillance was not introduced by the company until 2014,
despite regulations making this a legal requirement being
introduced in 2005.
Training for employees on the risks from vibration was also
found to be inadequate and many were unaware of the
consequences of exposure to high levels of vibration. The
company did not have the right systems in place to manage
the health of its workers and it failed to implement control
measures such as using tools that had lower levels of vibration.
Taylor Engineering and Plastics Limited of Molesworth Street,
Rochdale, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The company was
fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,171.00.
A manufacturer of steel building components has been fined
after a worker suffered fatal crush injuries from a steel beam.
Worcester Crown Court heard how a Thomas Panels & Profiles
Limited employee, Mr Jeffery Warner, 65, was fatally crushed
when a steel beam emerging from a machine pushed another
beam and crushed him against a closed door.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into
the incident, which occurred on the 27 April 2015, found the
machine had been in operation since 2013 and it did not have
suitable safeguards to prevent the risk of crushing injuries.
It was also found that the company failed to undertake an
adequate risk assessment and its system of work was generally
unsafe.
Thomas Panels & Profiles Limited pleaded guilty to breaching
Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and
has been fined £285,000 and ordered to pay costs of
£29,961.48.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Tariq Khan said:
“Those in control of work have a responsibility to devise safe
methods of working and to provide the necessary safeguards,
information, instruction and training to their workers. This was
a tragic and wholly avoidable incident, caused by the failure of
the company to undertake a suitable and sufficient risk
assessment and provide the necessary safeguards.”
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September 2017
HSE conference: The HSE to focus on health, ‘nudge theory’ and SME behaviours
Senior Health and Safety executive (HSE) figures have outlined
the HSE’s strategy for the next three to five years at its first
annual conference, highlighting how it will extend its focus to
health, prioritise its inspection resources and plan for the
future.
The conference also saw the launch of 19 strategic plans for
different areas of the UK economy. The plans can be accessed
at: www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/strategiesandplans/sector-
health-plans.htm
The conference was addressed by: Philip White, the HSE’s
director of operational strategy; Peter Brown, deputy director
of the work and health programme; Martin Friar, director of
its insight programme; and Lester Posner, deputy director of
corporate communications.
White’s opening remarks emphasised that the HSE would
concentrate its resources in areas where the problems are
most significant and its efforts can make a difference. He said:
“How should we deliver regulation over the next three to five
years? We will concentrate on the most serious risks, the high
hazard sectors, and companies with the poorest risk
management records,”
“We also need to work to make our advice and guidance more
accessible for SMEs.”
White added that the HSE was investing in its communications
capacity, developing policy around Brexit and investing in its
capabilities in science and technology in order to address
changing risk profiles.
On the new sector plans, White explained that each one
summarises current developments in that sector, and its
hazards and incident rates. It then goes on to outline the HSE’s
three principle priorities in that sector for the next three to
five years. On enforcement, White explained that three
manufacturing sub-sectors had been targeted in 2016–17 –
food manufacturing, wood working and fabricated metals –
with the HSE finding that one third of the businesses
inspected were non-compliant on health.
In his presentation, Peter Brown reiterated that the HSE
would focus on its three established focus areas –
occupational lung disease, MSDs and work-related stress.
“We will consider other issues, but with a reduced level of
resources,” he said.
White had flagged HSE concerns that SMEs were often sold
inappropriate advice and blanket policies on health and
safety, and Brown added that the HSE had concerns about
manual handling trainers.
“SMEs are regularly buying in manual handling training,
because they think they ought to. But what about solutions by
design, or using lifting aids? We would like design solutions to
be the default option, and to see employers buying in
solutions that suit their workers.”
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Brown added that the HSE had
teamed up with the Chartered
Institute of Ergonomics and
Human Factors to sponsor a
category in the professional
association’s awards scheme,
looking for inspiring examples of
MSD risk reduction.
Lester Posner said that the new Go Home Healthy campaign
was intended to encourage employers to “take action today”
and “do the right thing by their workforce”.
Employers could also adapt the downloadable content, adding
their own logo beneath “Go Home Healthy”.
“During the next three years, we will draw on new research
and we hope it will lead to sustained behavioural change in
relation to the issues we are seeing today,” he said.
Martin Friar described the work of the HSE’s insight
programme, which was examining how different groups
respond to health and safety messages, and “developing the
right interventions using that knowledge”.
Mentioning “nudge theory”, which proposes that small
suggestions and positive reinforcement can change behaviour,
he added that “behavioural intention doesn’t always follow
through to behavioural action”.
Friar’s team is focusing on influencing SMEs. “We discovered
that the vast majority of SMEs were engaged with the agenda,
but many of them found the practicalities difficult. There was
also a predominance towards safety, not health.”
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September 2017
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September 2017
Report: London could cut waste by 60%
The UK’s capital city could reduce its waste by 60% if it adopts
circular economy principles, according to a report released by
the London Assembly Environment Committee.
This model involves reusing goods and resources as often as
possible in order to extract the maximum amount of value and
minimise unusable materials in need of disposal.
The report states that applying this concept could also provide
£7bn to London’s economy, create 12,000 new jobs by 2030,
and speed up the city’s ambition to become carbon-neutral by
2050.
Although in the early stages, circular economy projects are
growing in terms of size, customer numbers, and
environmental impact, according to the report.
However, it also highlights a recent survey showing that 50%
of SMEs haven not heard of the circular economy, and that
half of waste management companies do not understand the
term.
In addition, it reveals that recycling rates have dropped back
down to the levels seen in 2010, and that London’s current
waste management model is unsustainable.
If trends continue, it argues that authorities will have to collect
an extra one million tonnes of waste each year by 2047 – equal
to an additional 500,000 refuse trucks of rubbish.
The report is available at: www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/
files/waste_-_the_circular_economy_report.pdf
Sales of vacuum cleaners producing more noise and heat than
suction are now restricted under EU rules. Vacuum cleaners
using more than 900 watts and emitting more than 80 decibels
will be banned when stocks run out.
Some anti-EU campaigners say homes will not be properly
cleaned if people have to buy lower wattage machines. But
energy experts say the best low-power appliances clean just as
well as high-wattage machines. They say some manufacturers
deliberately increased the amount of electricity their
appliances use because shoppers equate high-wattage with
high performance.
The European Environment Bureau (EEB) said: "Power doesn't
always equal performance, though the misconception has
become widespread.
"Some efficient models maintained high standards of dust pick
-up while using significantly less energy - due to design
innovation."
United Utilities (UU) have been ordered to pay a fine of
£666,000 after pleading guilty to polluting a river with
untreated sewage effluent. The Environment Agency (EA) took
the prosecution against the water company after sewage
polluted the River Medlock. The sewage had a significant
impact on fish population and water quality over a distance of
4km. A member of the public initially reported the pollution to
the EA’s incident hotline. In total United Utilities estimated
that 21,700 cubic metres of sewage discharged into the water.
A UU report found that the incident had a detrimental impact
on brown trout and had the potential to reduce the fish
population the following year. When the pollution was first
reported, UU Officers were attending a high-level alarm at the
Sewage Tank and had identified a fault which meant the tank
was not emptying to the foul sewer network as quickly as it
should have been. This resulted in untreated raw sewage
entering Glodwick Brook and the River Medlock, which is
contrary to the permit conditions in place. United Utilities
admitted that their control centre had received an alarm about
the discharge three days before, but the fault had not been
recognised.
United Utilities fined for pollution Inefficient vacuum cleaners banned
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