hse activity and resume of topical issues
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HSE activity and resume of
topical issues
Paul Harvey
HM Principal Inspector
HSE workplan 2014/15 rationale
• 75% of fatals are with small employers
• 90% of fatals on small sites
• 70% of fatals are in refurbishment
• 80% of fatals are falls from height
• 1.7 million days lost due to ill health
• 0.6 million days lost due to injury
Fatalities
• 2012/13 - 39 workers & 5 MOP
• 2013/14 – currently at ….
• 2013/14 (Wales) – 4 fatals
• Deaths from occupational ill health/
disease (100x greater)
Occupational Ill health
• 30,000 new work related ill health cases
reported every year.
– Asthma
– HAV
– NIHL
– MSDs
– etc
• 40% of all occupational cancer deaths are
from the construction industry
Health (occupational cancers)
• Asbestos
• Solar radiation
• Painters
• Silica
• Diesel emissions
• PAH
HSE Workplan 2014/15
• Asbestos
• Small sites
• Refurbishment
• Health
• Homebuild
• Loft Conversions
HSE Workplan 2013/14
• Commercial solar panel installations
• Asbestos analysts
• Fragile roofwork
• Agricultural fragile roofwork
Inspection 2013/14
• 11,000 proactive inspections
– 2600 inspections in the “blitz”
– 50% needed improvement
• Work at height
• Exposure to dust
• Inadequate welfare
Leadership
• Active leadership
– See handout
www.hse.gov.uk/Construction/lwit/index.
htm
CDM Update
• Still working through inter government
department clearance
• If cleared then imminent via stakeholders,
press release etc
• Four main areas
– Removal of ACOP
– CDMC v Principal designer
– Competence
– Domestic clients
CDM - Competence
• CDM 2007 requires “competence.”
• Competence is
– Selection
– Initial training & assessment
– Experience
– Lifelong learning
• CDM 2015 likely to remove competence
and have specific duty for information,
instruction, training & supervision
Competence
• CITB survey (lack of competent workers)
• 73% have no recognised qualification
• Cards – 300 variants, only 4%
competence assessed
• Demographics of the industry
Asbestos Awareness Training
• “at regular intervals” (Regs)
• “Refresher training … every year” (ACOP)
• “refresher awareness” could be “e-
learning or part of an update” (Guidance)
Prosecutions
• Demolition of a mezzanine floor.
Inadequate demolition plan. £30,000
fine.
Prosecutions
• Installing solar panels. Fall from a fragile
roof. £13,000 fine and conviction of
company director (HSWA s37).
Prosecutions
Building occupier & roofer
• Building occupier failed to supervise or assess work
despite knowing the roof
was fragile
• £250,000 fine plus costs
• Roofer rec’d prison
sentence
Prosecutions
• Scaffolder fell whilst dismantling scaffold.
£130,000 fine of PC. Director of s/c fined
£20,000 under S37.
• Principal Contractor: Failed to plan,
manage and monitor a sub contractor
Prosecutions
• Housebuilding Company and its director
– 2 cases prosecuted (1 injury & 1
complaint)
– Company £56,000 plus £11,000
– Director (HSWA s37) fined £32,000
plus £11,000 costs plus 8months
custodial sentence (suspended for 2
years) plus disqualified for 3 years.
Consent, connivance and/or neglect? (HSWA s37)
Fee for Intervention
“A material breach is when, in the opinion of the HSE inspector,
there has been a contravention of
health and safety law that requires them to notify the dutyholder,
in writing, of that opinion ”
Themes for 2014/15
• National
– Emerging from recession
– Health
• Local
– Available workforce?
– Developers
– Leadership in the industry
– Agri construction
Health and Safety ExecutiveHealth and Safety Executive
Paul Harvey
HM Principal Inspector