Clare Ireland

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Clare Ireland Environmental Health
Officer Angus Council Environmental Consumer
Protection Department
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• Health and Safety Update
• Four REHIS courses
• Statistics
• Fire (Scotland) Act 2005
• Construction (Design and Management)
  Regulations 2007
• Health Safety Enforcement Refresher

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• REHIS Health and Safety courses
• Introduction
• Elementary
• Intermediate
• Advanced

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• 2005/06 Statistics
• 30 million days were lost overall (1.3 days per
  worker), 24 million days lost due to work-related
  ill health and
• 6 million days lost due to workplace injury.
• Ill Health
• Injuries
• Fatalities
• Source Health Safety Commission 11/06 C120

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Ill Health 2.0 million people were suffering
from an illness they believed was caused or made
worse by their current or past work. 523 000 of
these were new cases in the last 12 months.
1969 people died of mesothelioma (2004)
(asbestos exposure), and thousands more from
other occupational cancers and lung
diseases. Source Health Safety Commission
11/06 C120
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Injuries 212 workers were killed at work, a
rate of 0.7 per 100 000 workers. 146 076 other
injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR,
a rate of 562.4 per 100 000 employees. 328 000
reportable injuries occurred, according to the
Labour Force Survey, a rate of 1200 per 100 000
workers (2004/05). Young people aged 16-24
new workers face highest risk of injury Source
Health Safety Commission 11/06 C120
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Statistics of Fatal Injuries 2005/06
Summary Workers fatally injured 212
(provisional) - decrease of 5 from 2004/05 when
223 workers fatally injured Of the 212 fatal
injuries to workers 43 (92) occurred ?
construction agriculture (59), ? forestry
fishing (33). Source Health Safety
Commission 11/06 C120
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Fatal Accidents 2005/06 Falling from a height
is the commonest type of accident, accounting
for 22 (46) of fatal injuries to workers.
2004/05 53 fatalities due to falls from
height 3800 serious injuries due to fall from
height while at work 60 of these injuries due to
falling from below head height --- there is no 2m
rule Reducing falls from height is an Health
and Safety Executive Priority Topic Source
Health Safety Commission HSE
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Source HSE
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Fatalities - Members of the public 2004
370 2005 253 2005/06 provisional 384
of which 254 suicide/trespass on
railways Source Health Safety Commission
HSE
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Source HSC
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• Fire (Scotland) Act 2005
• The Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006
• Guidance
• Scottish Executive Website www.scotland.gov.uk
• www.infoscotland.com/firelaw
• Local Fire and rescue service
• telephone directory (NOT 999)
• Blackwells Bookshop - 0131 622 8283

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• Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 as amended
• Effective since 1 October 2006
• Replaces previous fire law in Scotland
• Fire certificates abolished
• Replaces Fire Precautions Act 1971
• Replaces Fire Precautions (Workplace)
  Regulations 1997
• Generally excludes domestic premises NB
  exemptions
• Exemptions
• Includes houses in multiple occupation requiring
  a licence
• Maintenance of equipment/facilities for
  protection/use by
• fire fighters in common areas of private
  dwellings

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Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 as amended Ensure the
safety of any persons in the event of fire , by
setting out the rights and responsibilities of
persons In respect of fire safety. Anyone who
has control to any extent of the premises will
have responsibilities for ensuring that
those occupying the premises are safe from harm
caused by fire Responsibility is in direct
proportion to your level of control - the more
control you have, the greater your
responsibility An employer will always retain
responsibility for the safety of his or her
employees.
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• Duties imposed by the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 as
  amended
• Fire Safety Risk Assessment of the premises
  (Chapter 1)
• Identify fire safety measures necessary resulting
  
• from FSRA
• 3. Implement fire safety measures (Schedule 2)
  using risk reduction principles
• 4. Fire safety arrangements for ongoing control
  review of
• the fire safety measures
• 5. Comply with specific Fire Safety Regulations
  requirements
• 6. Keep FSRA and outcome under review
• 7. Record keeping

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• The Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006
• Effective 1 October 2006
• Part II Assessments
• regular review
• duty to lt18yr
• dangerous substances
• record (employs 5 or more
• employees)

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• Part III Fire Safety
• Effect - fire safety arrangements effective
  planning, organisation,
• control, monitoring and review of Fire safety
  measures as per in
• Schedule 2 of Fire (Scotland) Act 2005
• Elimination/reduction of risks from dangerous
  substances
• Means for fire fighting means of escape
• Procedures for serious/imminent danger
  drills/access/
• evacuation competent people
• Maintenance
• Safety assistance
• Information to employees comprehensible
  relevant
• Information to parent of child before
  employment starts
• Information to employers - other premises

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• Dangerous substances defined in Regulation 2
• Approved classification
• Explosive
• Oxidising
• Extremely flammable
• Highly flammable
• Flammable
• Irrespective of Chemicals (Hazard Information
• And Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002
• substance creates a risk due to
  physico-chemical
• or chemical properties and way it is used or
  present
• dust which can form an explosive mixture with
  air
• or an explosive atmosphere e.g. flour

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Aims of a Fire Safety Risk Assessment To
identify hazards and reduce the risk of those
hazards causing harm to as low as is
reasonably practicable To determine what fire
safety measures and management policies are
necessary to ensure the safety of people in the
building should a fire occur
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• Definitions in terms of Fire Safety Risk
  Assessment
• Hazard
• Is a situation that can give rise to a fire
• Risk
• Is the potential for a fire to occur and
• cause injury of death
• i.e. Likelihood and consequence

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• Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Organised
  Methodical
• Look at premises
• Activities in premises
• Potential for fire to occur
• Harm fire could cause
• PLUS
• Evaluate existing fire safety measures
• Review adequacy of fire safety measures

Source bbc website photo by Alan Townley
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• Enforcement
• The Fire and Rescue Authority or Joint Fire
  Rescue Board
• for the area for the most premises.
• Exceptions
• Defence Fire and Rescue Service
• premises occupied by the armed forces or
  visiting forces.
• Health and Safety Executive
• most construction sites
• ships under repair/ construction
• nuclear installations
• HM Chief Inspector of Fire and Rescue Authorities
• Crown has fire safety duties
• Local Authorities
• Major sports grounds

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There is no generic format for a FSRA Generic
guidance and premises specific guidance in
Guidance Booklets produced by Scottish
Executive Five step assessment 1. Identify
people at risk why they are at risk 2. Identify
fire hazards identify potential sources for
ignition/fuel/oxygen 3. Evaluate risk decide
if existing fire safety measures are
adequate Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 Schedule 2
e.g. escape, detection, warnings, mitigation of
fire etc 4. Record FSRA information 5. Regular
review of FSRA
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• Similar to -
• HSE 5 steps to risk assessment
• What are the hazards?
• Who might be harmed and how?
• What are you doing already?
• What further action is necessary?
• How will you put the assessment into action?
• INDG 163 downloadable from HSE website

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• Fire Safety Checklist
• Sources of ignition e.g. heaters/engines
• Combustible materials e.g. furnishings
• People at risk e.g. employees, visitors, infirm,
  children,
• non ambulant, blind
• 4. Structural features e.g. wall linings,
  openings, corridors,
• 5. Fire detection e.g. smoke/heat detectors
• 6. Alarms e.g. audio, light
• 7. Fire fighting equipment e.g. extinguishers,
  sprinklers,
• hose reels
• 8. Additional equipment needs e.g. emergency
  lighting, torches,
• 9. Means of escape routes e.g. easily
  identified, clear
• 10. Comprehensible relevant Information to
  employees
• 11. Adequate training to employees

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Source HSE
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Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
2007 Effective Friday 6 April 2007 Simplify
and clarify existing Regulations Construction
remains one of the highest risk sectors over
one fatality occurring each week. The revised
CDM Regulations aim to improve the level of
health and safety performance in the construction
industry by clarifying the responsibilities of
each duty holder and focusing on effective
planning and risk management.
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HSE website click for construction then from
experience
The van was tilting away, making the ladder
more likely to slip.
The ladder was on the van - It could slip off.
Appears to be a long ladder behind a van. It
wasnt
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Plenty of guidance available see HSE website
no excuse for poor compliance
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The Construction (Design Management)
Regulations 2007 (CDM) The New CDM
Regulations require greater focus on the risks
to be managed by everyone in the construction
process. Key aim reduce the unacceptable
number of fatalities and injuries in the
construction industry Construction is the
biggest industry in UK
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• CDM Main changes
• Clarify construction client responsibilities
  when they are
• exercising their influence over the health and
  safety
• standards on their projects.
• Replace Planning Supervisor with a new role of
• CDM co-ordinator.
• Empowered by the client the CDM co-ordinator
  will act as
• the clients key advisor on health and safety
  issues for the
• project, especially for effective
  communication and
• co-ordination of health and safety
  information.

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CDM Main changes

• Emphasise the importance of competence at all
  
• levels in securing health and safety benefits,
  whilst
• simplifying the assessment of competence.
• Reduce health and safety paperwork
• bureaucracy. Paperwork to be project-specific,
  
• relevant, proportionate to the risk, and of
  real use in
• helping to manage the risk.
• Simplify when a project is notifiable (gt30days
  or 500
• person days of construction work), and formal
  plans
• and appointments are required.
• No projects for a domestic client will be
  notifiable.
• Formal plans and appointments are only required
  for
• notifiable projects.

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CDM Main changes Designers will.. So far is
reasonably practicable eliminate any hazards and
reduce risks from remaining hazards Avoid
foreseeable risks for the construction,
cleaning and future maintenance If designing a
workplace ensure it complies with the
Workplace (Health, Safety Welfare) regulations
1992
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The onus will be on the client to take reasonable
steps to ensure that designers contractors
have suitable overall arrangements in place to
be able to manage the construction work safely,
and that adequate welfare provisions are
provided
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Source HSE
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Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) Has special
legal status and gives practical advice for all
those involved in construction work. Follow
the ACoP you will be doing enough to comply with
the law in respect of those specific matters on
which it gives advice. ACoP L 144, ISBN
9780717662234
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The ACoP covers The legal duties placed on
clients, CDM coordinators, designers, principal
contractors, contractors, self-employed and
workers. Circumstances in which domestic
clients do not have duties under CDM 2007 (but
that the regulations still apply to those doing
work for them). Information on the new role of
CDM coordinator the key project advisor for
clients and responsible for coordinating the
arrangements for health and safety during the
planning phase of larger and more complex
projects.
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Which construction projects need to be notified
to HSE before work starts and gives information
on how this should be done. How to assess the
competence of organizations and individuals
involved in construction work. How to improve
co-operation and co-ordination between all those
involved in the construction project and with the
workforce. What essential information needs to
be recorded in construction health and safety
plans and files, as well as what shouldnt be
included. The ACoP also includes a copy of the
CDM 2007 Regulations
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• Health and Safety Enforcement Refresher
• Health and Safety Executive
• Local Authorities EHD/TS
• Enforcing Authority Regulations main activity
• Increased joint working transparency
• Flexible warrants LA inspectors to inspect
  HSE
• enforced premises
• Priority topics covered during inspections
• Fit 3 Disease Reduction Programme reduce
• incidence of injury, ill health days lost
• Lead Authority Partnership Scheme
• Enforcement Management Model consistent
• actions

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• Priority topics covered during inspections
• Falls from height
• Transport Safety
• Slips trips
• Musculoskeletal disorders
• Stress
• Work Related Contact dermatitis
• Hand arm vibration
• Noise
• Asbestos
• Other Respiratory Disease
• Occupational Asthma

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The Lead Authority Partnership (LAPS) Partnership
between a Local Authority (LA) and an
employer. The LA works with the employer to
develop and improve its Health and safety
arrangements. The LA then acts as a focal point
of liaison on health and safety
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Information Sources Health and Safety
Executive www.hsebooks.co.uk www.hse.gov.uk HSEi
nfoline Telephone [phone] Email
hse.info_at_natbrit.com www.infoscotland.com/firelaw
REHIS Local council