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Viewpoint Indian businesses win prestigious British Safety Council partners with
Sword of Honour awards – 4 UAE Ministry of Education – 8
3 People and profit

News

6 Tata Steel UK fined £1.4m –

inspector interview
7  E x chief coroner leads event on
what happens after a fatality
10 Mental health training rolled out
by British Safety Council Simon Blanchflower, director at Network Rail’s Thameslink, shares
12 British Safety Council publishes lessons on leadership and thriving under pressure – 16
literature review on future risk

Opinion

14  Louise Ward: designing a

better future
15  Simon Oliff: fighting stress

Features

22 Fall protection made easier

24 Dust in construction: the need
for fitted PPE
26 The right steps: new standard
for ladders
28 Together against falls
30 Mental health in construction:
the conversation has begun

Regulars Pedicabs in London: a ricketey ride One step at a time: SMEs

– 34 environmental management – 37
41 Events
4 4 Products and services
46 Questions and answers
4 8 Info update

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People and profit
The collapse of the construction
and services giant Carillion
was extensively covered in the
news at the start of the year. For
most commentators, Carillion’s
liquidation was about how a
superficially successful company
could accrue such large debts
or dwelt on the politics of how
the government kept awarding
Carillion contracts to deliver
public services when it had
already issued a profit warning.
If the impact on workers was
considered at all, it was linked to
Carillion’s failure to maintain its
pension schemes, though again this
was framed more in terms of political
consequence than concern for the
workers directly affected. Yet the most
immediate impact of the collapse will
be on the thousands of workers who
might lose their jobs, those suppliers
and contractors who rely on Carillion
for work – including those connected to
schools, hospital and prisons – and who
will all now be fearing for the future as
pensions are threatened.
Of course, financial worries
are not isolated to this case. The
Chartered Institute of Personnel and
Development’s (CIPD) survey Financial
Well-being: The employee view (2017)
found that 19% of respondents are
losing sleep at night because they are
worried about money; more are making
uninformed financial decisions, and
even more face barriers to managing
their finances, including lack of time
and difficulty in understanding financial
products and services.
Top of the CIPD’s suggestion is for
employers to spend time in assessing
the financial needs of their workforce.
Those who are picking up the pieces of
Carillion should look at factors that can
impact on these needs, including the
age of the workers, their salaries, their
employment status, whether they have
children or financial obligations. The
worse thing will be to simply walk away.
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With Carillion though, there is indicator of an organisation’s health.
something more than financial worries People must be at the heart of any
to be considered. There is the sense business model; and the better people
of betrayal that will undoubtedly arise think and feel about their workplace, the
from the discovery that the company more likely it is that the business will be
you thought you worked for, is not successful. Investing in people’s welfare
what it seems. It is one thing to work is something that the British Safety
for a company that honestly ‘fails’ to Council has always believed. It’s very
survive in a competitive and tough disappointing that not everyone seems
market. It is another to believe that to get the message.
your company might have brought —
destruction upon itself. Mike Robinson FCA
To commentators, some of Carillion’s Chief executive
problems are not that surprising, with British Safety Council
ongoing questions about blacklisting
practices, the quality of employee
relations or how it treated its suppliers Follow the British Safety
and contractors. To many workers Council on Twitter:
though, it will be a shock. @britsafe
There are still nearly 20,000 Carillion
workers whose fate is uncertain, as well
as the many contractors who rely on
them. The Official Receiver has still not
set a date for an auction of Carillion’s
assets, and the process to transfer
contracts could take months. Given that
evidence shows that the fear of losing
your job is more damaging to your
health than the event itself, it is hard to
imagine how difficult this must be for all
concerned. But even if Carillion is lost,
it must now do the right thing by its
workers to ease their fears.
Part of the liquidation process must
include supporting workers to assess
vulnerabilities and provide support. Its
leadership team must step up to ensure
that workers don’t feel driven to self-
destructive behaviour in order to ‘prove’
themselves to be ‘good’ employees
and save their job. If there has been a
breakdown in trust, leaders must
redouble their efforts to repair it.
With worrying ripples
extending to other companies
that have grown in tandem with
the growth of public contracts,
we can see again that the
quality of these employee
relationships – and crucially
people’s safety, health
and wellbeing – is a strong
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India
A number of the winning Indian businesses were presented with their Sword of Honour awards at a ceremony at Drapers’ Hall in the City of London.
Indian companies win
prestigious British Safety
Council Sword of Honour
awards for excellent health
and safety management
A number of Indian businesses have
won the British Safety Council’s
prestigious Sword of Honour award
for exemplary management of risks
to workers’ health and safety.
The 12 winning Indian companies
were among just 57 organisations from
around the world that were awarded a
Sword of Honour in 2017. Now in their
38th consecutive year, the Sword of
Honour awards recognise and celebrate
commitment to excellent health and
safety management standards by
businesses around the globe.
The winning Indian business sites
had achieved the maximum five
stars in the British Safety Council’s
independent Five Star Occupational
Health and Safety audit in the period 1
August 2016 – 31 July 2017. They had
also demonstrated to an independent
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The top news from the health,
safety and environmental
management sector.
adjudication panel a proven track
record of excellence and a culture of
best practice for managing risks to
workers’ health and safety, that runs
throughout the business – from the
shopfloor to the boardroom.
The winning Indian businesses
are exemplars of best practice
in health and safety
The winning Indian business sites
are listed opposite. Many of the
winners were formally presented with
their Sword of Honour award at a
presentation ceremony held at Drapers’
Hall in the City of London in England in
November 2017 (see pictures right).
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Mike Robinson, chief executive of
the British Safety Council, said: “On
behalf of the trustees and staff of
the British Safety Council, I would
like to congratulate the winning
Indian businesses and their staff for
their commitment to keeping their
workplaces and workers safe
and healthy.
“The Sword of Honour is a prestigious
award, recognising excellence in the
management of health and safety
risks, and can only be attained through
sustained effort and a commitment to
continuous improvement at every level
of an organisation.
“The winning Indian businesses are
exemplars of best practice in health
and safety and all have inspirational
stories to tell about their journey
towards achieving these accolades.
“The more we can do to promote
these awards and learn from the
winners, the more we can do to protect
workers everywhere and achieve our
vision that no-one should be injured or
made ill at work.”
Alongside the Sword of Honour, the
British Safety Council runs the annual
Globe of Honour awards to recognise
and celebrate exemplary management
of environmental risks by businesses
around the world.

The Globe of Honour awards are open
to business sites that achieve the
maximum five star rating in the British
Safety Council’s independent Five Star
Environmental Audit. To be awarded
a Globe of Honour, an organisation
must also be able to demonstrate to an
independent adjudication panel that they
have a proven track record of excellence
in environmental management that
runs throughout the business.
For more information on the
Sword of Honour and Globe of
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Embassy TechZone Pune.
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Indian winners of Larsen & Toubro Limited,
Construction Division, Buildings &
the 2017 Sword of Factories IC, Commercial Buildings
Honour awards & Airports SBG (North)
Asian Paints Limited Larsen & Toubro Limited,
Embassy Manyata Business Construction Division, Buildings
Park Bangalore & Factories IC, Wipro IT SEZ
Embassy TechVillage Bangalore Project, Bengaluru
Embassy TechZone Pune Mumbai International Airport
Lanco Anpara Power Limited Pvt Ltd
Lanco Amarkantak Power Ltd Reliance Industries Ltd – MCT
Larsen & Toubro Limited, Haldia Terminal
Vedanta Limited (Unit – Sterlite
Construction Division, Buildings &
Factories IC, Commercial Buildings Copper), Vedanta Limited (Unit –
& Airports SBG (East) Thermal Power Division)
Embassy Manyata Business Park Bangalore. Embassy TechVillage Bangalore.
Lanco won two Sword of Honour awards. Larsen & Toubro Limited won three Sword of
Honour awards.
Reliance Industries Ltd – MCT Haldia Terminal. Vedanta Limited (Unit – Sterlite Copper),
Vedanta Limited (Unit – Thermal Power Division).
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Thomas Standerline (right) was crushed to death in the ‘collector cage’ of the crane (main picture). Photographs: HSE and victim’s family
Tata Steel ignored warning
signs that led to crane crush
Repeat offender Tata Steel UK has
been fined £1.4m for the death of a
26-year-old maintenance electrician,
who was fatally crushed after an
overhead crane trapped him in the
cage he was working in.
Kingston-upon-Hull Crown Court
heard how Thomas Standerline, an
employee with Tata Steel, had been
working at the company’s Scunthorpe
plant in the Slab Yard on the day of the
incident on 23 April 2010.
Two cranes in the yard were used to
transport large items of hot metal for
cooling. The cranes ran off electrical
conductor rails, known as ‘bus bars’,
and it was Mr Standerline’s job to
check and repair them.
Kirsty Storer, the principal HSE
inspector on the case, told Safety
Management: “The collector cage
on both cranes were there to allow
maintenance people to go up and
inspect the shoes (collectors) that go
onto the electrical bus bars and check
their condition.”
Mr Standerline climbed into the
cage to check the power supply for the
bottom ‘semi goliath’ crane.
“The bottom crane was isolated, but
the top crane was still operating and
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moving up and down – collecting slabs
and doing work.
“When Mr Standerline climbed into
the cage there was only a 10cm gap
between the top of the cage he was in
and the bottom of the cage above. The
basket only came up to his waist when
he stood up. So the top crane ran over
him and it crushed him.”
The judgment read to court shows
that Tata’s chief failure was in not
isolating the overhead (No 1) crane.
The bottom crane was isolated,
but the top crane was still
moving up and down
Storer explained that the crane drivers
worked for contractor company Harsco
Metals Group.
But Tata was in charge of the crane
maintenance work and therefore “had
sole responsibility” for the incident.
“They failed to implement their
procedures,” she said.
“Tata didn’t liaise with the drivers to
tell them they needed to stop operating
the crane. Had they told them they would
have stopped operating it,” she said.
“The gate at the bottom of the ladder
to the collector cage was also open,”
she said, meaning it did not provide an
effective barrier to access.
Judge Jeremy Richardson QC added
in his sentencing remarks that there
had been two previous incidents in
the Slab Yard in 2008 and 2010. “They
should, taken together, have alerted the
company to serious safety deficiencies
in that location.”
Specialist inspectors had also visited
only months before the incident and
told Tata there was a need for effective
isolation and a better Permit to Work
system, but their advice was ignored.
Judge Richardson recalled Tata’s
poor safety record including its £1.5m
fine in 2017 for guarding injuries
and called it ‘shameful’: “The list of
previous convictions is not one of
which any company, still less this
defendant company, should be proud.
It is shameful. I believe the defendant
company now appreciates it is shameful
for it to have conducted itself as it did.”
Tata Steel UK Limited of Millbank,
London, pleaded guilty to breaching
section 2 and section 3 of the Health and
Safety at Work Act 1974 and was fined
£1.4 million with costs of £140,000.
Harsco Metals Group, operator of the
crane that killed Thomas, was acquitted
of safety offences at trial in 2017.

From left to right: Kate Maynard, Andrew Katzen, both partners at Hickman & Rose, Sir Peter Thornton QC, ex chief coroner, and Louise Ward,
director of policy, standards and communications at the British Safety Council.
Investigating a workplace
fatality event held in London
“Deaths in the workplace: Coroners’
and police investigations”, a seminar
was jointly presented by the British
Safety Council and solicitors
Hickman & Rose last month.
The event, held on February 8,
looked at how the pieces of the puzzle
fit following a workplace fatality,
examining the role of coroner, police
and HSE as well as how to prepare
for a crisis. The scenario given was a
member of the public killed by a tipper
truck in a road site.
Sir Peter Thornton QC, chief coroner
from 2012 to 2016, emphasised the
importance of the inquest. He said it is
for the family to be given answers as
to cause of death and not to apportion
blame. “It is a record kept for all time,”
he said, and the chance to learn lessons:
“If it came out in evidence that the
tipper driver had not got sufficient
training, the coroner could write to the
[training provider] company, copying
in HSE. Saving lives in the future is an
important part of this process,” he said.
However, he also gave advice
for witnesses or representatives of
organisations attending inquests. “If
you have given a witness statement at
the scene make sure you read it again
and take it with you,” he said. “Keep
calm and steady, take your time, don’t
answer questions at length. This is not a
criminal court, although for witnesses it
may sometimes seem like it.”
Louise Ward, director of policy,
standards and communications at the
British Safety Council gave advice for
handling the crisis at the scene. She
said we can learn from the emergency
services: “They say the best thing to
do is to drill – have a really simple set
of requirements and to rehearse those
repeatedly.” A plan should set out a
core command structure and roles and
responsibilities for key people.
An inquest is not a criminal
court, although for witnesses it
may sometimes seem like it.”
Andrew Katzen, partner at Hickman &
Rose, said police will be first on site,
gathering evidence and questioning.
“Witnesses will be asked to read,
agree and sign statements.” However,
people are often in a state of shock
and not therefore equipped to deal
with this. “The site controller you
have appointed can legitimately ask
if people being questioned are in a fit
state and if not, tell the police of those
concerns and ask if an account can
be given shortly afterwards, ie, the
following day,” he advised.
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Philip White, head of operational
strategy at HSE, explained how HSE
would be involved at the scene.
Police will lead the initial stages of
investigation to consider if there’s
enough evidence for a manslaughter
charge. “When it’s decided that
gross negligence is not involved, the
matter will be passed on to HSE,” he
said. However, HSE will always work
alongside the police from the start, as
evidence might be used by either party.
He added that as an ex inspector, he
often helped to advise the police on the
investigation strategy especially if the
police officer had no experience of a
workplace fatality.
Kate Maynard, partner at Hickman
& Rose, discussed civil claims that
the family of the bereaved may bring
against an employer. “A claim can
be very expensive if there is a large
dependency claim,” she said.
The event concluded with sobering
words from Sir Peter before delegates
descended to drinks: “The family of
the deceased will be very keen to find
someone at fault, if not someone, then
even better, an organisation. They will
feel strongly and rightly so – their loved
one has been taken away from them
and it’s very important for coroners, for
investigators and lawyers to understand
the strength of that feeling.
“It’s not all about the money,
sometimes the money is about a symbol
of recognition, but often not more than
that. It’s about finding answers which
lead to blaming somebody else. That is
something we should all recognise.”
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The Ministry of Education of the United Arab Emirates and the British Safety Council have signed
a Memorandum of Understanding as part of plans to update the UAE’s national curriculum.
UAE partners with British
Safety Council to update
national safety curriculum
British The British Safety Council
Safety
Council has signed a Memorandum
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of Understanding with the
Ministry of Education of the United
Arab Emirates, which is planning
to update the national curriculum,
including health, safety and
environmental (HSE) management
information.
Signed in early February, the
partnership will see the British Safety
Council sharing its health and safety
expertise and working closely with
educational bodies in the United Arab
Emirates, who will deliver the new national
Think tank takes
new stance on
insecure work
Economic insecurity is not confined
to gig workers, but is a problem
‘across the labour market’, a new
think tank set up to explore trends in
work has argued.
The Future Work Centre, part of the
Royal Society for the encouragement
of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce,
which is headed up by Matthew Taylor,
made the statement after its survey of
2,000 workers revealed widespread
problems of economic insecurity.
Its key findings included that more
than a quarter of workers do not feel
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curriculum incorporating updated HSE
information.
Mike Robinson, chief executive of
the British Safety Council, said: “We are
delighted to enter into partnership with
the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of
Education to help it update the UAE’s
national curriculum and incorporate the
latest health, safety and environmental
management knowledge and
international best practice information.
“This relationship is an expression
of the United Arab Emirates Ministry of
Education’s confidence in our health,
safety and environmental management
they earn enough to maintain a decent
standard of living, with a third of the
workforce considering themselves to be
‘just about managing’.
43 per cent do not have anyone in
their household who they could depend
on to support them financially in the
event of hardship.
Around 28 per cent of workers feel
less secure in their jobs than they did
five years ago.
The findings were published in the
report Striving, Thriving or Just About
Surviving, the first from the centre,
which was launched on 25 January.
Brhmie Balaram, the report’s author
and senior researcher at the RSA,
said: “The gig economy has rightly
expertise, which we share internationally.
“We hope that by working closely with
the Ministry of Education and other
academic bodies in the United Arab
Emirates, we will play an important role
in helping future generations gain an
understanding of the benefits of the
effective management of health, safety
and environmental risks for society
and businesses.”
H.E. Eng. Abdul Rahman Al Hammadi,
Undersecretary for Inspection & Support
Services at the Ministry of Education,
United Arab Emirates, said: “We are
pleased to strengthen and develop
further our existing relationship
with the British Safety Council, who
is an important strategic partner in
our efforts to achieve excellence in
education, training, capacity building
and professional development of our
staff and students in the field of health,
safety and environmental management.
“The Memorandum of Understanding
is a foundation for our future plans
to develop tailored qualifications for
the education sector that meet our
needs and our expectations. We would
also wish to ensure that the EHS
Directorate of the Ministry of Education
participates successfully in the British
Safety Council’s annual Five Star
Occupational Health and Safety audit
and international awards.
“We also look forward to working
together with the British Safety
Council on developing joint seminars,
conferences and campaigns to raise
awareness of the importance of health
and safety culture.”
captured the public’s imagination in
recent years. People who find work on
platforms often struggle to make ends
meet as they go from job to job, with
no sick pay and no entitlement to the
national living wage.
“But our new research reveals that
economic insecurity now stretches
right throughout our labour market.
“From retail workers to warehouse
operatives, and from care workers to
cleaners, we are beginning to uncover
the hidden millions who are chronically
broke year in, year out”, he added.
Future Work Centre’s report at:
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New trustees
to help
develop
direction
British The British Safety Council
Safety
Council has appointed four new
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members of the Board
of Trustees, who, together with
the new chair Lawrence Waterman,
will provide strategic direction
to achieve the British Safety Council’s
vision that no one should be injured
or made ill at work. Lawrence started
his new role in November 2017, while
the four new members joined in
January 2018.
We also take the opportunity to
publish the entire team of trustees,
including those who will bring
continuity to the work.
Ian Crook
Ian is a chartered
management
accountant by
profession and has
held director positions in various
companies for the last 15 years. He
has extensive experience in the field
of financial planning as well as being
commercially focused, with experience
in areas of IT and business performance
improvement. Being a Trustee for a
local childcare charity, he understands
the duties and responsibilities that the
trustee position requires.
Samantha Peters
Samantha is an
experienced executive,
working primarily
in the field of health
and wellbeing, and more recently as
chief executive of the General Optical
Council, the UK wide regulator for
optical professionals and businesses.
She is currently on sabbatical, doing
a PhD on altruism at Bath University.
Samantha has a strong track record in
organisational development and change
within the public and voluntary sector.
Simon Phillips
Simon has recently
been promoted as chief
technology officer at
Friends of the Earth and
previously worked for Goldman Sachs.
He managed the website development
for Friends of the Earth, which provides
an adequate snapshot as to what
‘Friends of the Earth’ is all about.
Matthew Speight
Matthew currently
works as a support
centre retail director
with Co-op Retail. He
manages the retail risks and health
and safety for food, as well as for
operational and legislative changes.
He is people-oriented and passionate
about workers’ wellbeing.
Continuing trustees
Ronke Adeagbo
Appointed as a trustee
in October 2013.
Ronke is a chartered
accountant with
over 20 years’ experience and is a
fellow of the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants (ACCA).
Ronke was formerly finance director
at YMCA London and director of
corporate services at Crossways, with
responsibilities for finance, facilities
management, health and safety, HR,
ICT and administration. She is currently
financial controller at Public and
Commercial Services Union.
Paul Cottam
Appointed as a trustee
in March 2009. Paul is
a registered chartered
engineer, with over
20 years’ experience in the technical
support services sector. Recent roles
include UK and Ireland managing
director of a leading energy and technical
facilities management organisation,
having previously held various senior
director positions in the technical and
energy support services sector.
Mark Hardy
Appointed as a trustee
in August 2012.
Mark qualified as a
solicitor in 1976 and
spent 16 years in private practice in
Jersey and London, before moving
into the pharmaceutical industry.
In his role as company secretary of
the pharmaceutical company UCB
Celltech, Mark has dealt with insurance
matters and is a trustee of several
benefit pension schemes.
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John Pearce
Appointed as trustee
in October 2008. John
has a B.Sc. (Hons.)
in Computer Science
from the University of London and an
MBA from the Open University. He has
over 16 years’ experience working in
IT, particularly in technology strategy
and innovation. He currently works
as an enterprise architect focusing on
business/IT alignment. He has worked
for a variety of companies including
telecoms, equipment suppliers, oil/gas
exploration and financial information
providers. He is also deputy chair of
the East London Advanced Technology
Training charity (ELATT).
Adrian Wild
Appointed as a trustee
in November 2013.
Adrian has broad
knowledge of both
service and manufacturing sectors. He
has a special interest in management
systems, leading him to work with
the British Standards Institution for
several years. Since 2003 he chose to
focus his career on the application of
workable health and safety processes.
After a period within the Highways
Agency Traffic Officer service, he
joined a national epilepsy charity and
provided health and safety advice for
their operations within a large rural
campus in Surrey. In 2014 he started
his own consultancy practice working
predominantly with the education
and care sectors. He is particularly
interested in health and safety training
and spends much of his time working
with young people who have just
started their working careers.
Philip White
Appointed as a trustee
in August 2017. Philip
has over 30 years’
experience working in
a regulatory environment. He originally
joined the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) as a factory inspector. He spent
a period working in the Department
for Work and Pensions to head up the
Health and Safety Sponsorship Team,
advising government ministers on
health and safety at work policy and the
work of the HSE. More recently he was
HSE’s chief inspector of construction
before taking up his current role as head
of HSE’s Operational Strategy Division.
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Photograph: iStock/Tom Merton
Mental health training
portfolio rolled out by British
Safety Council
British The British Safety Council
Safety
Council has completed the roll-out
News
of its mental health training
portfolio with the launch of two
courses for managers and mental
health ‘first aiders’.
The mental health training
programme is designed to help
everyone at work start talking about
mental health and support colleagues
and others who may be experiencing
mental ill health. The courses are
also designed to help end the stigma
that can stop people from disclosing
and seeking help for a mental health
problem and to support employers
in creating a positive mental health
culture in their business.
The first course is ‘Start the
Conversation’, a 45-minute session
designed to get employees thinking
and talking about mental wellbeing. As
well as aiming to help end the stigma
around mental health so workers feel
more comfortable talking about their
feelings, the session aims to help
people to spot the signs that someone
else needs help and understand what
to do and say in those situations.
The second stage is the newly
launched ‘Manage the Conversation’
workshop for line managers and
supervisors. This three-hour course is
10 Safety Management March 2018
designed to give managers the skills
and confidence to listen to and talk
with someone who needs to share a
problem regarding their mental health.
The third stage is the newly
available two-day Mental Health First
Aid course, which teaches people
how to identify, understand and help
someone who may be experiencing
a mental health issue. Developed by
Mental Health First Aid England, the
course aims to provide students with
the knowledge and understanding to
spot the symptoms of common mental
health issues and help colleagues
with a mental health issue receive
the support they need to recover or
manage their symptoms.
Mike Robinson, chief executive
of the British Safety Council, said:
“These practical courses will support
the development of a positive mental
health culture in any organisation,
regardless of its size and budget.
“By learning how to start and
engage in open conversations about
mental health we could help to save
someone’s life one day.”
More details at:
britsafe.org
Improving worker
health and wellbeing
brings business
benefits, Mike
Robinson tells Middle
East conference
British There is a strong business
Safety
Council case for effectively managing
News
risks to workers’ health and
wellbeing, the British Safety Council’s
chief executive Mike Robinson
told delegates at the recent Global
HSE International Conference and
Exhibition in Kuwait.
Delivering a keynote address on day
two of the conference, Mike Robinson
said: “While the business case for
managing safety is well documented
and understood, the case for managing
health and wellbeing is just as
compelling, but the progress is not as
strong. Health conditions are much more
difficult to define and manage. That’s
why businesses need to adopt a holistic
approach to promoting wellbeing and
the resilience of their staff.
“Progress in relation to health and
wellbeing can only be made when
organisations move beyond the need
to comply with regulations and inspire
employees to engage in wellbeing –
this will benefit them personally as well
as their companies.”
He added: “Organisations will only be
sustainable if they look after their people
and help them look after themselves.
Let’s use what we’ve learnt over the years
from managing safety and apply it to
managing health and wellbeing.”
The Global HSE 2018 International
Conference and Exhibition brought
together a wide range of stakeholders
from various parts of the world to build
partnerships and share knowledge in the
field of health, safety and environmental
management. The event was hosted by
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.
Mike Robinson spoke about worker health.
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Problems with getting enough rest
can be debilitating, with side effects
ranging from poor cognitive skills,
depression to being more prone to
injury. Great then that Business in the
Community (BITC) and Public Health
England (PHE) is waking us up to the
issue, with a new sleep and recovery
toolkit designed for employers to
help their workers with proactive
and positive steps on getting enough
restorative rest.
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Required reading
Health tips
What do Ruby Wax, Will Self and Ian
Rankin all have in common? Apart
from being writers, they have all
contributed to the Guardian’s ‘How to
live well’ series. These meditations from
individuals on keeping mentally and
physically healthy give another spin on
the issues, from the benefits of walks
and how work can keep you feeling
young, to what makes a good diet and
how to manage poor moods.
A quick wander through the
world of health, safety and
environmental management.
Protect yourself
March brings a flurry of free help in
managing your personal protection
equipment needs, with three live
webinars on the subject. Devised by
the PPE specialists at 3M, the first
in the series is metal fabrication and
finishing, followed by construction
and finally, PPE in metal casting
and forging. An hour long, they are
essential viewing for anyone who has
to provide effective protection and
training against the hazards in their
work environments.
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Head first
The NHS has launched Head First, a
new web resource designed to improve
the resilience and mental wellness of its
emergency service staff. But while it’s
aimed at the 91 per cent of ambulance
staff who have experienced mental
health issues, it’s also worth having a
look for general tips on sustaining or
improving mental health. In addition,
new resources from NHS wellbeing,
from building a wellbeing programme
for your organisation to posters on
reasons to get fit, are helpful too.
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Gaining on pain
Back pain can be beaten, says Bridget
Leathley for HSW. But rather than
focusing on loads and lifts, she
discusses the evidence for holistic
treatments, including therapy and yoga,
as effective tools. This is because pain is
as much related to how we think, as to
what we do, with new research showing
the links between perception of risk
and the experience of it. Accentuate the
positive and watch the pain disappear.
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Thousands of workers
directly employed by
Carillion, and the much greater
number of those working in its
supply chain, must be under
extreme mental stress, says
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While the
business
case for managing
safety is well
documented, the
case for managing
health and wellbeing is not
widely understood, says Mike
Robinson, CEO @BritSafe
@GlobalHSE2018 in Kuwait
Building bridges
The Humber Bridge, near Kingston upon
Hull, is the first major suspension bridge
to use hollow reinforced concrete
towers, each standing 155.5m high
and it is the UK’s longest single-span
suspension bridge. In this detailed
case study in IOSH magazine, head of
infrastructure Andrew Arundel talks
about working round high wind speeds
and 24/7 traffic flow to maintain the
grade 1 structure.
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Work in the future will involve more collaboration between workers and intelligent machines.
Photograph: iStock/zoranm
Good work for all,
today and tomorrow
The British Safety Council has produced a
new literature review on how changes to the
way we work are likely to change risks to our
health, safety and wellbeing in the future.
Produced in collaboration with
research team RobertsonCooper,
Future risk: Impact of work on
health, safety and wellbeing
has highlighted that research
linking emerging risks to rapid
technological and demographic
change needs to improve
significantly if society is going to
respond effectively to maintain
people’s safety, health and
wellbeing in the future.
The literature review has confirmed
that we are living through fundamental
12 Safety Management March 2018
and potentially disruptive change
to how we live and work. It also
makes five recommendations for
government, business, trade unions
and educators to ensure that we will
be better prepared to face any health,
safety and wellbeing risks that are
likely follow these changes.
Promote good work and better-
quality jobs
Though change is inevitable, how we
respond to the changing world of work
is not. Government and businesses in
particular need to make sure they have
the right policies to ensure work is
safe, healthy and rewarding.
The state of our children’s and
workers’ mental health in the UK
continues to be a concern, and there
is strong evidence to show that good
work makes for healthier and more
productive workers. New technology
can do a lot to help by giving workers
more tools for self-determination,
and enable older people to stay fitter
for longer. We urge businesses,
trade unions and others to share
their experience of good work and
work design as the UK government
implements its Industrial Strategy.
Build resilience for the future
The ability of workers to cope with the
mental pressure of a changing world of
work, including increased collaboration
between workers and intelligent
machines and robotics, is going to be
a key attribute in the future. Worker
health and wellbeing demands it and,
at a macro level, if we are to have a
sustainable and productive economy,
then we must do more to help workers
build their resilience.
Government needs to look at
incentives – such as tax breaks – for
employers to introduce health and
wellbeing programmes, schools should
include resilience and wellbeing in their
curricula and employers should test
innovative approaches and wellbeing
programmes in consultation with
workers and trade unions.
Ensure education is relevant and
forward-thinking
There is a risk that changes to the
world of work could leave ‘educators’
behind. If we create a more insecure
and inexperienced workforce – who
are therefore more likely to suffer
injury or ill-health –risk education
before work along with induction and
training at work will become even
more important.
Schools and training bodies need
to focus on both soft skills such as
collaboration, creativity and leadership
– workers can take these skills with
them as they change jobs, these skills
are less prone to automation and will
boost resilience – and skills associated
with new technology, such as working
in collaboration with intelligent
machines and robots.
Occupational safety and health
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professionals, as well as safety
representatives and HR professionals,
should include in their development
such training, with a larger emphasis
on how to reduce ‘stressors’ and
promote wellbeing and resilience.
What’s key to the ability to do this is
adaptability; educators are required
to have a fexible mind-set focused on
supporting individuals, from school
education through to workforce
development, to thrive in an ever-
changing environment.
Keep the regulatory system
up-to-date
Changes to the world of work presents
challenges for how our legal and
regulatory systems operate. With
working networks, including those
between humans and machines,
sometimes operating across borders,
there is a question about where
ownership of the risk lies.
This leads us to a question about
liability when things go wrong. The
cost of ill health remains high, with
PwC research estimating in 2013 that
sickness absence costs UK businesses
an estimated £29bn. As contracts
between employers and workers applications of nanomaterials and the
become more diffuse – where people impact on mental and physical health
in the ‘gig’ economy are often not of insecurity or working as co-bots,
classified as workers– businesses would contribute to a more coherent
might increasingly avoid the costs view of current and future risks to
of sickness absence or employer’s worker health, safety and wellbeing.
liability insurance. Government should
do more through its industrial strategy
to enable gig-workers to take certain
basic social protections and rights
with them, wherever they work. Good
work must be for all.
Extend the understanding
of future risks
The report has highlighted some of
the sweeping changes to work we are
facing. It is vital that determining the
risks of the future is a key priority for
the research community and people
practitioners. Existing research strongly
indicates that there needs to be a
greater emphasis on soft skills such
as leadership, communication and
innovation to face these future risks.
However, research on the risks of
new technologies, new materials and
new ways of working is quite thin in
places. For example, research into Future Risk report available at:
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Opinion
If someone came to you and told
you that they would like to engage
in an activity that involved sliding
down a long, steep, undulating
ice slope with tight bends, while
sat on a metal tray with skate
blades attached to the bottom,
reaching speeds of over 80mph,
what would you say?
What about launching themselves
down a steep hill and over the edge
of a sheer drop wearing long flexible
plastic strips on their feet, aiming to
glide distances of over 200m at high
speed, and then land on their feet and
slide down a steep snow-covered hill
until it levels out?
Or even propelling a metal tube
on skates from the top of a steep ice
shoot, then jumping in with three other
people and sliding down, round a series
of tight bends and gradient changes
reaching speeds of over 80mph, until
coming to a rest on a snow-covered hill
at the bottom (provided there hasn’t
been a crash before that!)?
As a safety professional it would be
easy to refuse such requests, without
giving them much detailed thought,
on the basis of the hazard alone. And
yet, the Winter Olympics just finished
in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with
athletes achieving new records despite
the hazard profile of these and other
activities, and serious incidents are
actually relatively unusual.
Needless risk taking, or excellent
risk management?
Looking at archive material and images
from the early winter games is quite
alarming, but in modern times winter
sports have attracted huge investment,
which is driving significant innovation
in control measures and protection.
The key is achieving a balance
that facilitates activity while also
minimising the likelihood of harm.
As health and safety practitioners
we are being called upon to apply
our risk management expertise in an
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Designing a
better future
increasingly diverse range of situations. I believe that health and safety
There is no doubt that our lives, our practitioners have a key role to play in
jobs and our workplaces are changing helping businesses to adopt this more
at a much faster pace than ever before. forward-thinking approach. Our role
In a recently published research has moved on from one of policing
report Future Risk. Impact of work on compliance to one of facilitating
helath, safety and wellbeing the British effective risk management. This places
Safety Council has considered how these us right at the heart of what is currently
changes might impact on people, and set being heralded as the fourth industrial
out areas for consideration and action by revolution, and offers us the opportunity
employers, regulators and government. to really get involved in shaping the future.
During 2017 Matthew Taylor, chief So be brave! Think big and embrace
executive of the Royal Society of the opportunity to design a better
Arts, was invited by the government future for everybody.
to undertake a review into modern —
working practices. The report identified Louise Ward
Director of policy, communications
that the legal and regulatory regimes
and standards
do not adequately reflect the nature
British Safety Council
of modern work, and that this has
resulted in a number of loopholes and
grey areas that have the potential to
adversely impact people working in
some areas of the economy.
In February the government
published its response to the review
and, acknowledging these issues, has
launched a series of consultations to help
scope the changes necessary to promote
fairness, safety, security and wellbeing
for all workers in the modern economy.
At the moment it feels very much
as though society is struggling to keep
pace with the changes being driven by
economic progress and technological
innovation. To address this, a change
in approach is required. Rather than
waiting for change to occur and then
reacting to address the resulting
issues, we need to take a longer-
term view, look forward and take the Follow the British Safety
opportunity to design for the future. Council on Twitter:
Application of the basic principles @BritSafe
of risk management will allow us to
anticipate potential issues, and adapt
our plans to design these out before Future Risk. Impact of work on
they even occur. This will be much helath, safety and wellbeing
more effective from a business point of report available at:
view, and will help to foster a culture britsafe.org/futurerisk-report
of engagement to sustain and support Good Work: The Taylor Review
efficiency and positive mental health of Modern Working Practices at:
among workers. tinyurl.com/y7bax3t3 practices

Fighting stress is more
than campaigns
Simon
Olliff
Manging director
Banyard Solutions
As occupational health, safety,
and wellbeing have become more
interlinked, the role of the health
and safety manager has changed
and now has a wider level of
responsibility. A good professional
focuses on reducing near misses,
incidents and risks, and training
the workforce accordingly. All too
often this work is underappreciated
by the staff and often at boardroom
level too.
It’s perhaps unsurprising that this
position carries with it a great deal
of stress. If the boardroom doesn’t
advocate an effective corporate
governance system where health and
safety is treated as a strategic issue
and an essential cost, the health and
safety professional immediately has
a problem, with potentially damaging
consequences. It will likely result in
a health and safety situation where
people don’t follow the rules, with
a relaxed ‘It’s not going to happen
here’ attitude, and where it may not
be deemed essential to report on
incidents. Junior members of staff are
likely to view health and safety as a
burden, with unnecessary paperwork
and rules; something preventing them
from getting on with everyday tasks.
Without an embedded health and
safety culture with leadership, drive
and support from all senior members
of staff, the isolation and pressure
the health and safety manager could
feel is overwhelming. If health and
safety successes aren’t recognised,
any perceived failures will be viewed
harshly. If the business fundamentally
shies away from accepting any failures,
health and safety professionals will
be put under even more pressure to
make the numbers work despite the
workforce not being engaged in the
concept. Unless the company is in a
highly regulated industry or simply
prioritises compliance, new health
and safety programmes with costs
attached are likely to be considered an
unnecessary expense.
HSE reported 526,000 workers
suffering from work-related stress,
depression and anxiety in 2016/17,
painting a worrying picture. But if the
role of the health and safety manager is
undervalued, how will they be able to
effectively communicate the dangers of
work-related stress to the boardroom
and really implement change?
Work–related stress
In October last year, the government
published a report assessing the
detrimental effects of mental health
issues, including stress. Thriving at
Work stated that 300,000 people in
the UK suffering from mental health
lose their jobs annually, with estimated
costs to the UK economy between £74-
£99 billion a year. Government spend
for the day to day running of the entire
NHS in 2017/18 is forecasted to be
£108 billion. Mental health is costing
the nation unprecedented amounts of
pain and money.
According to the hSE stats, causes
of workplace stress are varied, but
main causes include workload (44%),
lack of support (14%), violence,
threats or bullying (13%) or changes
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at work (8%). A study carried by job
site CV Library in the manufacturing
sector found that 69.7% workers cite
workplace stress as a key cause of
their disrupted sleep. Sleep deprivation
then affects an employee’s ability to
stay focused, complete tasks, and deal
with challenging issues. Stress really
is a condition that impacts a sufferer’s
entire life.
The HSE’s ‘Go Home Healthy’
campaign launched last September
demonstrates how the regulator is driving
forward to help reduce the problem.
The initiative centres on an employer’s
obligation to ensure employees go
home healthy from work, with work-
related stress one of the key focuses.
Employers have a legal duty to
protect workers from stress by doing
a risk assessment and acting on it.
Although companies with fewer than
five employees don’t have to write down
the findings, it’s useful to do this so it
can be reviewed later on. For the rest
of organisations, the risk assessment
must be recorded and any paperwork
produced should help communicate
and manage the risks. The management
standards identify and manage six areas
of work design, which can affect stress
levels, including demands, control,
support, relationships, role and change.
Mental health support should always be
offered, and employers made
aware of stress management and
resources available.
In 2016/17, stress accounted for
40% of work related ill health and 49%
of working days lost, so employers
must listen to the health and safety
professional if they are discussing the
issue. If appreciation towards their role
goes up, employers will be more likely
to listen. If it doesn’t, implementing new
processes and campaigns will continue
to be an uphill battle.
Go Home Healthy campaign at:
hse.gov.uk/gohomehealthy/
index.htm
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Feature

If some leaders direct at a

comfortable distance from the
project they are working on, Simon
Blanchflower is not that person.
When we meet Simon, major
programme director of Network
Rail’s Thameslink Programme to talk
about the qualities of leadership, it is
not in a towering skyscraper, but in
an office in the midst of the action.
From it we can hear the rumbling
and screeching of rail tracks, the
sounds of a nine-year project coming
to life. The immersive setting of
part of the new Thameslink line is
a good metaphor for his style of
leadership, which is all about leading
from within and empowering the
community and is what we are here
to discover more about.
The Thameslink Programme is a £7
billion government-funded scheme to
upgrade and expand the rail network
to connect passengers to a wider
range of stations to the north and to
the south of London. It has three key
benefits; improved connections, more
reliable journeys (eventually trains
will run every 2-3 minutes like the
tube), and newer, better trains. “It’s
very much about increased capacity,
increased journey opportunity, which
itself has a socioeconomic benefit
with which the government’s business
case is predicated. In a nutshell it’s
transforming rail travel in London,”
says Simon.
As major programme director, Simon
Positive thinking: Simon Blanchflower, director of the Network Rail’s Thameslink programme. is responsible for railway infrastructure
works, which make up £5 billion of the
total cost. Network Rail is the project

Leading
management organisation, and its
supply chain directly delivers the works.
Simon’s job is to lead the team which

from within
oversees that supply chain (10 directly
contracted companies, with 100s more
in the wider supply chain), as well as to
lead the health and safety, engineering
and other functional teams. He also has
Belinda Liversedge
overall accountability for the delivery
of the scheme, and manages the
relationships with the stakeholders,
From May, more trains will run quicker including the train operating companies,

and right through the heart of London, and crucially, he manages the
relationship with the Department for
as a result of Network Rail’s Thameslink Transport, the ultimate client.
It is a huge undertaking. Yet when
programme. Its director, Simon we meet Simon he seems relaxed,
Blanchflower, talks to Safety Management focused, and looks incredibly well for
someone who has just come to the end
about leading such a complex project. of a project of this scale. Work started

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in 2008 and has involved major feats
of engineering, not least rebuilding the
182-year-old London Bridge station
that debuted new platforms, entrance
and massive concourse (larger than
the pitch at Wembley stadium, it can
accommodate 96 million passengers
a year, doubling previous capacity)
this January. “We’re well into 90%
complete now, it’s the last few little
bits,” he says modestly. These include
new shops and a traffic management
system that will complete the journey
to making the station world class
and help to manage the reliability of
the trains approaching the centre of
London. But we’re here to look back on
the more challenging past few years of
the project, to find out the approaches
Simon took to leading the project, the
qualities he personally has brought
to the leadership role and how it has
influenced the approach to safety.
Integrity
Simon’s answer to our key question;
what makes good leadership, is
revealing. “Integrity is really important in
terms of the way I operate. I would hope
there is an alignment between what I
say and what I do, because integrity is
ultimately about that alignment,” he says
first. But he quickly moves on to his role
in relation to the community he leads
The aerial image shows the scale of the redevelopment at London Bridge station, with a construction site as long as the Shard is tall.
Photograph: Network Rail’s Thameslink
and encouraging individuals’ growth and
good work. It shows he has seemingly
less interest in the status of leadership,
being more motivated by the benefits he
can bring through it.
Empowered to change
He speaks of an early piece of work,
which was to change the safety
culture to make it about giving others
confidence and engagement in the
programme. To do this, Network
Rail employed a consultancy to run
workshops and interviews with
operatives and managers to find out
what their feelings were on safety.
“It came out that it was very much a
directing culture, so that people did
things because they were told to do
things, rather than necessarily because
they felt empowered to change.”
Introducing a safety culture
improvement plan has redressed this
balance and in particular helped the
success of the company’s focus on
investigating near misses with the
same rigour as they would an actual
incident. People need to feel they can
speak out and report a problem if they
see it, he says. “It’s reliant upon having
the right safety culture for people to
actually be willing to report those
incidents in the first place, rather than
sweep them under the carpet.”
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Social cohesion
Simon’s focus on community is not
just a job, but stems from voluntary
experience in helping communities
and is a driving passion. He is
longstanding chair of governors at the
local primary school where he lives
in Kensington & Chelsea. “I thrive in
terms of what I contribute back into the
local community that I’m part of. My
Christian faith is part of that in terms
of what I do within the church, but it’s
also a motivation in terms of wanting
to drive for a greater level of social
cohesion within the community I’m
part of,” he explains. His local church
where he is on the leadership team
was one of the disaster relief centres
for the victims of the Grenfell tragedy.
The experience has been upsetting and
not one he wishes to talk about, but
must only serve to cement this sense of
responsibility, we imagine.
Believing the best
His leadership style is a reflection of
his strong values and beliefs, but also
we discover, of a striving personality.
He has a tremendous belief in the best
possible outcomes and in the capacity
of people to do well. Simon explains to
us how children at the school where he
is a governor are among the 10 per cent
most deprived people in the country.
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London Bridge’s new concourse and five new platforms open to the public on 2 January this year, marking the completion of more than five years of
work and £1bn of investment. Photograph: Network Rail
Yet the Sunday Times recently ranked
the school 15th best in the country.
“You might come from a particular
background, but that doesn’t need to
affect your educational attainment.
And, therefore, our expectation is that
every child at our school will achieve
national standards or beyond by the
time that they leave it. And they do.”
His powers of positive thinking
must be invaluable in a safety context
because he wants the best for
people’s safety and is unwavering
in his commitment that this can be
attained. “I believe that I can send
everybody home safe every day. I
think if we can’t have that continual
focus and belief then I think we’re
letting our staff down. We’ve got to
continue to strive with the belief that
every injury is preventable.”
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Under pressure
But the role comes with a certain degree
of added pressure on the delivery side
of the work to be done. In December
2017, MPs launched an inquiry looking
into why the completion of the project
had been pushed back to 2019, a year
later than planned. The Department
for Transport announced the delay of
full service rollout after it emerged that
acquisition of new trains had not been
completed and that there were problems
with Thameslink’s integration with the
wider UK train network.
The delay does not include the
infrastructure side of it – which has
succeeded in remaining on schedule
– but the delivery of services impacts
on his work. “Every additional bit
of infrastructure capability I bring
in provides greater resilience to the
timetable, greater operational reliability.
So, yes, there is pressure, and I have
to be very clear in terms of how we
will deliver things and when it’s safe to
deliver them.”
It’s all about planning for each stage
of operation he says. “We carry out
reviews before all of our infrastructure
work to make sure that we’re ready to
go, that everything is in place, we’ve
got confidence around the preparation
and planning. I wouldn’t give the go
ahead for something to happen if I
wasn’t confident it wasn’t properly
planned and ready to be executed.”
On cue, the trains we can see out of
the window are part of the early phase
of service roll out. Drivers are currently
practising the route on the line that
runs between Blackfriars and London
Bridge, but, from May, 18 trains will run
per hour through the centre of London,
gearing up to 24 by the end of 2019. It

must be music to his ears and perhaps
a reason he seems invigorated.
We suspect that his healthy
appearance must also stem from
something more than work success
however, and we are right. Simon is
a keen fitness enthusiast. “I’m busy
at work and I do challenge myself
physically sporting wise.” He cycles to
work and last year he did the London
Marathon, Ride Prudential and Scottish
Islands Peaks Race, a sailing and
running event. This year he is doing
an ultra-duathlon. But he does not say
whether or not this is the key to good
resilience at work, declining to make
such neat lines of deduction perhaps.
Earlier for example, he tells us that you
can use structured ways to change
safety for the better, but that this
does not mean they will always work
completely: “Some things will be more
The new twin track viaduct waiting to be moved
into position across Borough High Street.
Remains of a roman bath show what life may
have been like in ‘Londinium’ 2,000 years ago.
Trains passing the worksite on the approach to
London Bridge.
effective than others [when it comes to
safety]. But I don’t think it’s all science.”
Thameslink Programme will make a
huge difference to commuters when
it opens this spring, allowing quicker
and more comfortable journeys right
through the heart of London and
connecting new destinations into
London. It’s a complex project that
has required structured thinking and
achieving the seemingly impossible,
including keeping London Bridge open
for the duration of all the construction
work. No surprise then that the specific
leadership qualities it takes to run such
a project are organisation, endurance
and belief that nothing is too tall an
order. As a project that will be about
connecting communities, it’s also a
good fit that the leader of the project
is someone for whom community is so
central to his life.
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Top things to know
about Thameslink
The Thameslink Programme is a
multifaceted project to transform
rail travel through central London.
Highlights of the work in addition to
London Bridge include:
Borough Viaduct
Building a new viaduct over
Borough Market, increasing the
number of trains that can travel
through London Bridge station to
Charing Cross and the north. The
72m-long bridge took seven hours
to move it into place, travelling at
an average of 7mm per second
using specialist machinery before
being lowered into place.
The Bermondsey Dive Under
This is the major new junction on
the approach to London Bridge,
similar to a motorway flyover or
underpass. Railway lines can ‘fly’
over the top of other lines, allowing
more trains to run.
Blackfriars station
At Blackfriars, a £500m
redevelopment has included
extending platforms onto Blackfriars
Railway Bridge to accommodate
longer trains. New entrance and
ticket hall built at Bankside.
Farringdon station
Major refurbishment at Farringdon.
From 2018 connections with
Thameslink and Crossrail will take
passengers directly to Gatwick,
Heathrow and Luton and to St
Pancras International.
Roman ruins
Two books (a third being
written) detail the extraordinary
archaeological discoveries
Thameslink found digging among
London’s ancient foundations.
Finds include a Roman bath house
at Borough Market; believed to be
one of the biggest Roman findings
in London on the south of the
Thames. The footings of a 14th
century wall to Blackfriars friary
and traces of a roman dock at the
confluence of the Thames and Fleet
were also uncovered.
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Constant changes to materials, designs and the built environment call for a continuous product innovation. Photograph: MSA Safety
Highly
engineered
simplicity
Taking the complexity out of fall protection
Andrew Pass
Global engineering manager for fall protection engineered systems
MSA Safety
Although health and safety has been
given far greater priority over recent
years, workplace injuries are still
a concern. The Health and Safety
Executive (HSE) report 2016/17
saw an estimated 609,000 injuries
and 137 deaths. Falls from height
accounted for 7 per cent of non-fatal
injuries reported under RIDDOR. The
personal cost can’t be quantified,
but the cost to the UK economy
is over £5 billion annually. It’s a
stark reminder of the importance
of getting fall protection measures
properly in place – both from the
perspective of keeping people safe
while they work and protecting
reputation and resilience.
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A tall order
There is no doubt that worksites are
complex, and with many health and
safety considerations, it is imperative
that fall protection is a priority.
From the harshest of construction
environments to the highest
telecomms tower or the smallest
and deepest mine, there are a lot of
variables to consider. This is why
it’s important to constantly develop
more effective solutions to meet ever
changing demands.
This is no mean feat. With new
designs and modern substrates, fall
protection systems need the agility to
perform when working on different,
often lighter and more flexible,
materials. Product innovation means
being able to re-engineer products
and systems to meet these needs
while still maximising performance.
Leaving nothing to chance
The basic rule underpinning fall
protection is that nothing is left to
chance. That means that every new
product or link in a fall protection
system must comply with stringent
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regulations, to ensure maximum safety.
When structural materials change, so
too do the forces at play if someone
falls. Fall protection technology needs
to continuously change to reflect these
altered circumstances.
It’s not just different materials that
need to be accounted for, it’s also
changing working practices. A good
example of this is the transmission
tower. In the past, workers had to
physically climb the structures to
maintain them. Today, maintenance
departments investigate and utilise
mobile elevated work platforms
(MEWPs) where appropriate, which
need completely different fall
protection solutions.
Simplicity that inspires confidence
As these new solutions evolve,
it naturally means that more and
more systems are being used for
fall protection. This can lead to
confusion when selecting an effective
combination of products. Plus there
is the increased risk associated with
choosing non-compatible products. For
this reason, MSA’s skilled engineers
create solutions that, while meeting
complex needs, are still simple to
understand and use.
When developing new products, it
is important to look for simplification
by ensuring individual elements
(harnesses, lifelines, helmets etc) work
seamlessly together, and also with other
products. This simple ‘ecosystem’ is
both easy to use and understand and
provides one of the highest levels of
protection available.
It’s only by truly understanding
the engineering complexities of fall
protection needs that you can design a
purposeful solution.
minutes on location. This meets a
real user need that can only be fully
understood by experiencing the
environment first hand.
We take a lot of inspiration from
other industries. Take automotive
for example: in Formula One racing,
safety is paramount. And race cars are
built with the most intricate, detailed
engineering you can imagine and you,
of course, can’t see that detail in the
final car. Fall protection is the same, it is
developed around the most advanced
engineering, yet customers ultimately
get a simple, easy-to-use product.
Setting the standard, looking ahead
Fall protection standards are evolving
at pace and MSA is involved in keeping
that impetus going. Our UK Centre of
Excellence and the Global strength of
the MSA brand help us lead the way
in terms of developmental and batch
performance testing. Even products
launched 20 years ago still exceed
the standards and test requirements
required today.
In many ways, everything we do is
about taking the complex and making
it simple. Precision engineering,
sophisticated enough to do the work
for you: innovation, learning from other
industries and pushing the boundaries.
And of course, testing above and
beyond the latest standards.
When it comes to fall protection,
ongoing evolution is imperative.
Materials, designs and the built
environment change constantly and
this calls for a continuous cycle of
newer and better products. All of
these have engineered simplicity
at their heart – simplicity of use,
simplicity of choice, simplicity of
peace of mind. It’s what gets workers
safely home to their families every
night. And it’s our message to the
industry – get your engineering right,
and everything else will fall into place.
We believe that success in fall
protection is all about engineering
integrity and engineered simplicity is
fundamental to success.

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Our specialist engineers work closely
with our customers in order to
appreciate the detailed needs of the
application rather than starting from
the perspective of providing a solution
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To ensure we deliver truly great
products, we have engineers
dedicated to specific industries, for
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Not just a handful

of dust
Matthew Judson
Director respiratory and technical support
JSP

Despite a significant reduction

in injuries to construction
workers in recent years,
construction dust is still a big
threat to their health, leading to
too many avoidable cases
of respiratory disease.
The latest UK statistics show that
there were an estimated 18,000
annual new cases of breathing or lung
problems caused, or made worse by
work in 2017, plus 41,000 new and
long-standing cases among those who
worked in 2016, and 147,000 among
those who have ever worked.
Added to these awful statistics, there
are 12,000 deaths due to lung disease
each year linked to past exposures
to agents such as isocyanates, flour,
cleaning products, wood dusts and
enzymes in the workplace.
Lung diseases such as cancer and Proper face-fit testing of respiratory equipment is key. Photograph: JSP
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) are often fatal. Deaths from
so, unfortunately, this cannot be called The daily reassurance given by built-in
mesothelioma, caused by asbestos
a thing of the past. fit test check systems has led to a move
past exposure, are still running at an away from the use of disposable masks
annual rate of 2,500, a figure that is Control measures and solutions
towards this type of protection, which
not predicted to fall before 2020. Effective control measures need to be
secures a correct fit and ensures there is
In addition, there has been no put in place and followed. Fortunately,
no inward leakage around the mask seal.
change in the estimated rate of annual there are numerous respiratory No doubt these innovations
new cases of occupational asthma protection products readily available have brought a vast improvement
seen by specialist chest physicians that, if correctly worn, ensure that this in workplace health and safety
over the last 10 years. state of affairs need not continue. worldwide. Yet despite this, the
New, more intuitive, integrated construction dust issue hasn’t gone
The risks
Construction dust is a long-latency and comfortable safety products are away. There is still a lot of work to
hazard. Building sites suffer from being constantly innovated. These new be done to make building sites safer
high levels of pollution from cutting, products have added features offering places to spend the working day.
grinding and sanding materials such as not only instantaneous protection, but Good manufacturers are not giving
concrete, sand, silica, tiles and wood. also taking into account the effects of up in their quest to raise awareness and
These create airborne dusts, particles cumulative exposure in the future. educate workers about these risks and
and aerosols that, when regularly Proper face-fit testing of respiratory available solutions.
inhaled over a prolonged period of equipment is key. For example, daily face
time, damage health. fit checking systems enable wearers to Stats on occupational lung
Yet many workers, even if they are quickly and simply check their mask is disease in GB 2017 at:
aware of the risks, are still ignoring the adjusted to fit them at any point during hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/
dangers of inhaling this harmful dust, the working day. respiratory-diseases.pdf

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The right
steps
Falls from height continue to be
one of the causes of fatal and non-
faltal accidents in the Uk each year;
and ladders are involved in a good
number of the those occurrences.
So, what should be done to ensure
safety when working at height?
Russell Stuart
Marketing manager
Zarges

Photograph: Zarges

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Firstly, it is important to check
the equipment. You need to
ensure that you have both the
necessary equipment, and that
it is in good condition before
starting any work at height. It is
recommended that ladders are
subject to a pre-use check, as
well as more detailed inspection
at least once every three months.
In order to ensure the equipment is
safe, companies should ask their safety
officer to perform a risk assessment
as soon as possible. Effective safety
management requires an individual
risk assessment to take into account
various factors before carrying out a
task involving ladders. These factors
include the purpose of use and duration
of the activity.
For example, it makes a difference
whether the task involves quickly
replacing a light bulb compared to
standing at great heights for hours
while carrying out extensive work. If
the task requires great dexterity or
strength, it may make sense to use a
scaffold or a platform ladder instead of
a conventional ladder. Ease of setting-
up and dismantling should also be
considered, alongside looking for a low
weight and transportable solution.
Out with the old
As of the 1 January 2018, the European
Committee for Standardisation
published new standards, EN 131-1
and 2. The new standard includes a
‘Professional’ and ‘Non-Professional’
category. In the UK, the current
standard BS 2027 Class 1 (ladders
for heavy duty and industrial use) has
been withdrawn and replaced with the
EN 131 Professional rating. Under the
new standard, all leaning ladders that
are three metres or longer must be
equipped with a stabiliser
bar at the base to ensure stability.
These standards have been brought
in with the intention of reducing
ladder-related incidents.
EN 131-1 and 2 does not prohibit
the continued use of current ladders.
However, as ladders are ubiquitous
within industrial and trade skills, it is
essential they are reviewed regularly to
ensure they are still functioning safely.
Ultimately, EN 131-1 and 2 are
intended to improve safety, so no
compromises should be made when
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people’s lives are at stake. Companies
should always prioritise a safer
working environment for staff. A small
investment now in the latest safety
standards may save far greater costs
long-term, should an accident happen.
Use the right tool for the job
A quality ladder is characterised most
importantly by its durability. This
concerns both the design and material.
For example, ladders should be built of
material that can be used in workshops
that might use corrosive chemicals
in production, and be durable so that
they can perform safely in all weather
conditions for work outdoors.
Environmental influences such as
ice, snow and mud should also be taken
into account as they might strongly
impair a ladder’s slip resistance. Even
in covered indoor areas, machine oil,
water or other material can quickly lead
to dangerous and slippery conditions.
This is especially true when working
on, or in the immediate vicinity of,
equipment such as milling and drilling
machines, where oil is used as a
coolant – the risk of an accident can be
mitigated with a ladder that is specially
designed for the situation.
These are some tips to help ensure
companies are doing everything
possible to reduce the risks of working
at height:
• Regularly inspect ladders: it is
recommended that ladders are
subject to a pre-use check, as well
as detailed inspection at least once
every three months
• Take note of the inspector’s
qualification: an inspection is
considered legally compliant only
when it is performed by a certified
in-house safety officer or a trained
employee of a specialist company
• Perform retrofitting: access systems
can be retrofitted to comply with
regulations. For example, a stabiliser
base can be added to a leaning
ladder in accordance with EN 131-1
• Safety first: in addition to annual
inspections, companies should
always keep an eye on the safety of
their ladders and access systems.
Specialist companies and
manufacturers offer relevant advice,
instructions and information to ensure
ladders are being used safely in the
work environment.
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Fall arrest safety net. Photograph: AIF
All together
against falls
A newly formed All Party Parliamentary
Group (APPG) into working at height will
produce a report and recommendations
aimed at reducing the number of deaths
and serious injuries resulting from falls
from height in UK workplaces.
Chris Kendall
Chair
AIF Marketing and Communications
Committee
Considered by many to be
one of the most significant
developments in the work at
height sector in recent times,
the group is currently considering
evidence submissions from
interested stakeholders.
Sponsored by PASMA, the not-
for-profit organisation dedicated to
advancing safety in the mobile access
tower industry, and with the support
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of the Access Industry Forum (AIF),
the APPG is chaired by the Member
of Parliament for Glasgow Central,
Alison Thewliss, and brings together
concerned MPs from across the political
spectrum to examine the effectiveness
of the existing regulations.
Alison comments: “That 18% of the
people who died at work in 2016/17 did
so as a result of a fall from height is a
shocking statistic. The APPG inquiry
is intended to investigate the reasons
for this and to ensure that the current
regulations are sufficient to keep
people safe.”
The submissions received so far, and
currently under consideration, include
comments about the primary reasons
for falls, the appropriateness of the
existing regulations, the additional
measures considered necessary to
prevent falls, the case for enhanced falls
reporting and the role of innovation, in
particular, the use of digital technology,
in improving height safety.
Peter Bennett, managing director
of PASMA and chair of the Access
Industry Forum, says: “PASMA and the
AIF are delighted to be championing
the work of this new parliamentary
group. We look forward to seeing its
recommendations on how the number
of people and families affected by falls
from height can be further reduced.
We want everyone who works at height
to return home safely every day.”
The Ladder Association thinks
the changes to BS EN 131, the single
British and European product standard
covering all types of portable ladders,
are “the most extensive review
and update since ladders were first
introduced”. The changes are designed
AIF members: ATLAS, BSIF, EPF,
FASET, IPAF, IRATA, Ladder
Association, NASC, PASMA,
SAEMA, WAHSA

to improve the safety of ladders and to
make buying the right ladders much
simpler and more straightforward.
The changes include improved
stability together with enhanced test
requirements designed to augment
strength, rigidity and durability.
Following these changes there are
now only two classes of ladder: ‘non-
professional’ for domestic users only and
‘professional’ for use in the workplace.
According to the Ladder Association
(LA), businesses should consider
updating their purchasing policies
now to be ready to specify EN 131
‘professional’ ladders to the new
standard when existing ladders
need to be replaced, or when new
ones are needed. A free, eight-page
guide explaining the changes and
implications for specifiers, buyers and
users is available from the LA website.
The National Access & Scaffolding
Confederation (NASC) is a founder
member of the AIF and throughout
2018 will be headlining its flagship
guidance SG4:15 Preventing Falls in
Scaffolding Operations. Described
as ‘evolution not revolution’, the
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guidance is broader in scope to reflect
a significant increase in the number
of TG20 compliant scaffolds, changes
to scaffolding good practice and
innovation across the industry. It is
available from the NASC website.
The Confederation will also be
highlighting the need for all trades
to undertake a systematic risk
assessment and produce a thorough
method statement when selecting and
using scaffolding.
The Rope Access Manager/Rope
Access Safety Supervisor course is the
latest development from IRATA – the
international association dedicated
to rope access. A brand new course
aimed at providing technicians and
rope access managers with specific
supervisory and management skills will
be launched later this year.
To become an IRATA qualified rope
access manager, candidates must have
previously qualified as an IRATA Level 3
rope access technician. Eligibility for the
rope access safety supervisor course is
specified on the IRATA website.
For its part, IPAF, the International
Powered Access Federation, has
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produced a selection of 3D virtual
mobile elevating work platforms
(MEWPs) and mast climbing work
platforms (MCWPs) and made them
available for free download from
the UK-based National Building
Information Modelling (BIM) library.
BIM is increasingly recognised and
used around the world by architects
and project managers when designing
new buildings and considering
how they will be constructed and
maintained. So far IPAF has had
four virtual models accepted by the
library: MCWP, Vertical Lift; Mobile
Boom – Telescopic and Mobile Boom –
Articulated. Three more models are in
development.
The AIF is the forum for the principal
trade associations and federations
involved in work at height. Each
organisation represents a different
sector of the access industry and
fosters and supports codes of good
practice, equipment standards,
training, education and knowledge.
More information at:
accessindustryforum.org.uk
sm.britsafe.org
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There is still a fear about mentioning stress and mental health because they are taboo subjects. Photograph: iStock/kali9
The conversation
has begun
Mates in Mind is trying to change the way
the construction industry talks about mental
health. Its executive director, Joscelyne
Shaw, talks about its progress and the
benefits of adhering to the programme.
A survey of 3,400 construction
workers released by specialist
recruiter Randstad in September
2017 found that 34% of respondents
had experienced a mental health
condition in the previous 12 months.
73%
of workers feel their employers
do not recognise the early signs
of mental health problems
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More significantly, almost three
quarters of respondents felt that
employers do not recognise the early
signs of mental health problems.
Mental ill health is complex,
sensitive and personal, and in work,
in many respects, even more so.
Mental health in construction
The number of people affected by
mental health issues in the construction
industry may explain why many people
are able to immediate relate: they know
of or about someone directly.
Construction has some highly stressful
challenges – whether it be ‘tough’
clients, a culture of confrontation,
low margins, penalties in the supply
chain and potentially bankrupting
delays in payments. The need for
closer collaboration among project
participants and the adoption of new
ways of scheduling work can also be
met with resistance.
Stigma and discrimination remain
a barrier to people getting timely
support. According to the Health
and Safety Executive (HSE) data in
2014, the lack of staff awareness and
expertise or specialist support are
making psychological risks, including
mental health, harder to address by
around a quarter of all organisations
across all industries, including
construction.
There has been significant effort
made in improving safety on site,
but the statistics show that there is
still work to be done in respect of
addressing occupational health. In
2016/17 there were 0.5 million working
days lost due to work-related stress,
depression or anxiety (new and long-
standing). Poor mental health affects
people of all ages.

Earlier in 2017, the Office of National
Statistics (ONS) released a report on
data on suicide rates in England and
Wales for the period 2011-2015, which
showed that the rate among low-skilled
male construction workers was 3.7
times above the national average.
Furthermore, the rate among building
finishing trades, including plasterers,
painters and decorators, was twice
the national average. The statistics
highlight that talking about suicide is
still highly stigmatised.
Work-related stress may not
only have an impact upon work
performance and personal lives,
but also physically, causing poor
health such as high blood pressure,
stomach ulcers and increased risk of
heart attack. It can also result in drug
and alcohol abuse. Therefore, while
addressing other occupational health
issues, it is important to consider the
association with mental health.
A clear business case
There is a clear case for considering the
mental wellbeing of workers, including
from a legal perspective, where it can
be included as part of the larger topic of
health and safety at work. Specifically:
• The Management of Health and Safety
at Work Regulations 1999 require
employers to assess work-related
risks, including stress. It also states
that employers should undertake
risk assessments for all employees
and take steps to prevent health
and safety risks and continuously
monitor health and wellbeing
Some organisations recognise they have in some way already begun their conversation about
mental health. Photograph: iStock/Cineberg
• The Health and Safety at Work
Act 1974 ensures employers are
responsible for the wellbeing of their
workforce and places a duty of care
on employers to take measures to
control risks. This act also considers
the health of employees returning
to work after an illness or length of
absence, to ensure that employees’
health is not made worse by the
work environment.
There is increasing evidence too in
respect of the benefit of investing
in health and wellbeing – it’s not
just in terms of realising the cost of
absenteeism but also the presenteeism
or lost productivity associated with
employees affected by health problems
who are still coming into work.
In 2017, the Centre for Mental
Health has put the overall cost of
not addressing mental health at
approximately £1,300 per worker –
comprising the costs of staff turnover,
reduced productivity at work and
sickness absence. According to
Thriving at Work: a review of mental
health and employers. An independent
review of mental health and employers
by Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul
Farme, published in October 2017, over
half of the cost to business is in relation
to presenteeism.
It is often that dogged determination
to get the job done can result in
‘poor’ practice – whether from a
safety perspective or in terms of
mental wellbeing – and illustrates that
mental health is more than awareness
Feature
campaigns; it is about behaviour and
instilling a culture of wellbeing. It is
therefore important to consider how
this is then incorporated into safety
culture and people management, and is
not tackled in isolation.
Mates in Mind: an approach to
support and signpost
Championed by the Health in
Construction Leadership Group with
the support of the British Safety
Council, Mates in Mind was born
because of the growing understanding
of mental health issues in the
construction industry, and a desire to
change that awareness into action.
While we cannot create an overnight
cultural shift, we can agree to act on
health, and that includes mental health.
One thing everyone has in
common is their determination
to deliver and their passion
for the industry, whether they
show it or not
Mates in Mind fundraiser
The initial unveiling was in January
2017 at the second Health in
Construction summit. After a
successful pilot across six leading
construction firms/projects: Balfour
Beatty, Careys, VolkerWessels UK,
Wilmott Dixon, Heathrow and Tideway,
Mates in Mind rolled out to the entire
sector in September 2017.
The programme aims to raise
awareness, address the stigma of
poor mental health and improve
positive mental wellbeing in the UK
construction industry.
Importantly, based on the
experience during the pilot phase
in the first half of 2017, Mates in
Mind offers a flexible and joined-up
approach that articulates a practical
programme, providing a platform that
empowers people and organisations to
46%
of all women surveyed by
Randstad said they were dealing
with poor mental health conditions
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Feature
address the issue. Simultaneously, this
approach recognises that businesses
will have different priorities and drivers.
The objective is to provide clear
information to employers on available
support and guidance to them as well
as to their workforce, working across
the entire sector, including supply
chains, industry and trade bodies.
As a supporting partner of
Mates in Mind we have trained
the first 25 ambassadors for the
programme and they’ve now
started the roll out of ‘Start the
Conversation’. This year will see
continued progress to meet our
initial goal of communicating
the mental fitness and wellbeing
message to our first thousand
staff. A positive culture of
openness and support is already
evident within the business
David White
Group Health Safety and Sustainability
director
Galliford Try
The framework can apply to all
organisations, from those with no
provision or policy around mental
health through to those with the most
established programmes. No one
element of Mates in Mind is compulsory
and the team work with organisations
to help create an appropriate model and
approach for them.
In the first instance, organisations
should create more awareness and
understanding issues about mental
health, primarily through on-site action
and an awareness and education
programme. But it is not about siloed
approaches, rather engendering a
joined-up approach to awareness and
education: the subject is sensitive and
often personal.
This approximation to awareness and
training includes the development of
the ‘Start the conversation’ awareness
course, aimed at construction workers.
It is aptly titled, as it gets workers to
start thinking and talking about mental
health in work with a colleague in a
facilitated way that helps to normalise
the issue. It is also supported with
32 Safety Management March 2018
a ‘Train the trainer’ course to allow
for flexible and independent delivery
within the organisation. This course
contextualises the issues in a way
everyone can understand and engage,
and accordingly, extends to support line
managers and supervisors. It includes
established training on mental health
first aid.
In many instances, Mates in Mind is
enabling organisations to recognise that
they have in some way already begun
their conversation, and it is just a case of
taking the next step. Without question
there is still a fear about mentioning
‘stress’ and ‘mental health’ because
they’re taboo subjects and there is a
concern about people going off work.
But the situation is now changing as
businesses recognise the moral case as
well as the business case. It is therefore
important to look at the investment that
organisations can make.
Recognising the complexity of the
construction sector and considering
factors such as the scope of work,
the supply chain, investment costs
and responsibilities, Mates in Mind
provides an efficient and effective
framework for all organisations to take
steps in a consistent and coordinated
manner. It is a balance recognising that
every day matters.
Since rolling out in September 2017,
Mates in Mind has been supported by
eight Business Champions: Balfour
Beatty, eight2O, Galliford Try, RSE
Group, Mineral Products Association,
Sellafield Ltd, Tarmac and Tideway.
In an industry with more than two
million workers, it is essential to work
collaboratively with businesses across
the sector, trade bodies and associations
as well as mental health charities in order
to be as impactful as we can.
Partners like Samaritans, the
Lighthouse Club and the National
Counselling Society will be able to see
– through their engagement and service
provisions – the extent people are more
confident in looking for assistance.
By joining Mates in Mind,
organisations have access to the
support, information and communication
and a growing peer network.
More info at:
matesinmind.org
T +44 (0)20 3510 5018
January 2018: National
Counselling Society
partners with Mates
in Mind
The National Counselling
Society (NCS) believe it is vital for
construction workers to not only talk
about their mental health openly but
to also have access to affordable
counselling and information when
they are at home or working away.
It will offer those involved with
the Mates in Mind programme the
following:
• A free assessment, this will either
be over the phone, online or face
to face
• Up to eight counselling sessions
at a fixed rate of £30 per session.
The Good Day at
Work Annual Report
for 2014/2015 focused
on mental health
and wellbeing in
the workplace
discovered that:
• 1 in 4 people will experience
a mental health problem in
any year – poor mental health
affects anyone
• 9 out of 10 people who
experience mental health
problems say they face stigma
and discrimination as a result
• Stigma is a huge challenge in the
workplace; 40% of employers
view workers with mental health
problems as a ‘significant risk’
• 8 in 10 employers have no mental
health policy
• Stress has forced 1 in 5 workers
to call in sick; 90% did not feel
able to tell their boss the real
reason why.
2/3
of construction workers surveyed
by Randstad said they do not feel
there are sufficient outlets to
discuss mental health conditions
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A rickety
ride
Pedicabs and rickshaws bring much
pleasure to city sightseers. Yet as
vehicles, thanks to a legal loophole,
they are not subject to safety laws.
Should we be concerned?

Pedicabs are the only form of public transport in London to be unregulated. Photograph: iStock/Roger Utting

Paul Scully
MP for Sutton and Cheam
In London, 1,400 of these rickshaws
seek to attract tourists with their
brightly coloured covers and music
playing. Many cabbies, local residents
and businesses want them banned or
controlled. Either way, they remain
the only form of public transport in
London to be unregulated.
As a result, there is no requirement
for insurance, fares are not fixed or
consistent, and neither vehicle condition
nor driver quality is assessed. The
behaviour of some pedicab operators
causes problems for businesses, as they
block highways, harass customers
and cause serious risk to visitors
and workers.
There have been a few pedicab-
related accidents in London. One man
told the Evening Standard in 2016 how
he had been knocked out and left with
a broken cheekbone after being hit
by a rickshaw, whose driver allegedly
spat in the face of a member of staff in
Covent Garden before pedalling away
in a midnight hit and run.
Fortunately, there have been no
deaths in the capital so far, though the
fact that an off-duty soldier died after
falling out of a pedicab in Edinburgh back
in 2010 shows that it is very possible. Of
course, accidents can happen whatever
regime exists, but even the most basic
checks will reduce the likelihood.
The other main concern with
unregulated pedicabs is the lack of
protection for passengers when it
comes to fares. In 2016, an undercover
filmmaker revealed examples of
rickshaw drivers boasting about
charging three Chinese tourists £350
each for a 35-minute ride, and charging
£200-£300 to go the half mile from
Oxford Circus to Piccadilly Circus.
Through a 10-minute rule motion in

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Parliament, I have proposed the primary
legislation required to allow the Mayor
to introduce sensible regulations, a
move supported by many businesses
and residents’ groups who have come
together to form the Regulate Pedicabs
Coalition. These are: London MPs from all
parties, Westminster council, Transport
for London and the Department for
Transport. With this support, I hope
that I am pushing against an open door,
but legislating is never straightforward.
The fact that London is the only part
of the country where pedicabs are not
regulated demonstrates the complication.
Pedicabs are considered to be
hackney carriages under section 4 of the
Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869,
in every part of England and Wales,
apart from London. In the capital, a legal
anomaly means that they are treated as
stage carriages, which are not subject
to the same arrangement. The leading
court case about pedicabs in London
reached the opposite conclusion to case
law relating to the rest of England and
Wales when looking at clarifying the
position of this mode of transport.
Many cities across the world have
looked to regulate pedicabs. Despite
different contexts, several themes
recur, such as pedicabs’ legal status as
Feature
bicycles, passenger safety concerns
and fare transparency. New York
and Rome failed in their attempts to
introduce a blanket ban, but San Diego
successfully introduced comprehensive
regulation. San Diego City Council voted
to strengthen regulations on pedicab
operators following the death of a
tourist in an accident. Pedicab operators
there are required by law to display
fares openly, and numbers are capped
in high-traffic areas. They are banned
from using metered parking spaces
and drivers are required to carry proof
of insurance and ensure that seatbelts
are worn. Operators with criminal
convictions are banned.
London is a global city with a positive
international reputation. Some 20 million
people come to our capital every year.
It vies with Bangkok each year to be the
most visited city on the planet. Although
London has so much to offer visitors,
we should not take our tourism industry
for granted. Making sure that visitors
have a wonderful experience, feel safe,
get value for money and have a great
time is vital to keeping those figures up
and ensuring that people share positive
stories about their trips with their friends
and keep coming back.
My bill would enable TfL to develop
a regulation system but does not
prescribe what that system should be.
However, there is every indication that
TfL will conduct a background check
of the driver and a safety inspection of
vehicles, which are usually bought or
rented from a few providers. There is
also indication of placing a cap on fares
or rates charged and set out sensible
rules as to where and how drivers can
park and tout for business.
This will allow Transport for London
to give consumers, whether they
are Londoners or visitors, protection
against excessive fares and safety
protection through driver and vehicle
checks, and to give others, including
pedestrians, local businesses and
nearby residents, some peace
through reasonable and proportionate
regulation. Londoners are pressing
for this small but significant change.
Parliament needs to listen and respond.
Pedicabs (London) Bill 2017-19
will have its second reading
debate on 16 March 2018
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One step
at a time
Dr Keith Whitehead
British Safety Council

Implementing an environmental
management system does not
need to be a daunting task for
small and medium entreprises.
A phased approach is possible.

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Feature
Small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) contribute
a significant part of many
countries’ economic output.
Consequently, their individual
and cumulative activities
result in an estimated 70% of
all environmental impact of
businesses both in the UK
and globally.
Under pressure from various groups
of stakeholders such as customers,
governments and local communities,
SMEs are increasingly acknowledging
the responsibility they have to improve
their environmental performance.
Some are recognising that the
environment is a management issue
and not just a matter of compliance.
However, many see this as a burden,
which is exacerbated by the fact that
environmental management is often
delegated to the health and safety
representatives as an add on to their
core roles. This leads to a significant
pressure on them to juggle the legal
requirements of health, safety and
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38 Safety Management March 2018
environmental management and more
voluntary schemes and initiatives that
would reduce costs and improve the
organisations’ wider environmental
footprint. To make matters more
acute, many suppliers are now asking
environmental and sustainability
questions in tender documents that
SMEs often struggle to answer due
to a lack of structured approach to
environmental management.
Many SMEs opt to try and
implement ISO 14001:2015 from the
outset and this can be a daunting task.
Barriers to implementation include lack
of resources, both human and financial,
knowledge and a perception that
environmental impact is small small or
insignificant for an SME.
However, any company can
implement a system to help manage
their responsibilities. To recognise and
assist companies that wish to do so,
the British Standards Institution has
developed guidance.
Like any business programme
breaking down the implementation of
any management system should be
done in a phased stage. The path to
implementing ISO 14001 is set out in
a British Guidance Standard called BS
8555:2016, which helps organisations,
and especially SMEs, build an
environmental management system
(EMS) in five phases.
This guidance standard, updated
from the 2003 version in 2016 to align
with ISO 14001:2015, is now used
worldwide to help SMEs implement a
structured environmental management
system in more manageable chunks.
Achievement of all phases is
equivalent to ISO 14001:2015.
Moreover, the same approach can
be utilised for those organisations
wishing to implement or transit to ISO
45001:2017 because of the high-level
structure relationship between all ISO
management systems.
Phase 1 – Leadership, context and
commitment
Consists of seven stages and is
centred around getting started on
the road to an EMS. This phase is
underpinned by top management

Individual and organisational impact on the environment is not just a question of compliance.
involvement from the outset. They will
need to demonstrate that they actively
engage in, and undertake, key EMS
management system activities.
It is not sufficient for them to
simply ensure these activities occur;
they must get actively involved in the
operation and make sure that the EMS
is not a separate and discrete activity.
The establishment of a signed
environmental policy is key at this
stage, setting out the general direction
and showing commitment, compatible
with the context and strategic direction
of the organisation.
The EMS should eventually integrate
into the organisation’s business
process and be aligned with any
growth of the company. At this first
phase it is important to communicate
the importance of the EMS and its
requirements through engaging,
directing and supporting people by
developing awareness and identifying
competency needs.
We also need to identify what data
is needed, for example, in energy,
waste, water and other raw material
use, depending on the organisation’s
activities and its key impacts and spend.
Phase 2 – Ensure compliance
Phase two consists of three stages
and involves identifying all applicable
compliance obligations. ISO 14001:2015
defines compliance obligations as
“legal requirements that an organisation
has to comply with and other
requirements that an organisation has
to or chooses to comply with”. In the
note it further states: “Compliance
obligations can arise from mandatory
requirements, such as applicable
laws and regulations, or voluntary
commitments, such as organisational
and industry standards, contractual
relationships, codes of practice and
agreements with community groups
or non-governmental organisations.”
Once identified, the organisation needs
to evaluate and manage compliance
obligations defined by mandatory and/
or voluntary requirements.
Phase 3 – Plan and develop the EMS
Phase three consists of seven stages but
mainly involves determining significant
environmental aspects, identifying key
risks and opportunities and setting
SMART objectives and targets.
To make sure these are ultimately
achieved, the organisation will have
to put in place a system to monitor,
measure, analyse and evaluate
environmental performance. Again,
depending on the size and nature of
the organisation, any system can be
simple or much more complex. But
ultimately, the ethos of continual
improvement means that it must
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be able to show this in a structured
manner. During this phase roles
and responsibilities are also further
defined to align with the above and the
environmental policy finalised.
Phase 4 – Implement the EMS
Phase four consists of seven stages
and is akin to the doing stage of a
management system. Operational
controls are identified and
accompanying procedures written
as well as value chain controls. The
latter relate to any control that different
organisations in the supply chain can
exert over the activities of the chain,
including suppliers and clients, for
example. Emergency preparedness
and response plans are written,
dependent on the type and nature of the
organisation but also in relation to health
and safety and business continuity.
During this phase it is important
that any staff and outsourced
operations undergo some form of
awareness activities, as part of a
wider communication programme.
In other words: what, when and why
we are communicating environmental
information and to whom. All
documented information should be
managed, stored and retrievable under
a document control system.
Phase Five – Check and update
Phase five consists of four stages and
centres around the checking part of
the management cycle. We need to
establish internal audit programmes so
that we can assess how the system is
operating and be able to raise and to
correct any non-conformities. During
this phase it is necessary to carry
out a management review on how
the system has performed and any
changes needed. This will allow the
business to show how the EMS has
improved and show its environmental
performance.
When all five phases are complete
the organisation has a system that is
compatible to ISO 14001:2015 and is
ready for an assessment of certification
should the organisation wish to have
external accreditation.However, there is
no requirement for this.
In conclusion, if your organisation
wants to implement a structured
management system but feel it is a
daunting task, then it is recommended
to consider this phased approach.
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The British Safety Council is the
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and has arranged for experts to provide
insight and commentary on a variety of
emerging trends around managing risks
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Delegates visiting the Birmingham NEC
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host of additional educational talks from
other show partners, and two co-located
exhibitions – The Fire Safety Event and
The Facilities Event.
Day one
The first day of the British Safety
Council conference will begin with
a legal update from Chris Green, a
partner at Weightmans law firm. Chris
will review some recent health and
safety prosecutions and consider how
these might affect key legal principles
around the application of regulations
and sentencing guidelines.
Mark Davies, director at consultancy
7Futures, will explain how a balanced
approach to nutrition, rest, work and
relaxation can improve both personal
The British Safety Council is
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Visitors to the free Health & Safety Event will also gain access to two co-located exhibitions.
wellbeing and performance at work. He
will also provide tips on how to integrate
this into a worker wellbeing programme.
Rob Pugh, senior auditor at the
British Safety Council, will close the first
day with a presentation on preparing
for the transition to the new ISO
45001 international health and safety
management standard. Rob will explore
some of the key requirements of the new
standard and outline the differences from
the OHSAS 18001 standard.
Day two
The second day will kick off with a talk
by David Snowball, HSE’s director of
regulation, on the changing face of health
and safety regulation. In light of the
changing nature of work and risk, David
will explore how regulation might need
to change in the future in order to remain
effective and proportionate while also
maintaining the UK’s world class health
and safety performance.
On day two, the law firm Pinsent
Masons and the British Safety Council
will be jointly launching a new thought
leadership paper featuring expert
opinion on how health and safety in
the manufacturing industry could be
affected by emerging trends such
as automation, nanotechnology and
changing work patterns. Sean Elson,
partner at Pinsent Masons, will chair a
panel discussion exploring some of the
key themes arising from the report.
The second day will end with a talk
by Kevin Hard, development director at
safety culture and employee engagement
consultancy RyderMarsh OCAID, on
establishing an engagement culture for
health, safety and welfare at work.
Day three
The final day will begin with Keith
Scott, director of resident safety at
Camden Council, explaining how
the local authority is making a step
change in its approach to the safety
of residents following the Grenfell
Tower fire. Keith will discuss the work
the council is undertaking and how
it is engaging with other LAs and
housing authorities to drive a national
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Workshops/Audit and
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A series of workshops from the
British Safety Council exploring the
new international health and safety
management standard ISO 45001, the
benefits of health and safety auditing
and updates on the latest trends in
health and safety legislation.
The events will be split into
morning and afternoon sessions,
with the option to attend either
or both. The morning Audit and
Legislative Updates will explore
the benefits of health and safety
auditing and the various auditing
products available from the British
Safety Council. They will also provide
an update on health and safety
legislative trends and the impact of
the revised sentencing guidelines.
The afternoon ISO 45001
workshops will include details on
how to prepare for the transition
to the new standard and the
significant changes from the
OHSAS 18001 standard. The
workshops will also examine and
review each of the ten clauses
and various sub clauses of the
new standard.
The workshops will take place
on 20 March (London); 26 April
(Birmingham); 21 June (Glasgow);
20 September (Manchester) and 11
October (London). The events are
open to both British Safety Council
members and non-members.
The Audit and Legislative Update
morning sessions are free-to-attend
for British Safety Council members.
The fee for the ISO 45001 afternoon
workshop is £60.00 + VAT for
British Safety Council members.
For non-members, delegate
fees apply to both sessions, with
a sliding price scale depending
on attendance in the morning,
afternoon or both.
Book your place at:
britsafe.org/events
42 Safety Management March 2018
Striving for Excellence
Conference, Bahrain
Photograph: iStock/JohnnyGreig
The British Safety Council’s
inaugural conference in Bahrain will
explore how organisations in the
Middle East and nearby regions can
achieve the very highest standards
of health and safety management.
The free-to-attend half-day
conference will feature expert
speakers, case studies and thought
leadership sessions designed to help
organisations prepare for the health
and safety challenges ahead.
The full programme is:
• ISO 45001 update and looking
to the future – David Parr, head
of audit and technical services,
British Safety Council
• Process safety management – Ian
Travers, director and principal
consultant, Ian Travers Ltd
• Fire safety management – Keith
Sillitoe, health and safety advisor,
British Safety Council
• The path to HSEQ excellence
– Hafedh Al-Qassab, general
manager refining, Bahrain
Petroleum Company (Bapco)
• Speaker panel Q&A session –
chaired by Mike Robinson,
chief executive of the British
Safety Council.
The conference will take place from
09:30-14:00 at the InterContinental
Regency Hotel in Manama, Bahrain,
and includes a networking lunch.
Places are limited to two guests
per organisation, and are subject
to availability.
Book your place at:
britsafe.org/events
Striving for Excellence
p
Conference, Dubai
The British Safety Council’s third
annual conference in Dubai will focus
on how businesses in the Middle East
can achieve excellent standards of
health and safety management.
The free-to-attend conference
will run from 09:30-14:15 on both
Tuesday 10 April and Wednesday
11 April. Both days will feature the
same programme and speakers,
offering delegates a choice of dates
to attend. The full programme is:
• Introduction and welcome –
Lawrence Waterman OBE,
chairman of the British Safety
Council
• ISO 45001 update and looking
to the future – David Parr, head
of audit and technical services,
British Safety Council
• Process safety management – Ian
Travers, director and principal
consultant, Ian Travers Ltd
• Fire safety management – Keith
Sillitoe, health and safety advisor,
British Safety Council
• The path to HSEQ excellence –
local speaker to be confirmed
• Speaker panel Q&A session –
chaired by Mike Robinson,
chief executive of the British
Safety Council.
The conference will take place at
the Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai, and
includes a networking lunch.
Places are limited to two guests
per organisation, and are subject
to availability.
Book your place at:
britsafe.org/events
10-12 April – free event
The Health & Safety
Event, Birmingham
Free exhibition featuring a
conference programme organised
by the British Safety Council.
To register go to:
britsafe.org/events

27 April
60th International
Safety Awards Gala
Dinner, London
A black tie Gala Dinner celebrating
the achievements of the winners
of the 2018 International Safety
Awards, who will be publicly
announced on 12 March.
The Gala Dinner will take place at
the famous Grosvenor House Hotel
in London’s Mayfair on 27 April
and will bring together hundreds
of individuals and businesses from
around the globe. The compère
will be the Reverend Richard Coles,
Church of England priest and former
contestant on the hit BBC1 television
show Strictly Come Dancing.
The evening is open both to the
winners of the International Safety
Awards and any organisation or
individual wishing to celebrate
commitment to good health and
safety practice and network with
like-minded people and businesses.
The Gala Dinner will feature the
formal presentation of the awards,
the official awards presentation
photographs, a three-course fine
dining experience and a night of live
entertainment and dancing.
The winners of the Sector Awards
for outstanding sites and businesses
within the 2018 International Safety
Awards; the 2018 Health and Safety
Champion and Young Health and
Safety champion; and the new
Employee Wellbeing Initiative
and Health and Safety Innovation
awards, will also be announced and
presented on the night.
Book your place at:
britsafe.org/isa2018
24 May 12-13 September – free event
Future of Work and
Risk Conference,
Bristol
This one-day British Safety
Council conference will explore
the changing nature of work and
the positive and negative impacts
this might have on workers’ health,
safety and wellbeing.
The conference will draw on the
findings of the newly published
British Safety Council literature
review, Future risk: Impact of work
on health, safety and wellbeing.
The report, drawn up by
RobertsonCooper, explores
how developments such as new
technology, changing forms
of employment and an ageing
workforce could affect the health,
safety and wellbeing of workers (see
p21 for more details).
The conference will bring
together leading commentators
and thought leaders to review these
changes and what can be done
to keep workers healthy and our
economy productive, now and in
the future.
Topics to be covered include
emerging risks; technology
transformation; the changing
nature of employment; the future
of regulation; thriving at work;
and potential shifts in the political
landscape around the management
of future risks to workers’ health,
safety and welfare.
The conference will take place at
the Bristol Marriott City Centre Hotel
from 09:30-15:30.
Early bird offer
Delegates who book their places by
midnight on Friday 6 April will enjoy
a special booking rate of £125.00
+ VAT for British Safety Council
members and £145.00 + VAT for
non-members. After this, places
cost £155.00 + VAT for British Safety
Council members and £180.00 +
VAT for non-members.
Book your place at:
britsafe.org/events
Events calendar
Health & Safety
Scotland, Glasgow
Free to attend health and safety
exhibition at the SEC Glasgow
featuring a full conference
programme organised by the British
Safety Council.
As the event’s official education
partner, the British Safety Council
will be arranging for experts to
deliver free presentations on topical
issues around the management of
risks to occupational health, safety
and welfare. The full programme will
be announced in due course.
British Safety Council staff will
be on hand in the exhibition hall to
explain the benefits of our full range
of health, safety and environmental
products and services for
businesses and individuals.
For more information see:
britsafe.org/events
9-10 October – free event
Health & Safety
North, Manchester
Free to attend health and
safety exhibition at EventCity
in Manchester featuring a full
conference programme organised
by the British Safety Council.
The British Safety Council will
arrange for experts to deliver free
talks on a variety of legal, policy
and best practice issues around the
management of health and safety
risks at work. British Safety Council
staff will be available to explain the
benefits of our health, safety and
environmental products and services.
For more information see:
britsafe.org/events
Attendance may attract continuing
professional development credits.
Full details of all British Safety
Council events can be found at:
britsafe.org/events
March 2018 Safety Management 43
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Products and services
A real test
The Quantifit Respirator Fit Tester,
which provides simpler and faster
technology for fit-testing tight-fitting
respirator facepieces, is now available
exclusively in the UK from Shawcity.
Traditional respirator fit testing
relies on aerosol particle counting to
test the mask’s leakage and fit. This
means gases, vapours or particulate
must either be present or generated
to perform a particle count. If there
are insufficient particles in the air, the
tester has to light candles or incense or
generate salt fog to create the particles
needed to complete the test.
However, Quantifit instead uses
controlled negative pressure (CNP) with
air as the challenge agent. This quickly
and safely demonstrates that if air can get
into the respirator, then harmful gases,
vapours and particles could too.
The simplified technology means
Quantifit can conduct a fit test in virtually
any environment as long as air is present
and there is a power supply – a unique
benefit over competitor devices.
Quantifit’s use of CNP with air also
means the device is not affected by
particle contamination, allowing people
who have recently eaten or smoked to
be fit-tested without delay.
The device is virtually maintenance-
free and can store data from 500 fit test
results for up to two years.
shawcity.co.uk
44 Safety Management March 2018
The latest equipment and
services, including a respirator Find out more:
fit testing device, high visibility E publications@britsafe.org
ear defenders and work at
height solutions.
Dragons’ delight Feet first
Greenkeepers at the world-famous
Royal Lytham & St Anne’s Golf Club
in Lancashire selected waterproof
and breathable GORE-TEX boots
from international safety footwear
manufacturer HAIX to keep their feet dry,
warm and comfortable while working in
wet and cold weather conditions.
Head greenkeeper Paul Smith
purchased GORE-TEX Black Eagle 50
Mid Boots from HAIX for his team in
2016. Following 10 months of wear,
feedback showed the entire team found
Safety systems designed both to
the boots waterproof and reported the
significantly speed up and cut the
fit and comfort of this style as good or
cost of working at height have won
very good. Overall, 90% said the boots
investment from well-known business
were better or significantly better than
tycoons after featuring on the BBC
the previous footwear.
television show Dragons’ Den.
The team then tested two new
Daniel Cheddie, director of
styles of mid- and high-ankle boots
Glazesafe, successfully raised £60,000
– GORE-TEX Airpower XR3 and
worth of investment from two of the
GORE-TEX Airpower XR21 from
show’s ‘dragons’ after demonstrating
HAIX – also with excellent results. All
his Stronghold and Sashmate systems
the groundkeepers found the boots
in an episode aired on 28 January 2018.
waterproof and reported good or very
Stronghold is a mobile anchor point
good re-drying properties. 90% said
and barrier system that avoids the need
the boot’s weight was good or very
for costly scaffolding or other forms of
good, and there were similar scores
external access equipment. Lightweight
for fit, cushioning, flexibility, slip
and quick-to-assemble, the free-standing
resistance and durability. 90% said
system is set up inside a building around
they would recommend the Airpower
the opening to be worked on or from. It
boot to other greenkeepers.
provides anchor points for two workers
to attach their harnesses to, therefore
providing a safe system for work
restraint, fall arrest or work positioning.
Suitable for applications such as
window installation and external
surveying of buildings, Stronghold does
not require fixing to the wall or floor.
Sashmate is a ‘clamp and brace’
tool that allows a single fitter to safely
carry out repairs to outward opening
and reversible aluminium, wooden and
uPVC windows from inside a building.
London-based ABC Locksmith says it
has saved £2m in scaffolding costs since
switching to the Stronghold system.
gore-tex.co.uk/professional
glazesafe.com haix.co.uk/workwear

Hear this
JSP has expanded its Sonis range of
ear defenders with the introduction of
four ‘extra visibility’ models designed
to make the wearer easier to see in
poor lighting conditions or potentially
hazardous environments, such as
construction, highways and aviation.
The High Visibility ear defenders
offer a wide spread of noise
attenuation, with SNR (single number
rating) values between 27 and 37.
This makes it easier to select the
appropriate model to match the user’s
noise protection requirements, while
the SNR of 37 is the market-leading
noise attenuation for an ear defender.
The defenders’ headband has a
reflective branded outer layer and
bright colour coded caps to aid wearer
visibility. The cups can also be coloured
to meet a corporate identity and
printed with a company logo.
jsp.co.uk
Clean up
Arco has published a catalogue
featuring its full range of cleaning
and hygiene products for removing
contamination and germs from
surfaces such as floors and walls.
The 128-page catalogue lists the
latest cleaning and hygiene products,
both from Arco’s own range and
leading specialist brands. New lines
include easy-to-use mobile pressure
washers from Nilfisk; and Snap N’ Dose
Pro, a range of safe and sustainable
dosing chemicals from Diversey, which
are environmentally friendly by design.
Arco also offers customers a free,
on-site service, providing advice about
potential skin problems caused by
cleaning chemicals and recommending
the correct cleaning products to use.
arco.co.uk/catrequest
Take 5 – working at height
Higher and higher
Access equipment hire specialist
Facelift has expanded its fleet of
mobile elevated work platforms with
the introduction of 10 self-propelled
vertical masts suitable for use inside
buildings and in narrow areas such as
warehouses and supermarkets. The
Dingli AMWP 11.5-8100 masts:
• Are battery-powered and fume-free
• Fit through a standard doorway
• Have a working height of 11.2m.
facelift.co.uk
Don’t fall for it
Honeywell has launched a range of
self-retracting lifelines (SRLs) that
protect the wearer from injury in the
event of them falling over an edge,
such as the edge of a roof. The Miller
Falcon Edge SRL series:
• Features a galvanised steel or
stainless steel cable lifeline that
remains intact if the wearer falls
over an edge
• Can support user weights of up to
136kg
• Is available in cable lengths
ranging from 6-18m
• Features an integrated shock-
absorber that can be mounted
overhead, horizontally or vertically.
honeywellsafety.com
Products and services
Step up
An aluminium stepladder featuring
treads and a platform with the highest
anti-slip rating has been launched by
Zarges. The R13:
• Is lightweight and sturdy
• Has a platform measuring 300mm
by 250mm
• Features wear-resistant stiles
• Complies with the new European
standard for ladders, EN 131-1 and 2.
zarges.com/uk
Game on
UTN Training has trained employees
from the Hampshire distribution centre
of retailer Game on the safe operation
of mobile elevating work platforms.
UTN’s IPAF MEWP Operator training:
• Consists of theory and practical
training to enable operators to
manoeuvre, drive and position
MEWPs safely and proficiently
• Can be delivered either at a
customer’s own premises (subject
to site requirements) or at one of
UTN’s depots throughout the UK.
utntraining.co.uk
Reach for the stars
A truck-mounted height-extendable
work platform from hire company
Wilson Access has been used to safely
inspect the floodlights at Wakefield
Trinity Wildcats rugby stadium in West
Yorkshire. The Palfinger truck mount:
• Provided access to the floodlights
from the car park and street via
its extendable boom, avoiding the
need to drive onto the pitch.
wilsonaccess.co.uk
March 2018 Safety Management 45
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Questions & answers
? What guidelines are available on the selection and use of
leaning ladders
Photograph: iStock/Spiderstock
HSE says ladders can be a sensible
and practical option for low-risk,
short-duration tasks – providing
the employer’s risk assessment for
work at height shows they are an
appropriate choice, the correct type
of ladder is used and workers are
competent in their use.
Specifically, the Work at Height
Regulations 2005 state ladders can
be used for work at height when a
risk assessment has shown the use of
equipment offering a higher level of fall
protection is not justified because of
the low risk and short duration of use;
or there are existing workplace features
which cannot be altered.
Therefore, employers should firstly
assess the risks associated with work
at height – taking into account factors
such as the height of the task; its
duration and frequency; the condition
of the surface being worked on; and
the possible impact of any weather
conditions on workers’ safety. They
should then organise and plan the work
so it is carried out safely by competent
people, using the most suitable
equipment for the task and situation.
HSE says the duration of the work
should not be the deciding factor
when considering whether a ladder is
46 Safety Management March 2018
Our experts answer
questions on the use of
leaning ladders and the health
and safety law poster.
the appropriate choice of equipment.
However, as a general guide, HSE says if
the task will involve staying up a leaning
ladder or stepladder for more than 30
minutes at a time, employers should
consider using alternative equipment.
Also, ladders should only be used in
situations where they can be deployed
safely – for example, where they will be
level and stable, and where they can be
secured, where necessary.
HSE’s guidance on ladders includes
a variety of tips for their safe use. For
leaning ladders, this includes:
• Only carrying light materials and tools
• Never overreaching – the worker’s
belt buckle area (navel) should stay
within the stiles
• Placing the ladder at a 75° angle (i.e.
one unit out for every four units up)
• Never working off the top three rungs
• Ensuring the ladder extends at least
1m above the work position
• Maintaining three points of contact
(i.e. a hand and two feet) when
climbing and wherever possible
at the work position
• Resting the ladder against a
strong surface.
Leaning ladders should, where it is
reasonably practicable, be secured to
prevent them slipping.
Ways of achieving this include tying
both of the ladder’s stiles to a suitable
point; or, if this is not practical, using an
effective ladder stability device. If in turn
this proves impractical, the ladder should
be securely wedged – for example,
against a wall – or, as a last resort, the
ladder could be ‘footed’ by a colleague
placing a strong foot on the lower rung
and holding it firmly with both hands.
More guidance is at:
hse.gov.uk/work-at-height
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T 0870 163 0023
E information@britsafe.org
? What are the rules
regarding displaying the
‘health and safety law’ poster
By law, all UK employers must either
display a copy of HSE’s approved
‘Health and safety law: What you
need to know’ poster, or provide
each worker with a copy of the
equivalent leaflet or pocket card.
The poster outlines essential UK
health and safety laws and provides
workers with information on the key
steps employers must take to protect
their health, safety and welfare at work.
It also sets out workers’ own legal
responsibilities to act in a safe fashion
and without posing risks to others.
If an employer decides to use the
poster it must be displayed on all
business premises and in locations
where workers can easily read it. The
poster contains optional boxes where
details of any worker health and safety
representatives and other health and
safety contacts can be added, though
there is no legal requirement to do so.
In 2009 a new version of the poster
was launched, and employers were
required to replace their old posters
with the new edition by 5 April 2014.
The poster was redesigned to make
it more readable and engaging. The
previous duty to add the contact details
of the relevant enforcing authority and
Employment Medical Advisory Service
to the poster was also scrapped and
instead, the poster now directs readers
to HSE’s website.
The poster can be purchased from
HSE and copies of the leaflet and
pocket card can either be purchased in
printed packs or freely downloaded.
For details see:
hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/
lawposter.htm
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Info update
Construction ‘stand-
down’ event in April
Free resources have been made
available to allow employers in the UK’s
construction, maintenance and related
industries to take part in this year’s ‘Stop.
Make a Change’ occupational health,
safety and wellbeing initiative.
First carried out in April 2017,
‘Stop. Make A Change’ encourages
all companies in the construction
industry to stop work to allow all
employees, contractors and suppliers
to discuss some of the key health,
safety and wellbeing challenges
facing the sector and how they can be
overcome. Participating companies
are also expected to commit to making
Excavator guidance
48 Safety Management March 2018
The latest health & safety advice,
information and resources,
including a health and safety
‘stand down’ event for the
construction industry.
“beneficial changes” around some key
health, safety and welfare issues over the
coming year, and to discuss their plans
for improvement in these areas with all
workers during a dedicated ‘stand-down’
session during normal working time.
The initiative was developed by
a group of leading construction
contractors and customers with
financial support from the Construction
Industry Training Board (CITB).
According to the organisers, the 2017
event saw more than 60,000 workers
at more than 1,000 sites, offices and
production facilities in the construction
infrastructure sector stop work for
“focussed discussions” on issues such
as mental health, fatigue, plant safety
and respiratory hazards.
For 2018, the initiative has been
extended to target the entire UK
construction and maintenance industry –
including designers, consultants, material
suppliers and product manufacturers. It
will now focus on just two issues, mental
health and the safe movement of plant.
The campaign will also take place
across a two-week period from 16-27
April, rather than a single day as before,
after some participating organisations
reported difficulties in standing down
their entire workforce at once.
According to the campaign’s briefing
New guidance on the safe use of
excavators for lifting operations
and suction and vacuum excavator
plant in the construction and allied
industries have been published by the
Construction Plant-hire Association.
Developed by the Strategic Forum
Plant Safety Group with the support
of HSE and others, the revised ‘Lifting
Operations With 180⁰ and 360⁰
Excavators’ Good Practice Guide explains
the precautions to follow when using
360⁰ tracked and wheeled excavators
and 180⁰ excavators/backhoe loaders to
lift suspended loads, rather than using
lifting equipment such as cranes.
HSE publications are
available from:
hse.gov.uk
document and website, participating
firms are expected to sign up to “realistic
and deliverable” commitments around
both mental health and plant safety.
However, it is “up to each
organisation to decide what...
commitments it will make”, and while
the organisers hope companies will
make a commitment in both categories,
it recognises “this may not be relevant
for every organisation”.
They add: “The model has been
developed with flexibility to allow each
organisation to decide on commitments
that are aligned with the nature of their
business, their individual priorities and
risks, and their current level of maturity
in relation to each of the topic areas.”
However, the organisers stress that
any ‘stand down’ event or discussion
should take place during normal working
time, rather than during rest breaks.
As well as the briefing document, the
resources include a draft commitments
form, and links to guidance materials
on mental health and plant safety
from organisations such as the CITB’s
Fairness, Inclusion and Respect in
construction campaign, HSE, Mates in
Mind and Network Rail.
The campaign is at:
s topmakeachange.co.uk
The second guide provides advice on
the safe use of suction and vacuum
excavators, a relatively new technology
that uses pressure from a fan or pump
to loosen and excavate soil from the
ground and transfer it into a hopper.
This booklet covers topics such as the
selection and operation of the machines,
dealing with blockages and the clean-
up procedures to follow if hazardous
materials – particularly asbestos-based
materials – are drawn into the machine.
The guides can be found at:
cpa.uk.net/savepublications
cpa.uk.net/sfpsgpublications
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