Transcript Session 1 - Overview

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andSafety
Safety
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Executive
Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2007
July 2010
Key health and safety statistics
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32% of all worker fatalities (77 killed in
2006/07)
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15% of all major employee injuries (3677 in
2005/06)
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7492 over 3-day injuries to employees
(2005/06)
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86,000 suffering from work-related ill health
(2005/06)
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3.2M working days lost per year due to
injury and ill health (2005/06)
The objectives of CDM 2007
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Simplify the regulations and improve
clarity
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Maximise their flexibility
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Strengthen requirements on co-operation
and co-ordination- encourage better
integration
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Simplify competence assessment, reduce
bureaucracy and raise standards
Focus on planning and management, not
‘The Plan’ and other paperwork
Structure of CDM 2007
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Five parts
– Part 1: Introduction
– Part 2: General management duties applying
to all construction projects
– Part 3: Additional duties where projects are
notifiable
– Part 4: Worksite health and safety
requirements
– Part 5: General
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Supported by a CDM 2007 Approved Code of
Practice (ACoP)
CDM 2007 – key points
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Regulations apply to all construction work
Notification triggers appointment of additional duty
holders and duties in Part 3 of the Regulations
– Principal Contractor (PC)
– CDM Co-ordinator
– Notification to HSE (F10 Form)
– Construction Phase Plan
– Health and Safety file
Most duties remain on clients, designers & contractors
regardless of notification
Greater clarity in relation to competence assessment
and new competence criteria in the ACoP
Trigger for Appointments
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Notifiable construction work under CDM 2007 are
construction projects with a:
– Non-domestic client
and involve
– Construction work lasting longer than 30 days
or
– Construction work involving 500 person days
HSE’s expectations on the
construction industry
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A change in attitude is needed to deliver the
much needed improvements in construction
health and safety
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A ‘business as usual’ approach is not acceptable
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Focus on effective planning and managing risk
Industry needs to take ownership of the
management of health and safety risks, show
leadership and work in partnership
Ensure people are competent
Reduce bureaucracy & paperwork
Duties on the principal
contractor
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Client should appoint a PC for notifiable projects
and appoint as soon as is practicable
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Principal contractor should ensure that client is
aware of duties, CDM co-ordinator has been
appointed and HSE notified
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Those they appoint are competent
The construction phase is properly planned,
managed, monitored and resourced
Duties on the Principal
Contractor
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Inform contractors of the minimum time allowed for
planning and preparation
Provide relevant information to contractors
Ensure safe working, co-ordination and co-operation
between contractors
Construction phase health and safety plan is prepared and
implemented
– Plan needs to set out the organisation and
arrangements for managing risk and co-ordinating work
– Plan should be tailoured to the particular project and
risks involved
Suitable welfare from the start
Manage health and safety on site,
not the paperwork
Duties on the principal
contractor
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Prepare and enforce site rules as required
Give reasonable direction to contractors
including client appointed contractors
Prevent unauthorised entry
Provide plan to those who need it
Promptly provide the CDM co-ordinator with
information for the file
Liaise with CDM co-ordinator in relation to
design and design changes
Ensure all workers have been provided with
suitable health and safety induction, information
and training
Duties on the principal
contractor
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Ensure the workforce is consulted about health
and safety matters
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Display key project information to workers
Does not have to
– Provide training to workers they do not
employ (but contractors do)
– Undertake detailed supervision of contractors’
work
– Fill the construction phase plan with irrelevant
information or endless generic paperwork
Duties on contractors and self
employed – all projects
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Check clients are aware of their duties
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Plan, manage and monitor their own work
to make sure that their workers are safe
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Ensure they and those they appoint are
competent and adequately resourced
Not start work until they have obtained
the pre-construction information from the
client (or PC)
Duties on contractors and self
employed – all projects
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Inform any contractor that they engage, of the
minimum amount of time they have for planning
and preparation
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Provide their workers (whether employed or selfemployed) with any necessary information and
training and induction
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Report anything that they are aware of that is
likely to endanger the H&S of themselves or
others
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Ensure that any design work they do complies
with CDM design duties
Duties on contractors and self
employed – all projects
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Comply with the duties for site health and safety
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Consult the workforce
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Obtain specialist advice (e.g. from a structural
engineer or occupational hygienist) where
necessary
Co-operate and co-ordinate with others working on
the project
Not begin work unless they have taken reasonable
steps to prevent unauthorised access to the site
Duties on contractors and self
employed – notifiable projects
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Check that a CDM co-ordinator has been appointed
and HSE notified before they start work
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Co-operate with the principal contractor, CDM coordinator and others working on the project
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Tell the principal contractor about risks to others
created by their work
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Comply with any reasonable directions from the
principal contractor
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Work in accordance with the construction phase plan
Duties on contractors and self
employed – notifiable projects
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Inform the principal contractor of the identity of
any contractor he appoints or engages
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Inform the principal contractor of any problems
with the plan or risks identified during their work
that have significant implications for the
management of the project
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Inform the principal contractor about any death,
injury, condition or dangerous occurrence
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Provide information for the health and safety file
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Site health & safety
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Duties to control worksite health and
safety
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Part 4 of CDM 2007 contains the duties to
control specific worksite health and safety risks
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Equivalent to the duties under the old
Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare)
Regulations 1996 - which Part 4 replaces
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Applies to all construction sites
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The wording and style has been updated and
structure altered in parts, but retains most of the
basic requirements of the original regulations.
Duties on every contractor & every other person
who controls construction work
Duties to control worksite health and
safety
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There are some changes however:
– Good order now requires a site to be
identified by suitable signs, be fenced off or
both in accordance with the level of risk
– New requirement to record in writing
arrangements for demolition and dismantling
– Excavations, cofferdams & caissons
provisions have been extensively rewritten to
make them more succinct and cohesive
Duties to control worksite health and
safety
– Duties on reports and inspections have been
restructured
– Rest facilities, now requires seats with backs
(specific requirement of the European
directive – only required if replacing existing
seating)
– Training and competence, specific
requirements covered in the general part of
the regulations