Transcript Document 7282509

Safety in Design
Tom Mosquera
PB
Introduction
Legal Framework
Basis of Safety in Design
Safety in Design Implementation and Process
Examples of Recent Projects
Conclusions
Legal Framework
Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations, SA 1995
under the Occupational Health, safety and Welfare act 1986
 “A person who designs ..must.. ensure compliance with any
regulation that, pursuant to regulation 1.2.14 and Schedule 2,
applies to the designers of plant or structures (and buildings)”
Summary of requirements
 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (div 3.3)
 Control of Risk (so far as is reasonably practicable)
 Provision of Information
Legal Framework
Hazard Identification (3.3.1)
 Identification of all reasonably foreseeable hazards to health or
safety arising from plant, or systems of work associated with plant.
 Particular hazards outlined – environment, suitability, creation of
hazardous conditions
Risk Assessment (3.3.2)
 Method must adequately address hazards identified
 Types of methods defined ranging from visual to hazard analysis
Legal Framework
Control of Risk
 Eliminate or where not reasonably practicable, minimise risk
 Use engineering controls, including substitution, isolation,
modifications to design and guarding.
 Where not appropriate, use administrative controls, including safe
work practices
 Where engineering and administrative controls are not effective,
specify the provision of appropriate personal protective equipment.
Basis for Safety in Design
Driver
 Fatality and serious injury rates are too high
 Approximately 50% of serious workplace incidents have some
design basis
 Legal Requirement
 Bad design can create unnecessary risk
 All people have a right to be protected from unnecessary risk
 Better to fix in design than have safety hazards in construction
Basis for Safety in Design
Principles of Safe Design
 It is everyone’s responsibility
 Design consideration occurs for the whole life
of the product, plant or building.
 Systematic Risk Assessment
 It requires knowledge and capability
 Communication and Information Transfer
Basis for Safety in Design
Benefits
 Prevents death injury and illness
 Complies with legislative
requirements
 Improves constructability
 Easier operation and maintenance
 Encourages early consultation
between stakeholders
 Safe design is good design –
improves and promotes thinking
Implementation and Process
Plan for safe design
 Establishing the right safety culture
 Project Planning / Start Up – Establishing the framework
 Undertake hazard analysis
 Determine the mitigation / risk control
 Communicate
 Monitor and feedback
 Learning from others
Implementation and Process
Establishing the right safety culture
 Key to establishing a safety in design process
 Management Leadership
 Open communication and sharing
 Commitment to continuous improvement
 Working constructively with others to achieve safety outcomes
(Client, Contractor, Operators)
Safety Culture – Management leadership
 Safety is integrated as a core part of business and
forms part of shared values and strategic goals
 Strong commitment by Senior Management
 Demonstrated commitment by Project Managers
 Leading by example and that safety breaches are
not tolerated
 At a project level commitment to safety in design
and leadership is continuously demonstrated
 Monitoring and feedback of performance – KPIs
and KRA
PERFORMANCE
Implementation and Process
Leadership
Strong, Sustained,
Visible commitment at all
levels. Promote
involvement.
Incident Management
Analysis
Audit
Risk Management
Discipline
EFFORT
Eg – BP3, Laws,
procedures, standards
Implementation and Process
Safety Culture – Open Communication and Sharing
 Communication to all staff regarding safety expectations
 Sharing Safety Issues – Safety moment at meetings etc.
 Open and honest communication about performance
 Sharing of risk information
 Consultative / toolbox talks
Implementation and Process
Safety Culture – Continuous Improvement
 Training to improve skills – risk management, design risk awareness
 Establishment of appropriate KPIs
 Identification of safety targets (training, safety reporting etc.)
 Review and improvement actions from safety incidents or design
issues
Safety Culture – Working with Others
 Commitment to engage with other stakeholders during design
 Establishment of appropriate KPIs
Implementation and Process
Establishing the Framework
Implementation and Process
Project Planning / Start Up
 Establish the project safety framework
 policy, alignment and approach
 Identify the system to use – own, Clients or Contractors
(Risk Management process, templates, reporting)
 Identify review process including frequency of reviews
 Identify reviewers and champions (e.g. Client, Operators, Site team)
 Identify communications / handover requirements
 Communicate safety requirements to stakeholders
 Ensure staff have capability and where appropriate provide
additional training to staff
Implementation and Process
Obligations and responsibilities for design
Client
 Establish and Agree policies and framework;
provide key information on safety, e.g. operating information
Designer
 Undertake safe design, liaise with other key stakeholders for
constructability / maintainability
Constructors and Operators
 Provide input on constructability and construction methods
 Provide input on design, serviceability, access and maintainability
Implementation and Process
Risk Management – Identify Hazards
“Hazard – potential to cause harm”
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Identify with nominated reviewers all potential
hazards throughout the life of the projects
using the processes defined at project start up
 e.g. Safety Review Workshops / HAZOPS
/ HAZIDs etc
Utilise checklists
Ensure whole team is aware of hazards and seek additional hazards
Key Output:
 List of hazards (e.g. project risk register)
 How do we build - hazards
 How do we operate and maintain - hazards
Implementation and Process
Risk Management – Risk Assessment
 Assess the risk using risk assessment
method agreed at project start up.
 Determine likelihood
 Determine the consequence
 Prioritise the potential risks focusing on high and unusual risks
 Numerous tools – all designed for appropriateness and compatibility
 Importance on undertaking the assessment process rather than on
the tool
Key Output – Record of risk assessment and prioritised potential
hazards (e.g. project risk register)
Implementation and
Process
Risk Management – Risk Control and Review
 Use Hierarchy of Controls – always try to eliminate hazard
 Challenge designers to control risk
 Document proposed design controls
 Document high or unusual risks separately
 Risk review  has design controlled risk?
 can it be redesigned?
 Document residual risk for next stage
(Construction, operations etc.)
Key Output – Record of risk assessment, prioritised potential
hazards and risk mitigation (e.g. project risk register)
Implementation and Process
Communication and Handover
 Handover of key output document(s) to other stakeholders
 Consider design handover meeting or other established process to
ensure residual risks are understood
Monitoring and Review
 Identify risks to any design changes and undertake risk assessment
including a review of any impacted processes
 Feedback from constructors / operators on design improvements /
risk issues
 Capture of lessons for future design
Examples of Recent Projects
 South Road Upgrade ANZAC Highway Underpass –
AdelaideConnect
 Olympic Dam Expansion pre feasibility study – Primary Water
Supply System - BHPB
AdelaideConnect
Early Contractor Involvement
 Integrated team – owner, builder and designer in alliance style
contract, so understanding of each others issues
 KPIs established in the contract with incentives
 Establishing the culture – team building and knowledge sharing
sessions
 Project Safety Framework – Adopting Thiess Standards with
tailoring (CHAIR)
 Safety review process defined – documentation included in
design reports
 Contractor challenging design – can it be built, safely
AdelaideConnect
Present Concept Design
Identify Hazards
use CHAIR as prompt
Assess Risks
prioritise
Agree Controls
contractors challenge designers to mitigate risks
Develop Design
Review Risks
has design controlled risk?
Document Residual risk
Safety Issues influenced design of:
 Bridge beams – lifting, working at
height, transport, interaction with
traffic
 Storm water pump chamber –
access to controls (off road),
maintenance access (back flush
valves), speed of construction
(precast planks), falling hazards
(guards)
 Piling – increased pile diameter to
remove ground anchors access
problems
 Barrier – designed self supporting
barrier that could be built first, to
act as temp safety fence as well
as long term barrier
AdelaideConnect
Lessons Learnt
 Get the Right People on the bus –
designer, owner, builder, operator
 Learn from Others – contractors have
a real focus on safety
 Use SID as part of Design Review –
not as an add on, as good technical
solutions can come from SID
 Set the Culture – having contractors and owners on the team
meant designers had to think about constructability
 Challenge the Design – can we make it better?
 Use the Tools – as a prompt, but you will need to adapt
ODX – Primary Water Supply System
Project Planning / Start Up
 Establishing the culture – Project Induction – Safety at core
 Establishing the culture – Safety Coordinator – Angela
Baker, GHD
 Establishing the culture – committees (PB, GHD, BHPB)
 Project Safety Framework – Adopting BHPB Standards
 Safety integrated as part of meetings – use of safety
moment for team meetings
 Safety review process defined
 Toolbox talks – rotating staff and managers
 KPIs established in the contract
 Training for all staff on safety in design
ODX – Primary Water Supply System
Project Safety Framework
 Compliance with relevant fatal risk protocols
 Risk Rating and Ranking using BHPB’s enterprise wide risk
management (EWRM) standards
(Hierarchy of controls; As low as reasonably practicable)
ODX – Primary Water Supply System
Risk Management
 Internal hazard identification of proposed
solutions with all staff
 Further reviews with BHPB at Enterprise
wide risk management workshop and
HAZID workshop
 Review of High level risks using BHPB
Enterprise wide risk Management process
reporting using EWRM form
 Reporting of hazards using BHPB HAZID
forms
ODX – Primary Water Supply System
Lessons Learnt
 A commitment to safe design is essential and effective
 Integrated process with the Client provides clarity of purpose,
alignment and assisted success
 Involving all the team leads to a good design approach; feedback is
essential
 Study HSEC team was very proactive – leads to success
Conclusions
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Strong safety leadership is essential
Establish the right culture
Develop process around the principles of safe design
Be flexible in the process to permit the use of other processes in lieu
Ensure adequate training; learn from others
Plan projects around a safety framework and defined system
Undertake a formal recorded risk assessment
Communicate risks effectively
Establish continuous improvement/ post project review processes
References
 Safe Design of Buildings, Draft Code of Practice – The Commission
for Occupational Safety and Health, WA April 2007.
 BHPB Enterprise Wide Risk Management Standards.
 Adelaide Connect Safety in Design Procedures.
 Policy and guidance on reducing risks as low as reasonably
practicable in design - AD/25, Health and Safety Executive, UK
 Safety in Design Guidelines – PB
 Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations, SA 1995
 Workplace Health and Safety – A guide to the work of health and
safety obligations of designers of structures
 Australian Safety and Compensation Council – Guidance on the
principles of safe design at work.