BBBP Safety Presentation

By Mark Wasley

Expectations From The Group

What are you thinking Right Here – Right Now.

Let’s Set the Scene

Slogans – Policy – Systems - Directives • Safety Matters / Stop Think Go / Zero Harm / Think Safe, Work Safe, Home Safe • SHE System / WIN’s / Policy’s / Procedures / Guidelines / Directives.

• Safe Work Method Statements • Safety Alerts / Safety Interactions / Daily Pre-Starts / Fact Sheets / Safety Briefs.

• And the list goes on.

RoadTek Weekly Safety Incidents Summary

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Dispute between two members of public at the traffic control point.

Contractor drove truck over a bump on the roadwork's site, damaging the wheel rim and tyre.

Collision between member of public vehicles travelling along Bruce Highway.

Worker was seated in a chair when the leg snapped causing him to fall on to the concrete floor.

Traffic control vehicle involved in minor collision with member of public vehicle.

TNRP - worker experiencing pain down his left forearm after slipping down batter.

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TNRP - worker collided with kangaroo on work related travel.

Contractor damaged lid of Telstra pit while clearing loose material with a backhoe.

Worker smashed window of roller while attempting to push it open into lock position.

Employee struck kangaroo in RoadTek vehicle while travelling to accommodation.

Employee lost his footing and fell onto the road whilst moving a whacker packer.

TNRP - Work vehicle hit a kangaroo.

Contractor aggravated pre-existing back injury when bending forward to prepare formwork.

WE HAVE IT ALL

“So Why Is It We Continue To Have Incidents And Injuries On A Daily Basis and the same stuff happens over and over”

Session Breakdown • No. 1 - Statistical Information and “What were going to do about it”. ( Interactive ).

• No. 2 – Costs as a Result of Incidents / Litigations and Improving Investigations to protect TMR / Reputation / RoadTek and yourself. ( Listening – Thought Provoking ) • No. 3 – Social Media and things to think about our People and our Worksites. ( Mind Numbing in a good way ) • No. 4 – Fatigue Management –Test Case. (Hand Out and requires some thinking and Interaction). • “Story Telling from Real Live Situations”

Session 1 - Improving our Stats

RoadTek North 2004 -14 Statistical Information

LTIFR Monthly and Running

Average LTI Rate Days Lost Per Month

Running Average LTI Rate hours lost per Month

No. of LTI’s per 1,000,000 work hours

Number of days lost per 1,000,000 work hours

RoadTek North – Number of days lost

Average number of days lost per LTI

RoadTek North Work Hours by Year

12 Month Rolling Severity Rate

12 Month Running LTIFR / All Years LTIFR

Running Average LTI Rate / All Years Average LTI Rate

GM Roadshows I need your assistance to improve Safety. Help Me!

• In your groups – Paper & pens supplied. Pick a Scribe / Pick a Presenter.

• Table THREE things / ideas that would Improve our Stats for this financial year.

• Table TWO things that you believe may be blocking better safety performance. • Table Two things that would improve Safety Leadership within RoadTek.

• Table One Safety Award you would like to see introduced into RoadTek Awards.

• Table One - our next Safety Slogan.

Session 2 – Incidents & Investigations.

A trailer slipped off the tow ball during work related travel.

Worker strained ankle while working on steep incline.

Incident Costs to the Department • Each Year Millions of Dollars is paid out.

• 2005 - $76,452.00 / 2013 - $5,386,985.00

• This is without the cost of time from site to the court room. (staff supplying details).

• Reputation Damage to TMR / RoadTek • Blow out in the Budgets - better use of $.

• Freedom of Information Act.

• Chance of Personal Litigation.

Truck Accident – RoadTek Worksite •

Incident Summary

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Date and time of incident Business unit

14/10/2010 time unknown RoadTek Asset Services North

Location of incident

CH 97040 Bruce Highway Approx 1.7km South of Koumala Qld

Employees or people involved

Truck driver (Name unknown) Freightline – 216-LYQ • • • •

Injuries (brief details)

Nil reported

Police Reference number

319094

Plant and equipment involved with brief details of damage

2 nd truck with damage – details unknown

Truck Accident – RoadTek Worksite • • • • • • • • • • • •

Incident details

On the morning of the 14 th October 2010, a Northbound “Western Star” Prime Mover (Registration 216 LYQ) and “B” double trailer was reported as having rolled into the table drain within a RoadTek roadwork project.

Marks left in the recent works indicate the heavy vehicle had run over the edge of the left shoulder some distance prior and in the process of “righting” the path, the truck has rolled onto its left side in the left table drain.

A following heavy vehicle took evasive action to avoid a collision and had become “bogged” in the RHS drain. Once assistance was given to this heavy vehicle, it continued on its way. No injuries have been reported at this time.

The northbound truck would have driven past the following roadwork signs At 3.2km Roadwork Ahead Signs on Left and Right Hand sides mounted on posts At 1.2km Traffic Hazard Ahead Sign on Left Hand side mounted on Star pickets with reflector and flashing amber light At 280m, a multi message sign on Left and Right hand sides with the combination of Road Work Ahead / 80K / Reduce Speed (with the 80K panel is closest to the road) On arrival at site, a video run of the project was completed, images taken of the signs in place, and traffic control assistance given to Police.

Some of the heavy vehicles load (approximately 1000L of engine coolant) had escaped from the truck and the drain was blocked to prevent contamination of the local waterways.

Once the vehicle was removed, the site was cleaned, and made safe.

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Evidence collected:-

The following list of images of signs are available, (those marked with # are included with this report in attachment E1 – E3) o o # CH 93800 LHS – RoadWork 1KM Ahead. # CH 93800 RHS – RoadWork 1KM Ahead. o o o o o o o o CH95840 RHS – End RoadWork / 100K / Drive Safely # CH 95880 LHS – Traffic Hazard Ahead # CH 96760 LHS – RoadWork Ahead / 80K / Reduce Speed # Ch 96760 RHS – 80K / RoadWork Ahead / Reduce Speed CH 97060 LHS – Workman Ahead / 60K / Reduce Speed (Turned) Ch 97060 RHS – 60K / Workman Ahead / Reduce Speed (Turned) Ch 97180 LHS – Slippery Surface / Loose Stones / Drive Slowly Ch 97250 LHS – Flagman Ahead / 40K / Prepare to Stop (Turned) o o o o o o o o o o o Ch 97250 RHS – 40K / Flagman Ahead / Prepare to Stop (Turned) Ch 98520 LHS – 40K / Flagman Ahead / Prepare to Stop (Turned) Ch 98520 RHS – Flagman Ahead / 40K / Prepare to Stop (Turned) Ch 98570 RHS – Slippery Surface / Loose Stones / Drive Slowly Ch 98690 LHS – 60K / Workman Ahead / Do Not Overtake (Turned) Ch 98690 RHS –Workman Ahead / 60K / Do Not Overtake (Turned) Ch 98990 LHS – 60K / RoadWork Ahead / Drive Slowly Ch 98990 RHS – RoadWork Ahead / 60K / Reduce Speed Ch 100190 LHS – RoadWork 1KM Ahead Ch 100190 RHS – RoadWork 1KM Ahead Images of “Temporary Raised Pavement Markers” with Chainages o Plus numerous other images of the accident scene

Discussion

Approach to the accident site from the south is a straight o EFFECT – Good straight road with excellent visibility New road works o Good first coat prime/seal on Stabilised Pavement, with Temporary Raised Pavement Markers every 60m o Edge delineation provided with Star Pickets and reflective caps Nil reports of other drivers being involved prior to accident from Police at site

Causal Factors :-

The lack of skid marks prior to the heavy vehicle running over the shoulder could indicate there was no evasive action being taken. ( Suspect driver fatigue, inattention or distraction.

) Root Cause :-

Unknown – Police Matter

Summary

  The approach to the accident site is clear, straight, sealed and level. Advance warning signs were erected with temporary raised pavement markers in place.

Recommendations

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Continue to assist Police in accident scene traffic management 2.

Informing of internal accident investigator as early as possible of traffic accidents at road work sites

Report compiled by

Rodney Smith Workplace Health and Safety Consultant Department of Transport and Main Roads 46, Gordon St Mackay 0438641844

What We Need You Thinking About • Safety First - Your Own / Others / 000 / Report up.

• Secure the site / When Safe - Organise - Delegate if in Charge / Protect site from further accidents.

• Start Looking and Think – Photos / Video / not just of the big things. Skid Marks / Indentations / Delineation / Surface condition.

• Look for things that may have been a Cause / Factors / Write notes – Time / Conditions / Angles – shoot from all Different Angles but know which way is which / Write notes against each photo if possible / drop offs.

• Try to get information off Police – Report Number / Officers Name and Rank / Where is he based / Who is Lead Investigator.

Main Message • Above all don’t judge – Not our business to make accusations / judgement on who is right or wrong.

Main Message • Our duty is to collect evidence that will protect not only ourselves but RoadTek and TMR.

• Ensure all information is kept and saved on the system & clearly identified.

Session 3 – Social Media and its Side Affects

Important Note No. 1

• While You Were Watching This Video 100 Hours of Video Was Uploaded to YouTube.

Important Note No. 2

• 60 Million Face Book Updates to there Status Daily

Reality to What is Being Posted • •

Network News Death on Facebook first - teen twins find out online their brother killed in triple-fatal crash

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By Clementine Cuneo

• From:

The Daily Telegraph

• February 08, 2010 12:00AM

• Horrifically, the twins were confronted with the devastating news their brother Bobby, 17, had been killed in a triple-fatal accident.

• He and two friends died when the car they were in crashed in heavy rain in Sydney's west early yesterday.

• "I didn't get it. All these people were writing, 'RIP Chris Naylor' and 'RIP Bobby', and I thought: 'What's going on?'," Angela said.

• Desperate for reassurance there was a mistake, she tried over and over to ring her brother.

• "I kept ringing and messaging but couldn't get on to him. So I rang Mum and said: 'Chris Naylor must have died - I just read it on Facebook. But where's Bobby? People are writing 'RIP Bobby' too.' • "Mum said 'Bobby was with Chris Naylor last night'."

The Truth Is • People can video / take Pictures just driving past our Worksites.

• Upload them in Seconds to Multiple Accounts.

• Is Faster then a PO can get to the home.

So What Can We Do and how • Protect The Site from visual Gawkers.

• Block the view.

• Put up Anti Gawk Screens.

• Prevent our own staff from posting.

• Talk to crews prior.

• Park Machines in a half moon configuration.

• Make anti Gawking Screens out of Geo fabric / Temporary fencing.

• Supply Tarps.

Project Sites • Think about your surroundings.

• Protect the injured – they are family.

• Put in Anti Gawking protection – remember serious accidents take hours sometimes to clear or resolve. • Control Media Intrusion.

• Support the Police.

• Remember once safe – take control of the site make things happen / record events.

Session 4 – Fatigue Management • Multiple Times throughout the year we get caught in circumstances outside our control.

• But we need to address the event and protect our staff from Injury.