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Some high risk areas can be difficult to identify. Technology can help assist managing potential hazards and high risk areas that otherwise might be missed. The below example shows how one site achieved this: The contractor has developed a “heat map” to visually show areas where potential workplace-based risks may be expected; The heat map is located at the biometric…
To support the launch of their 5 Major Risks and Life Saving Rules this contractor have set a dedicated educational and learning area at the project. This is a physical demonstration of the 5 major risks that have been effecting the whole global civil engineering industry. The facility immerses personnel into their hazards with physical exhibits including overturned plant from…
All sites must ensure operatives are aware of site health and safety policy and notified of daily hazards. While most sites display this information, it can be difficult to ensure that operatives are reading and taking in the information. See the examples below for how one site addressed this: Installed a biometric fingerprint recognition system at the turnstile to the…
Before accessing the site, the workforce can view the topics mentioned in the morning brief, including: Delivery times Exclusion zone times Today’s hazards Other works in the area The weatherproof notice board will also hold a copy of the latest revised risk assessment and method statements, QR Codes for the relevant rams and HAVS information, a site drawing which includes…
The site has introduced a visual graphic display to document our Safety Behavioural Discussions (SBD), which is part of our Challenging Beliefs, Affecting Behaviours (CBAB) toolkit. An SBD is an engagement between Site Management and Operatives to highlight both positive and negative actions on site. We use direct discussion with operatives to try and change behaviour rather than simply policing…
Based on the concept that accidents don’t just happen, they are caused by something, Extraspace Solutions introduced a Hazard Reporting System in-house, which is active on their sites and factories. As a result, Extraspace Solutions has been accident report free for the past three years. How does the Hazard Reporting System work? Anyone on site (workers, suppliers, visitors) can report…
BAM Construction’s Atlantic Square site in Glasgow has put a Wind Alert System in place to monitor the wind speed on site. Following the first crane erection for the site, the team used an Eole Skywatch Windspeed Monitor to determine the wind levels each morning and indicates which flag should be raised. As per the above image, the wind alert…
Hollyfields have implemented a running dashboard to measure our health, safety and environmental targets. This consists of compiling data from health and safety audits, carried out by Directors and Group Health and Safety staff, creating tables and measuring this against our benchmark. We are also analysing weekly interventions logged by our site team, which involves reporting health and safety issues…
The SHE team working on the M23 SMART Motorways Project have recently implemented an initiative to improve the flow of information with regards to access and exit changes throughout the road works. Until recently, the team had relied on daily updates emailed out on a scale drawing, and the problem with that was that any changes throughout the day wasn’t…
Many of our activities are affected by the weather conditions, particularly during the winter months, therefore we have developed a wind alert board which gives clear instructions under each wind status. It works on a traffic light system advising on the current average wind speeds and anticipated gust speed. Once the wind status has been established the board will give activity…
A new system for displaying health, safety, well-being and environmental information has recently been installed at the UCLH P5 project. Digital display boards are a useful instrument on construction sites. However, they are often expensive and need a large area to be installed within. With a very small footprint, UCLH P5 wanted to find a digital display board that did…
Due to the volume safety information required these day’s it is easy to understand why people feel overwhelmed with what is on display, and subsequently don’t absorb the key messages. To counter this we created the ‘Safety Journey’. Once site staff enter through the security turnstile they are confronted by a chicane of hoardings each displaying one key safety message….
Due to the logistics of the area and the site being ‘brownfield’, the site was split into three sections. Works were being carried out at separate stages on each section, so the Project Manager Sandy Haggart wanted to reinforce the daily hazards in each section to the plant operators working there. In addition to a main hazard board for the…