Health and Safety Executive Health and Safety Executive HSE update March 2015 Liz Hunter HSE Inspector of Health and Safety

GB Working Well Promoting ownership of H&S with dutyholders & stakeholders Utilisation of GB’s excellent ‘brand’ worldwide Managing risk well – what is your baseline risk profile? Anticipating risks from emerging technologies

GB Working Well Sharing good practice e.g. what good leadership looks like Demonstrate that good H&S management reduces costs as well as good outcomes More buy-in from the workforce More support to SMEs using pragmatic advice Emphasis on health & SMART objectives

HSE interventions in Scotland Refurb Campaign Intensive inspection period: February Notice types: falls from height & planning; dust & fume control; asbestos training; gas safety; scaffold training; kit bracing; reversing vehicles Prosecutions: Siemens (fatal accident) £187.5k; Baxters £60k; R D Buchan & Sons £5,300; Brown Engineering £10k

Refurbishment Campaign Figures Sept-Oct sites visited & 591 contractors seen Enforcement at 86 sites 177 sites got NOCs HEALTH NOTICES: 10 PNs, 18 INs SAFETY NOTICES: 80 PNs, 6 INs

February 2016 team interventions 74 sites 94 contractors seen 26 NOCs issued 19 Notices issued

Ill-health prevention by design APS CPD seminars The Principal Designer’s Handbook: Guide to the CDM Regulations 2015 Breathe Freely Campaign (BOHS) trade specific worksheets

The Stress Management Standards The six areas are: Demands: workload, work patterns, and the work environment Control: How much say the person has in the way they do their work Support: encouragement, sponsorship and resources provided by the organisation, line management and colleagues Relationships: promoting positive working to avoid conflict and dealing with unacceptable behaviour Role: Whether people understand their role within the organisation and whether the organisation ensures that they do not have conflicting roles Change: How organisational change (large or small) is managed and communicated in the organisation.

References GB Working Well Work Related Stress HSG218 (2007) Healthy Working Lives or ion-and-policy/Workplace-Health-and- Safety/health-safety-policy