IOSH SOUTH DOWNS CONSTRUCTION SECTION 18 th June 2015.

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Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 Maintenance & Facilities Management (FM) Info via the HSE. Q. Does CDM 2015 apply to all maintenance work? A. The definition of maintenance work has not changed. If the task in hand looks like construction work, requires construction skills and uses construction materials, it is construction work. General maintenance of fixed plant which mainly involves mechanical adjustments, replacing parts or lubrication is unlikely to be construction work. If the maintenance work is construction work, and there is only one contractor, no Principal Contractor (PC) or Principal Designer (PD) appointment is required. If more contractors are brought in, then a PC and PD need to be appointed for that particular project. Principal ContractorPrincipal Designer All construction work under CDM 2015 requires planning, but the plan for smaller jobs should be simple, short and proportionate to the risks.

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 I have a term contract with a maintenance or FM contractor. (Typically 1- 3 years). Do I need to notify this as a project under CDM 2015? A. A term appointment by contract does not in itself trigger notification. CDM 2015 requires “projects” to be notified. If the term contract includes work which is deemed to be a single project, and the project lasts more than 30 days, and at any time during that period there are more than 20 workers on site at one time, or lasts 500 person days, then the project becomes notifiable. Separate maintenance tasks carried out at separate locations, on separate buildings, do not automatically accumulate to form a single project. Note that notification is now a stand-alone duty; it does not trigger any other duties. notified Whether the project is notifiable, or not, as above, a PC is required for those projects where more than one contractor is, or is likely to be, involved. In these cases a PD should also be appointed, but a contractor (probably the PC) may well have the necessary skills knowledge and experience to act as PD in those cases where the design work, or pre construction planning, is straightforward. PD

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 Worker Involvement. A principal contractor has a duty under CDM 2015 to involve the workforce in matters of health, safety and welfare. Model HSE research rr896 Leadership and worker involvement on the Olympic Park provides information. Encouraging workers to work on RAMS. Pre-task briefings to discuss hazards and controls, co-ordination.. Hazard spotting. Suggestion schemes. Site inspections and investigations. Reward schemes.

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 How large is the project. Shifts on site (day / night)? How long with they be there? Union representatives. Cultures / languages. Client involvement. Co-ordination of works. Canteen – posters and targeted subject matters. Collecting evidence that worker involvement is effective and that cooperation between contractors is effective.

Cancer caused by what people do at work is nothing new. One of the first official cases of an occupational cancer was identified in the eighteenth century. Asbestos is the best known carcinogen – and the biggest killer. Today, asbestos claims well over 100,000 lives a year worldwide. It’s estimated that 10 million people across the world will have died as a result of asbestos exposure before it’s been fully controlled. But there are many other carcinogenic exposures that cause cancer and claim lives – well over 50 substances are listed as known or probable causes of workplace cancer. Across the EU, 1 in 5 workers faces an occupational cancer risk. Across the world, the number of people dying from a work-caused cancer far outstrips those dying because of work accidents. It’s estimated that at least 666,000 people die worldwide every year*.known or probable causes of workplace cancer. Across the EU, 1 in 5 workers faces an occupational cancer risk. Across the world, the number of people dying from a work-caused cancer far outstrips those dying because of work accidents. It’s estimated that at least 666,000 people die worldwide every year*.

IOSH’s No Time to Lose campaign aims to get carcinogenic exposure issues more widely understood and help businesses take action. The campaign is working to: Raise awareness of a significant health issue facing workers in the UK and internationally Suggest some solutions on a UK scale to tackle the problem – a national model that can be transposed internationally Offer free practical, original materials to businesses to help them deliver effective prevention programmes.

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Health and Safety Statistics At a glance 2013/14 What can you do? (2013/2014) 1,2 million working suffering from a work related illness. £14.2 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill-health.

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machinery.htm Earth Moving Machinery – changes to visibility requirements. Manufacturers and importers of Earth Moving Machinery within the scope of EN should review the conformity assessment of their product ranges in respect of visibility from the operator’s position to ensure continued compliance. HSE recognises that the design of Earth Moving Machinery are driven by the requirements of ISO 5006, and may not be possible to respond immediately. Manufacturers should work towards the implementation using a risk assessment approach. This is likely to address machines with significant maskings, (blind spots) for example, when reversing.

A Worcestershire contractor has been fined £24,000 after four workers were injured, one of them seriously, when a roof truss collapsed during construction. DP Designs Ltd, of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, was fined a total of £24,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1, after pleading guilty to two safety breaches. After the case, HSE Inspector Chris Gregory, said: “As the principal contractor DP Designs Ltd should have ensured the roof truss installation was properly planned, appropriately supervised and, above all, safe.