Introduction briefing Stop. Make a Change. 18 April 2017 Introduction briefing Your logo here

What is Stop. Make a Change? Your logo here What is Stop. Make a Change? The first ever UK-wide health, safety and wellbeing stand-down More than 40 UK infrastructure clients, contractors and supply chain companies involved Targets some of the sectors key issues, looking to work collaboratively to improve performance across the whole industry Each organisation has made commitments to drive this improved performance

Which organisations are involved? Your logo here Which organisations are involved?

The Stop. Make a Change priorities Your logo here The Stop. Make a Change priorities For 2017 four priorities have been identified for Stop. Make a Change. Mental health Plant safety Respiratory health Fatigue

Your logo here Why mental health? 1 in 6 working in construction are experiencing depression, anxiety or stress Up to 350,000 across the industry at any one time Estimated that suicide kills 10x as many people in the sector than fatal accidents Construction felt to have higher risk than other industries

Why plant safety? 50 fatalities in five years where plant was involved Your logo here Why plant safety? 50 fatalities in five years where plant was involved 773 major injuries 840 three-day 67 per cent of sites have plant movements as key risk Higher use of plant in infrastructure than wider construction sector

Why fatigue? Significant factor in workplace incidents Your logo here Why fatigue? Significant factor in workplace incidents Root cause of major accidents both on site and during driving Infrastructure construction particularly susceptible due to shift patterns and remote working

Why respiratory health? Your logo here Why respiratory health? Construction has higher risk of respiratory illness than rest of industry Estimated 3,500 deaths in 2016 due to asbestos exposure in construction Further 500 deaths from silica dust Many, many more affected by occupational lung disease

What happens next? This is not a one off Your logo here What happens next? This is not a one off We will be sharing best practice across the industry over the next 12 months Stop. Make a Change will happen again in spring 2018 Until then… What can you do to Make a Change? Tweet your ideas at #makeachange17