100 Days of Safety AustStab Awards of Excellence 2014 FK Gardner & Sons Group Occupational Health and Safety Best solution to an identified workplace health and safety issue Sponsored by

Overview $70m Gore Highway reconstruction for DTMR Campaign targeted the workforce’s attitudes to safety Changed the culture of the team long-term Messages: STOP – THINK – PLAN – GO Pre and post surveys monitored progress.

Innovation and challenges High risk project with live traffic and no side tracking Creation of 1.2m “Danger Zone” kept personnel away from travel path Pilot vehicles escorted traffic at 40km/h Remotely operated traffic signals protected workforce from stray vehicles. DANGER ZONE PILOT VEHICLE TRAFFIC ESCORT

Evidence of success 360,000 man hours lost-time injury free Survey results point to cultural change in attitudes to safety High praise from client: “..a positive safety culture” Continue to see results proving long-term culture change Key lesson: workforce empowered to address challenges on site as they arose.

Supporting data INFOGRAPHIC SLIDE Gore Highway FBS The safety journey