1. Health and Safety Executive Update HM Inspector of Health & Safety
IOSH Event
Health and Safety Executive Update
John Heslop
HM Inspector of Health & Safety

2. Agenda Latest Statistics for Ill-Health and Injury
Priority of HSE Work
Recent Targeted Campaigns
Enforcement Expectations

3. Latest Statistics for Workplace Ill-Health & Injury
Key Health and Safety Statistics for Great Britain (2017/18):
1.4 million working people suffering from a work-related illness
2,595 mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures
144 workers killed at work
555,000 injuries at work
71,062 injuries to employees reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
30.7 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury
£15 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working conditions

4. Latest Statistics for Workplace Ill-Health & Injury
82,000 workers suffering from work-related ill health
51,000 work-related musculoskeletal disorders
14,000 work-related cases of stress, depression or anxiety
38 fatal injuries to workers in 2017/2018
48% due to falls from height
58,000 non-fatal injuries to workers each year

5. Priority of HSE Work Reactive Work Proactive Work Targeted Campaigns
Investigations
Concerns
Proactive Work
Licensed Asbestos Inspections
F10 Inspections
Drive-By
Targeted Campaigns

6. Recent Targeted Campaigns
After 5 years of ‘Think Health’ it was time to move to ‘Do Health’.
Aims:
To deliver a campaign that increased the profile of health issues and encouraged the industry to ‘Do Health’ as part of their standard on-site management arrangements;
To focus specifically on respiratory risks and take robust enforcement action where poor standards were found;
To gather intelligence on compliance with managing respiratory risks and other health issues to inform the content of subsequent health inspection and enforcement work; and
To promote the wider HSE ‘Go Home Healthy’ Campaign and so contribute to corporate objectives.

7. Recent Targeted Campaigns

8. Enforcement Expectations
Verbal advice
Written advice
Notification of Contravention
Improvement Notice
Prohibition Notice
Prosecution

9. Enforcement Expectations:
Asbestos
Prohibition Notice
No Refurbishment and Demolition Survey
Insufficient Refurbishment and Demolition Survey
No action taken to meet the recommendations of a Refurbishment and Demolition Survey
Working practices disturbing, or likely to disturb asbestos-containing materials
Significant fibre release and spread from asbestos-containing materials

10. Enforcement Expectations:
Asbestos
Improvement Notice
No, or insufficient information, instruction and training;
Asbestos awareness
Non-licensable work with asbestos including notifiable non-licensed work
Licensable work with asbestos
Duty of employer in relation to information, instruction and training:
Required for all direct employees
So far as is reasonably practicable for other people on the premises

11. Non-licensed Work with Asbestos
Notifiable Non-licensed Work with Asbestos
Non-licensed work with asbestos:
Sporadic and of low intensity (lower than 0.6f/cm³ over 10 mins)
Carried out to control exposure (lower than 0.1f/cm³ over 4 hours)
Meet 1 of these 4 conditions:
Short, non-continuous maintenance task with non-friable materials
Removal task where ACMs are in reasonable condition, are not being broken up and fibres are firmly contained within a matrix.
ACMs are in good condition and being sealed or encapsulated.
Air monitoring and control task or the collection of samples.
Notifiable non-licensed work with asbestos:
You are responsible for determining this through an appropriate risk assessment.
It would still need to be minor, short duration work, but is generally for the same type of work as non-licensed but where the material is friable, in poor condition or loosely bonded in a matrix

12. Enforcement Expectations:
Silica
Prohibition Notice
Inadequate controls in place when
Cutting concrete kerbs, flags, blocks and roofing tiles with a cut-off saw
Chasing concrete and raking mortar
High energy scabbling/grinding tools or longer duration breaking work in enclosed and poorly ventilated areas
Dry abrasive blasting/cleaning
Improvement Notice
No, or insufficient information, instruction and training

13. Enforcement Expectations:
Silica

14. Enforcement Expectations:
Manual Handling
Prohibition Notice
Highly unlikely.
Improvement Notice

15. Enforcement Expectations:
Noise
Prohibition Notice
Certain high-risk tasks (i.e. significant noise generation above LEP,d 85dB or peak sound pressure of 137dB c-weighted) and where there is no hearing protection or suitable / adequate control at source is missing. Tools that typically breach operators 85 LEP,d after 5 mins of use include:
Petrol cut off saw
Asphalt groove cutter
Pneumatic chipping hammer/breaker
Sand blasting
Improvement Notice
No, or insufficient risk assessment and controls
No, or insufficient information, instruction and training

16. Enforcement Expectations:
Vibration
Prohibition Notice
Clear evidence that exposure is above 5m/s² and there is demonstrable risk (i.e. not a ‘one-off’ exposure)
Improvement Notice
No, or insufficient risk assessment and controls
No, or insufficient information, instruction and training

17. Enforcement Expectations: Other Respiratory Risks
Enforcement will vary depending on the specific material breach.
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (1)
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (9)
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (1)
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (3)
Face fit tests & RPE Maintenance

18. Enforcement Expectations: Other Hazardous Substances Risks
Cements
Solvents
Isocyanates
Carbon Monoxide
Lead

19. Enforcement Expectations:
Welfare

20. Questions or Comments?