1. Learning From Events Week

2. Message from Innis Keith Head of Safety & Sustainable Development
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3. Working At Height
We work or carry out activities at height more commonly than we sometimes think. The HSE classify working at height as:
Any place where, if precautions were not taken, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury. You are working at height if you:
work above ground/floor level
could fall from an edge, through an opening or fragile surface or
could fall from ground level into an opening in a floor or a hole in the ground
PRESENTER:
This slide is designed to promote discussion around the various different activities we carry out where work at height may be involved.
Explore working at height with your audience – Ask the audience to consider scenarios where they will work at height in a work context:
On machines
Flatbed lorries with deliveries
Station Platforms
Ladders
Scaffolding
MEWPs
Working around excavations
Working on Fragile Roofs
Working on embankments
Then consider activities outside of work which may involve activities/work at height:
Ladders to wash the windows or access the loft
Using step ladders to reach the top of the cupboard
Standing on chairs to change a lightbulb
Cleaning the gutters on the house
Cutting trees or hedges in the garden
How do our behaviours towards safety differ at home from the work place and how do we become consistently safe.
As a presenter, you now have the audience in the headspace of ‘when will I be working at height’, the next slide will aim to explore how identify and control the risks associated with working at height.

4. Working At Height Hierarchy
Avoid Working at Height
Where possible, do not work at height for example by using extending equipment from the ground. During the design phase, deploy a drone to inspect structures instead of people working at height.
Prevent Falls Occurring
Collective protective measures (such as scaffolding) must be prioritised over personal protection (such as using a fall restraint harness).
Mitigate the Impact of Falls
Reduce the distance and consequences of a fall should one occur. For example use fall arrest systems or airbags.

5. Definitions Hazard Risk
A hazard is something with the potential to cause harm.
Risk
Risk is the likelihood that a hazard will cause harm in combination with the severity of injury, damage or loss that might foreseeably occur.

6. Principles of Prevention
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Eliminate
Consider how risks can be removed completely through planning or design.
Reduce
Consider examples where the risk has been replaced with a lesser hazard or lower likelihood of occurrence.
Isolate
Can a physical or engineering control segregate the hazard or insulate the exposed.
Control
Implement administrative controls to mitigate residual risk remaining only after considering steps 1-3 and documenting the thought process.
Facilitators – Have 4 large sheets of paper, break your audience into 4 groups and spread them around the room. Give each group 2 minutes to write examples of controls under each category then move them on to the next item.

7. Safety & Risk Mitigation Log
Risk Management Documentation
Risk Assessments
A risk assessment is an examination of what , in your work, could cause harm to people. It informs all other CDM documents.
Network Rail
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations require certain documentation to be produced to allow for the identification of risk and the flow of information from planning through to work being carried out.
There is a hierarchy of information which means that information should flow from one document to the other with the final outcome being a task briefing sheets that contains task-specific, relevant information for front line operatives in a clear and understandable format.
RISK ASSESSMENT
The starting point for any project should be a suitable and sufficient risk assessment. The risk assessment is the foundation of all other documentation. Without a good risk assessment it is impossible to produce a good, CPP, WPP or TBS.
A risk assessment is required under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations Specific risk assessments may be required depending on the works involved e.g. asbestos risk assessment, manual handling risk assessment.
A risk assessment is a living document and should develop as the project develops.
Risk assessments should also be reviewed regularly and following any unplanned events.
PCIP
The pre-construction phase of a project is controlled by the Principal Designer. They have an important role in influencing how health and safety risks are managed throughout a project.
Think about the Principles of Prevention and the key decisions made in the pre-construction phase that can impact on safety?
The Client and the Principal Designer should together produce pre-construction information and provide this to the Principal Contractor.
Pre-construction information is any information already in the client’s possession or which can reasonably be obtained by the Client. The information must be relevant to the project and have an appropriate level of detail.
It must be clear, concise and easily understandable.
Similar to the Risk assessment the PCIP will develop as the design process develops and it must be updated as new information becomes available.
It should be passed to the Principal Contractor to allow them to produce the CPP.
CONSTRUCTION PHASE PLAN (CPP)
The Client must ensure that a construction phase plan is drawn up by the Principal Contractor before the construction phase beings.
The CPP is an overarching document for the whole project and should include information about the health and safety arrangements on site, site rules and specific risks and associated control measures.
It is essential that a risk assessment is carried out which informs the CPP and ensures that all significant risks are identified and appropriate actions identified to reduce risk.
The CPP should not include documents that get in the way of a clear understanding of what is needed to manage safety during the construction phase.
The CPP must be project specific.
WORK PACKAGE PLAN (WPP)
Work Package plans are a requirement of the Network Rail standard for planning and managing construction work (NR/L2/OHS/0044) and should be prepared by the Principal Contractor.
Work Package plans should be produced using information from both the risk assessment and CPP. The information in the Work Package plan should be specific to that package of works.
Each WPP must be reviewed and updated throughout the construction phase to ensure it remains relevant and proportionate.
The WPP should reference all task briefing sheets that relate to the package of works.
TASK BRIEFING SHEET (TBS)
• The purpose of the TBS is to provide the right information, to the right people at the right time.
• TBS must contain information around the risks and control measures specific to the task and work location.
• Information should flow from the WPP to the TBS.
• The task briefing sheet must not contain generic or excessive amounts of information.
• TBS must be provided to the work group leader at least a shift in advance.
The flow of information to ensure that key risks and more importantly control measures are clearly provided to those carry out work.
And a final reminder that RISK ASSESSMENT is the foundation of all of this. Without a good risk assessment you won’t get a good TBS and risks won’t be adequately controlled at site.
Safety & Risk Mitigation Log
PCIP
Pre-construction information is reasonably obtainable information that is required to be provided to the Principal Contractor by Network Rail to allow them to prepare a Construction Phase Plan.
CPP
A Construction Phase Plan must be prepared by the Principal Contractor and will cover the whole project. It must include health and safety arrangements, site rules, and specific controls.
WPP
A Work Package Plan is required for individual packages of works and must be more specific than the CPP. It should be informed by the CPP and Risk assessment.
Task Briefing
The TBS is about getting the right information, to the right people at the right time.
Produced at GRIP Stage 2 and maintained throughout the project, to record project risks and detail route of communication to interested parties.

8. 03 04 05 06 07 Scotland Learning From Events Calendar - June Monday
Tuesday 04
Wednesday 05
Thursday 06
Friday 07
Consider the availability of you and your team, how will you ensure you take time to attend a session during the week and how will you engage with the activities your contractors may have planned?
Understanding Working at Height Controls George House Room – 1pm
Introduction to ALO St. Vincent St Room – 3pm
Air Pollution Impacts
St.Vincent St Room pm – 2pm
Close Calls Workshop, St. Vincent St. Room pm
Operational Close Calls George House Room am – 12.30pm
Safety Conversations (Culture Change Team) George House Room – 2.30pm
Air Pollution Impacts
George House Room – 11am
Safety Conversations (Culture Change Team) St. Vincent St Room pm – 1pm
Safety Conversations (Culture Change Team) George House Room – 3.30pm
Exec Safety Away Day
Construction Managers Safety Conversations George House Room am (Culture Change Team)

9. 03 04 05 06 07 LNE Learning From Events Calendar - June Monday Tuesday
Across LNE there are a number of events which will allow an opportunity for you to take part in Learning From Events week.
Not everyone will have the opportunity to attend everything in this week. If you feel like there is something that would benefit you and your team – contact your local LNE S&SD contact.
LNE Learning From Events
Calendar - June
Monday 03
Tuesday 04
Wednesday 05
Thursday 06
Friday 07
Consider the availability of you and your team, how will you ensure you take time to attend a session during the week and how will you engage with the activities your contractors may have planned?
Upskilling - Effective Safety Conversations and Direct Observation in Kings Cross
Upskilling - Effective Safety Conversations and Direct Observation in Kings Cross
Werrington – learning from events stand down
LNE Renewals Exec – learning from events stand down
PSU to be confirmed
ECML Exec – learning from events stand down
Open forum for PM’s in GSH, York

10. Safety Conversations
Consider the content we have covered in this session and how it will inform your safety conversations.
Attendance at the Safety Conversations training shown on the calendar slides will include the distribution of the materials shown to the right.
Learning From Events Week is about considering out learning from previous events and ensuring we incorporate that learning into our safety conversations going forward to ensure we implement the lessons learned going forward.