Cdm seminar april 2001
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Transcript of Cdm seminar april 2001
Stephen Taylor RIBAPrincipal Specialist
Inspector
Key National Objectives 2000/01
Revitalising construction
health and safety 2001/10
Key National Objectives 2000/01• Transport
• Manual handling• Hand arm vibration and noise
• CDM design audit• Fragile materials – roofing
• Research
Transport
• About 15 deaths every year• 100 major injuries and 200 O3D’s
• Compact site dumpers, excavators and goods vehicles
• Poor assessment of transport needs and bad management
• 55 PNs and Ins under CHSW and PUWER
• Contractors are making little progress in eliminating vehicle reversing
• Only 50% use signallers during reversing
• Little segregation of pedestrians and vehicles
• Lack of dedicated traffic routes• Few, if any, reversing aids
Manual Handling
• 25% of all accidents in construction
• 30000 musculo-skeletal injuries
Blockwork
• 443 contacts where 227 involved the use of blocks over 20kg
• 36 contacts with designers, 13 with clients, 30 with planning
supervisors• Low enforcement – 12 notices
Informal enforcement techniques resulted in changes in block weight
• The use of heavy blocks is widespread but there are lighter
alternatives to be found
• Proactive enforcement pays dividends
• Targeted response to projects involving hand tunnelling, concrete
scabbling and pile head removal using hand tools.
Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome ( HAVS)
• 16 incidents involving hand tunnelling
• 53 incidents involving hand scabbling
• 136 incidents involving pile head removal by hand
• 5 notices issued and no legal proceedings
Design Audit
• Construction Design Management Regulations design audit protocol for
Regulation 13 compliance by designers.
• 3 successful CDM audits of :Large structural engineering consultancy
Electricity generating companyLarge Supermarket chain
Rooflight Specification: Research
• Evidence from inspectors and manufacturers suggests a
significant move forward towards the substitution of fragile rooflights
with non fragile varieties.• Research will report in 2001 on the
influence that CDM Regs has had on this change.
Research
• Assessment of health and safety training in Universities
• Risk assessment tool kit for training undergraduates and CPD for those in practice. This is aimed primarily at the architectural profession but will be roled out to ICE, RICS and
other building professionals
Revitalising Construction Health and Safety
• Seldom less than 80 deaths per
year
• 30% of construction workers have
injuries caused by manual handling
Revitalising Construction Health and Safety
• Construction has the second highest rate of new cases of hand – arm vibration syndrome• 10% of bricklayers leave because of allergic dermatitis caused by chromates in mortar.
• The highest rate of deaths from mesothelioma from past exposure to asbestos
Revitalising Construction Health and Safety
• Likely action over the next 1-3 years
•CDM Regulations may combine with CHSW Regulations
•CDM Regulations may change the role of the Planning Supervisor
•CDM may deal specifically with health hazards including hazardous materials
Revitalising Construction Health and Safety
• Working at Height
Test for Fragility of Roofing Assemblies
Revitalising Construction Health and Safety
• Priority action to secure the use of nets during industrial roofing
Revitalising Construction Health and Safety
• Priority action to implement the Manual Handling Regulations with
specific targeting of over 20kg blocks and concrete products by proactive
visits to manufacturers and designers
• Priority action to manage noise on construction sites by reduction at
source not just PPE
• Priority action to manage Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome on
construction sites by eliminating hand scabbling
• Segregate people from transport and plant on sites by proper
management systems
• Research to enable mapping of health hazards and risks in
construction
• 20/30 CDM audits taken across all professions including clients and
designers.
• Compilation of CDM case studies
Revitalising Construction Health and Safety
• Road shows• Sector specific guidance
• Case studies• Proactive visits• Expert system
Slips and Trips
Revitalising Construction Health and Safety
• CDM Reg 9 Provision of adequate resource in the tender documents
• How do you check for compliance with this regulation ?
Revitalising Construction Health and Safety
• HSE requires examples of good and bad case studies for a new
CDM handbook particularly emphasising working at height
and transport issues• Preferably from small and
medium sized projects
Questions please