Chris Jones

Chairman, WISH and Director, Cory Environmental Limited

WISHProgress to date and future prospects.

In the next 15 minutes or so….

• The 2013 Roadmap - What the industry asked for. - The working groups

- Industry involvement and engagement

• Other WISH work - Review and update of existing WASTE XX guidance - New guidance – WASTE 24 and WASTE 28

- The WISH website

• Old relationships – new partnerships

• Measures of achievement

• The direction of travel.

The 2013 Roadmap

• 7th February 2013 summit - Strong leadership,

- Involve the workforce,

- Build competence,

- Creating healthier, safer workplaces,

- Support SMEs,

The 2013 Roadmap

• The Working groups

All have held meetings and done useful work.

One has progressed to the production of a toolkit.

One is very close to finishing a useful new publication

One has spilt into a number of groups each tackling a specific issue.

All need more support and more engagement

wasteandrecycling@hse.gsi.gov.uk

• Best practice guidance notes - Reviewed, revised and updated

- Living work in progress

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Waste01 Operating civic amenity sites safely

Withdrawn and replaced by Waste 26

Waste02 Green waste collection: health issues

Withdrawn and replaced by Waste27

Waste03 Orphaned compressed gas cylinders in the waste and recycling industries

Waste04 Waste and recycling vehicles in street collection

Waste05 The safe use of refuse collection vehicle hoists and bins

Waste06 Skip and container safety in waste management and recycling

Waste07 Safe handling of asbestos cement waste at civic amenity (CA) sites Withdrawn and replaced by Waste27

Waste08 Compaction equipment: User and public safety

Waste09 Safe transport in waste management and recycling facilities

Waste10 The safe recovery of petrol from end-of-life vehicles

Waste11 Safety at ‘bring sites’ in the waste management and recycling industries

Waste 12 Storing hazardous waste at household recycling centres Withdrawn and replaced by Waste26

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Waste 13 Designing and operating Material Recycling Facilities (MRF’s) safely

Waste15 Health hazards in the waste and recycling industry

Withdrawn and replaced by Waste27

Waste16 Kerbside glass collection: Noise reduction techniques

Waste17 Managing ‘task and finish’ to reduce safety risks

Withdrawn and replaced by Waste23

Waste18 Hand sorting of recyclables (‘totting’) with vehicle assistance

Waste19 Handling needles in the waste and recycling industry

Withdrawn and replaced by Waste27

Waste21 Health and safety training: Guidelines for the waste management and recycling sector

Waste22 Handling offensive hygiene waste

Waste23 Safe waste and recycling collection services

Waste25 People in commercial waste containers

Withdrawn and replaced by item on HSE webpage

Waste26 Managing Health and Safety in civic amenity sites

Waste27 Health and hazardous substances in waste and recycling

Waste28 Reducing fire risk at waste management sites.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/waste/wish.htm

Other WISH work

• Best practice guidance notes - Waste04 “Safe collection activities” - Waste24 “Safe highway cleansing” - Waste28 “Fire safety at waste sites”

http://www.hse.gov.uk/waste/wish.htm

Other WISH work

WISH fire guidanceReducing fire risk at waste management sites Released 20 October 2014 Has support of ESA, EA, SEPA,

HSE, HSL, CFOA, CIWM Insurer input throughout Joint press release WISH /

CFOA, plus CIWM release Distributed widely http://www.ciwm.co.uk/wish_web 10 months in production...

Waste Industry Safety and Health Forum

• The WISH Website - Likely to move to its own site in

2015 - Still signposted from the HSE website - Still supported by the HSE, EA, FRS and other regulators

http://www.hse.gov.uk/waste/wish.htm

Other WISH work

WISH Guidance – Key features

• What separates WISH guidance from others?

Written for operators, by operators.

Best practice not lowest common denominator.

Best practice, not compliant practice

Hints, tips, advice and case studies

Updated as knowledge, understanding and practices change.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/waste/wish.htm

Spreading the word

http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/waste-management/hse-event

http://www.shponline.co.uk/commentcommunity-content/full/hse-challenges-waste-industry-to-improve-its-safety-record

Organisation/ body PlaceIOSH WarringtonUK Safety Networks (UKSN) Essex (Chelmsford)RoSPA BirminghamRoSPA ReadingRoSPA LondonUKSN East Anglia (Norwich)WISH NI BelfastLA group (Lincs) LincolnLA group (Northampton) Hemel Hempsted and Aylesbury (sep talks/events)South West Waste Recycling forum CornwallAIRMIC BournemouthFEAD/EU joint meeting AmsterdamLA group (London) HammersmithWest Midlands Waste Forum KidderminsterEnvironmental Media Group (Letsrecycle) Solihull and London (sep talks/events)Manchester Waste Forum Manchester AirportSESA GlasgowLA group (Gloucester) CheltenhamSW Safety forum Bristol

Other WISH work

Achievements to date

• ESA accident charter

Accident rate fell from 4150 to 2428 between 2003 and 2007.

More than a 12% year on year reduction.

Following renewal of the charter in 2007 the accident rate has fallen to stand in 2013 at 1313.

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• Accident rates in the waste industry - Bomel Report

“Damming research was published yesterday by the HSE which showed that around 4,000 accidents are reported by the waste industry each year, or approximately 2,500 per 100,000 workers. This is nearly five times the national average accident rate, and the fatal incident rate of 10 in 100,000 is ten times the national average.”

http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr240.htm

“The research, conducted by Bomel Limited, was based on 2001/02 figures and revealed that incidents were mainly reported from refuse or recycling collection crews manually sorting the waste.”

From letsrecycle.com 17 June 2004

Achievements to date

Achievements to date

• RR701 BOMEL II - Accident rates fell by 15% from 03/04 to 07/08.

HSE's Head of Manufacturing Sector, Geoff Cox said: "There has been a lot of work by all parties to improve the industry's poor record since we published the first analysis of the injury rates in 2004.”

"The declining performance at the beginning of this decade has been halted and we can now see improvements that equate to 800 fewer injuries per year.” 

http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr701.htm

2001/2 ~4100 (Bomel, RR240)

2006/7 ~3300 (Bomel, RR701)

2012/13 ~2100(HSE Statistics)2013/14 ~2000(HSE Statistics)

The RIDDOR record 2001/02 to 2013/14

Achievements to date

But the industry RIDDOR rate is still higher than construction….

• WISH is committed to change by: - Establishing and sharing best practice- Improving the safety performance of the industry- Developing the competence of those who work in the industry- Improving perception of the waste industry as a benefit to society and a safe place to work

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win”.

John F Kennedy (1917-1963)

http:www.hse.gov.uk/waste/wish.htm