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Posted By Nicola Mason
Hi,
Just researching this subject for discussion at the moment and was wondering if anyone could point me in right direction as to how to accomplish this. 'Every incident and injury is preventable and none are acceptable' I have looked at a number of ways to achieve zero incident and accident rates such as involvement and responsibility of all personnel, behaviour observation, education at all levels so people can understand what it is all about etc..
I started this post in the study support forum and had a comment on the Canary Wharf crane collapse in which the investigation was inconclusive.
Any guidance / views or pointing in direction of documentation appreciated.
Many thanks
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Posted By Jonathan Sandler CMIOSH
Conclusion
There is no single route to promoting safe behaviour, but there are six approaches that can be used simultaneously:
Example, senior managers must set a good example and always follow the rules, procedures and safe systems of work that exist. This reinforces the need for all employees to do the same, failure to do so devalues the standards and procedures that exist.
Compelling, clear responsibilities, accountabilities and standards of performance that are consistently applied. The perceived risk of disciplinary action can be greater than the perceived risk of injury.
Rewarding, reward systems based on reducing the number of reported injuries can have a negative effect; discouraging employees from reporting accidents. Reward schemes based on compliance with performance standards might be more beneficial. Simply recognising and commenting on safe behaviour can help.
Facilitating, making safe behaviour easy and removing obstacles, e.g. ensuring that adequate waste bins are provided to allow employees to dispose of rubbish easily.
Informing, raising employees' understanding of the reasoning behind precautions and performance standards.
Training, developing competence, influencing attitudes and reducing the risk of mistakes. Both the employer and employees will learn from their own experiences and it is in the nature of risk that unsafe behaviour does not always result in injury.
Unfortunately, unsafe practices are reinforced every time we "get away with it".
Extract from my essay titled ‘Discuss and illustrate how the needs, behaviours, human nature and risk perceptions of individuals may influence an organisation’s health and safety strategy.’
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Nicola
Like many assertions it is both hard to prove and hard to disprove. If one accepts, as many do, that 94% of accidents arise from the action or inaction of people than we enter the realm of a high degree of uncertainty concerning control. Only individuals can control their actions and these are subject to a wide variety of factors unique to that individual at any particular time. Even procedures and equipment are created or manufactured by people, so how much is truly unknown or uncontrollable one must wonder.
Looking at it positively however we can clearly have a major impact by concentrating on the people by whatever technique you may prefer.
The Canary Wharf incident is one of those events where the mechanism could not be traced post event. What was certain was the non testing of the lifting jacks for approx 5 years and a PN was issued and this sent shock waves round the industry. Every company was busily testing the crane after erection and failed to test the equipment that was essential to the erection process even though it is itself a piece of lifting equipment. The links just could not be made due to the damage. Yes the top of the crane twisted? slewed? spun? and then fell but why? the mechanism was just not identifiable and thus it was insufficient to secure a conviction on any party. This does not mean that it was not preventable, simply the evidence needed was not found. This was the second such collapse worldwide and perhaps the third will give some final clues when it happens!
Bob
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Posted By Jonathan Sandler CMIOSH
Bob, you wish to explain what a PN is?
Regards
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Posted By Philip McAleenan Nicola, I have co-authored a number of papers on this subject which can be found at http://www.web-safety.com/Exchange/index.htm (search under technical papers). The first paper, “Towards Zero Fatalities” covers the concept in relation to making Confined Spaces fatality free. This is followed by a series of papers that develop an operation analysis and control model for work in all situations (“Operational Analysis and Control Model” and “ A Different Approach”). This model has been tested in practice and next month will be recognised by the International Social Security Association as an international model of good innovative preventative practice. The “Design Safety Analysis Model” paper develops the OAC model in the specific realm of design and engineering. The “Prevention – A Universal Responsibility” continues the development of the concept focussing on concept of competence and what it should mean in practice. All these papers have been presented at conferences and seminars and have been published internationally. Finally, McAleenan and Orr’s paper, “Safety - Turning the Event into a Process” provides an outline of the practicalities associated with control of safety in a public sector agency. I hope that these will be of use to you. Feel free to contact me directly should you wish to discuss any of the papers, or for further information. Regards Philip
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Posted By DIANE
PN = PROHIBITION NOTICE
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
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Many thanks
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