concrete targets, RIDDOR, safety objectives, safety targets

CONCRETE TARGETS

50% reduction in RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations) reportable accidents and lost time by 2010, from the 2005 base year.

SAFETY OBJECTIVES

The following topics have been selected to reflect the problems that arise in the precast industry and to support the work of the Health and Safety Executive.

Physical Safety	Occupational Health	Human Factors
Transport	Vibration & noise	Consultation& involvement
Slips & trips	Health & absence	Control of contractors management
Manual handling	Silica / asthma problems	Audit & inspection
Work at height	Skin or stress	Risk assessment
Machinery	Musculo-skeletal disease	Training

The target years are flexible and the British Precast Health and Safety Committee will make the final decision as to which initiatives will run each year. In this way, should a situation arise that needs rapid industry response, the scheme will still remain valid and workable.

The Health and Safety Committee will produce supporting documentation for each of the above initiatives. These will be in the form of small booklets that describe how to implement a scheme under the initiative and how to share best practice that has been developed within the precast industry or parallel industries.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TARGETS

These areas of activity have significant impact on the amount of lost time that a business incurs as a result of health-related illness. The initiatives are designed to allow an industry-wide standard in each of these areas to be developed. Best practice generated from the industry will be used.

HUMAN FACTORS

Without addressing the human factors aspect of safety, improvement will be slow and difficult. These initiatives are designed to allow businesses to develop systems that address this important area of health and safety and ensure that the entire workforce is fully engaged in the process.

PHYSICAL SAFETY TARGETS

The physical safety initiatives have been developed to reflect both the HSE ‘hot topics’ and the issues that affect our industry. The HSE have produced documentation for each of these initiatives and this will be used in developing our industry best practice. These target areas have significant impact on each business due to the potential for serious injury.