Look after Yourself and Your Health...

1. Health, Safety and Environment
Weekly Safety Review SIMS awaiting
16 First Aid Recordable
Managers Comments
No. injuries ytd 10 2
Injury rate ytd 0 0
No. days worked since last 186 Injury
Performance
Issue Date : 21 / 8 / 2012 OSHA recordable (11/2/12)
No. days worked since last 186 3
INJURIES
RIDDOR injury (11/2/12)
3 Injuries THIS
WEEK
There were 3 injuries last week. 1 technician suffered a cut finger, and 2 others had
Foreign Bodies in their eyes. These are all first aid injuries.
Also last week a minor fire occurred and was put out but was not reported, a
fluorescent light was found which had been on fire and had caused localised cable
damage, and access was gained to a restricted roof without permission.
Look after Yourself and Your Health
What learning can we gain from these Injuries and other significant
events (to help prevent the same from happening again) ?
What you must do (from the Health & Safety Law Poster)
1 Follow the training you have received when using any work items your employer has given you
2 Take reasonable care of your own and other people’s health and safety
3 Co-operate with your employer on health and safety
4 Tell someone (your employer, supervisor, or H & S representative)
if you think the work or
inadequate precautions are putting anyone’s health and safety at serious risk
Keep your hands (and the rest of your body) out of the line of fire so that you don’t
get hurt – the Risk Assessment for your task will identify the safe way to do the job.
All fires MUST be reported, so that we can get the experts to check they have
been correctly extinguished, and so that we can identify what caused the fire and
prevent repetition.
Keep a check on the condition of electrical items – they generally show signs of
damage, deterioration or overheating before catching fire. Remember that an
overheating light fitting led to the South Area Stores fire some years since, so
these things really do matter.
We control access to restricted roofs to prevent the potential for fall injuries. Follow
the rules, and stay off restricted roofs, unless you have the correct paperwork,
which is the “Restricted Roof Access Support Permit”.
These recent injuries and incidents give us all the opportunity to reflect
on what we are doing, and how we are doing it. …..PTO

2. Questions we should ask ……..
1. Does the Risk Assessment for the task clearly identify the Hazards of the
task, and also the Precautions you must take to protect yourself from them ?
• Have you read the Risk Assessment ?
• Did you understand it and agree with it ?
• Are you complying with it’s requirements ?
• Are you able to do the task safely ?
2. Is the area or item to be worked on correctly prepared ?
• Not just those vital isolations, but also …..
• Adequately lit and cleaned
• Provided with safe access
3. Where PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is identified as a control
measure ……..
• Have you got the PPE ?
• Is it the correct level ?
• Is it clean and in good condition ?
Do you recognise that if you believe Hazard Levels are increasing, you can also
increase your level of Protection ?
e.g. If it started to rain on plant, we would all reach for a waterproof jacket to put
on top of our overalls, to keep ourselves dry
……. But ……
If the wind level was to increase when we were working in an area where there
was dust, would we all reach for a pair of goggles to put on instead of the light
eye protection we were using, to keep our eyes protected from this increased
level of hazard ?
Risk Assessments and Permits to Work will identify the minimum level of
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) you need to use or wear to keep yourself
safe, but you are doing nothing wrong in increasing the level of PPE you use.
You must not decrease the level of PPE you use from what is stated on the RA or
WCP.
If the RA or WCP are no longer valid, stop the task and re-assess.
Look after Yourself and Your Health