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Meeting the Working at Height Challenge – NDS. Caroline Meek and Dave Turton. Hard facts. Falls from height remain the single biggest cause of workplace deaths and one of the main causes of major injury (HSE)
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Meeting the Working at Height Challenge – NDS Caroline Meek and Dave Turton
Hard facts • Falls from height remain the single biggest cause of workplace deaths and one of the main causes of major injury (HSE) • In 2008/9 there were 35 fatalities and 4654 major injuries and 7065 minor RIDDOR’s (over 3 days off work) due to fall from height • Network Rail’s suppliers and customers working at height on rail wagons • Network Rail needed to work together with industry partners: • to facilitate and provide solutions to working at height; and collaborate in providing safer solutions for the use of railway wagons within our logistics service Presentation title to go here
Working at Height – all weathers and time of day Staff on wagons Can we change?
Panel positioning Staff on wagons
Can we change things? • Aim - Reduce or stop working at height • Set up a working group with NDS and Track • Best practices reviewed and shared • Ideas put forward: • Convert the conventional YSA Salmon wagons into:- Osprey wagons • Sleeper loading • Bass wagon use • Driving change in the industry
Osprey wagon-final version‘3 tier high’ (2007) 200 YSA Salmon wagons converted to YKA Osprey wagons
Loaded ‘Osprey’ – eliminates WatH risk • 3 tiers high • 60’ - No securing straps
Securing 30’ or short panels – eliminate the WatH risk Only 2 straps required – new type fitted with 3m wear sleeve
Gauging issues Panels remain in gauge so no sleeper ends require cutting back
Osprey Wagon Benefits Working at height risk reduced It is 50% faster to load Only requires one person to load No additional lighting on work site It only takes a few minutes for 2 people to secure 30’ length panels Presentation title to go here 10
Osprey Wagon Negatives • Only 3 tiers - larger pool of wagons required • S&C panels • Panels with check or guard rails
Sleeper loading 7 sleeper spacing for the Philmor sleeper grab
7 sleeper spacing Benefits: - safer as no longer requires chains • eliminate the need to work at height when unloading • Quicker to unload
Loading materials OBA Bass wagon – changed to metal framed doors
Modified OBA Bass wagon – reduced WatH risk (early 2008) Steps and handrail fitted to one end of wagon on both sides
Modified OBA Bass wagon Benefits – safer to climb into wagon
Further new ideas - S&C Tilting Wagon All WatH activities were designed out during development
More to do – Mullet etc WatH still required due to slinging operations