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Raising safety awareness and improving safety performance

Raising safety awareness and improving safety performance. Organisations. DWMA: Dutch Waste Management Association (VA) Breaking Recycling and Sorting association (BRBS) Organic residu association (BVOR) Association of (public) waste managers (NVRD) (association metal recyclers applied)

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Raising safety awareness and improving safety performance

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  1. Raising safety awareness and improving safety performance

  2. Organisations DWMA: Dutch Waste Management Association (VA) Breaking Recycling and Sorting association (BRBS) Organic residu association (BVOR) Association of (public) waste managers (NVRD) (association metal recyclers applied) Employer Organisation Energie and Utilities (WENB) Unions: Abvakabo FNV Public services CNV Poffesionals CNV Black Corps Works counsel representative (LPMA)

  3. How does labour inspection use HS catalogue • Labour inspection (LI) approves HS catalogue • Maintain mandatory rules on laws on Health and saftey executive (Arbowet en Arbobesluit) • HS catalogue is reference for LI • Company can adjust or differ from the HS catalogue • Labour inspection inspect on target prescription (doelvoorschriften) e.g. lowest Diesel emmisions => euro 4, 5 or 6 engine => best filter

  4. Past inspections LI • Waste collection: ± 70% Not OK ‘niet in orde’ • Waste recycling: ± 75% Not OK ‘niet in orde’ (2005)→ ± 65% (2011) • Waste treatment: ± 50% Not OK ‘niet in orde’

  5. accidents in DWMA companies Facts & Figures DWMA: Dutch Waste Management Association Represents Dutch Waste companies: • waste collection, • recycling, processing, sorting, • anaerobic digestion and composting, • incineration • landfill

  6. Fatal accidents

  7. LTIF

  8. Past five years LTIF LTIF: Lost Time Injury Frequency

  9. Top 7 of direct causes Lost workdays and first aid cases • Hit by an object • Slip / trip / fall • Entrapment • Punctures or cuts • Falling objects • Chemicals • Push / pull / lift

  10. How to manage safety? • 11 fatalities in the past five years • Every year one lost workday case per 50 employees • Number of lost workday cases: level remains too high DWMA has started two important projects: • Reinforce the safety culture • Develop and implement the Health and Safety Catalogue

  11. Safety is…….. Health and Safety Catalogue … consciously taking acceptable risks • What are the risks? • What is acceptable? The Health and Safety catalogue gives the answers!

  12. Approved by LabourInspectorate Health and Safety Catalogue • A collection of measures • To manage the risks • Agreed between employee and employers organizations • Basis for inspection in all Dutch waste companies

  13. www.arbocatalogus-afvalbranche.nl Website

  14. Sections • General provisions • Collection of household waste industrial waste hazardous waste • Municipal waste recycling centres and household chemical waste depots • Processing household waste industrial waste hazardous waste • Composting and digestion • Incineration • Landfill • Sewer maintenance

  15. Structure of the risks • Kind of risk • Rules en regulations: criteria and limits • Solutions: • Source measures • Technical measures • Organizational measures • Personal protective equipment According the occupational health strategy • Annex containing relevant information

  16. in enclosed spaces (1) Diesel emissions • Replacement measure • Replace the diesel by an electric motor • Source measures • Vehicle remains outside the enclose space • Measures according to state of the art • Euro 4 or 5 motor • Diesel with effective soot filter

  17. in enclosed spaces (2) Diesel emissions • Technical measures • Preventive engine maitenance • Cleaner fuels • Separation of the workspaces • Optimum ventilation • Organizational measures • Informing employees involved • Routing and driving behaviour • Admission warehouse, shed or loading space • Personal Protective equipment • Use respiratory protection

  18. How to manage safety? • The Health and Safety Cataloguesubstantially contributes to healthy and safe workplace! • PROPOSAL:translate the catalogue in multiple languages and implement the best practices! • Questions??

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