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AustStab Awards of Excellence 2014. 100 Days of Safety. FK Gardner & Sons Group Occupational Health and Safety Best solution to an identified workplace health and safety issue. Sponsored by. Overview. $70m Gore Highway reconstruction for DTMR
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AustStab Awards of Excellence 2014 100 Days of Safety FK Gardner & Sons Group Occupational Health and SafetyBest solution to an identified workplace health and safety issue Sponsored by
Overview • $70m Gore Highway reconstruction for DTMR • Campaign targeted the workforce’s attitudes to safety • Changed the culture of the team long-term • Messages: STOP – THINK – PLAN – GO • Pre and post surveys monitored progress.
Innovation and challenges • High risk project with live traffic and no side tracking • Creation of 1.2m “Danger Zone” kept personnel away from travel path • Pilot vehicles escorted traffic at 40km/h • Remotely operated traffic signals protected workforce from stray vehicles. PILOT VEHICLE TRAFFIC ESCORT DANGER ZONE
Evidence of success • 360,000 man hours lost-time injury free • Survey results point to cultural change in attitudes to safety • High praise from client:“..a positive safety culture” • Continue to see results proving long-term culture change • Key lesson:workforce empowered to address challenges on site as they arose.
Supporting data Gore Highway FBSThe safetyjourney INFOGRAPHIC SLIDE