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Safety Stand Down 2020

20 October 2020

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20 October 2020

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Zero Harm Message

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Safety Stand Down 2020 - What today is about

Today, all EDF Group entities have been mobilised by Jean-Bernard Lévy, EDF CEO, to reflect collectively onthe work related fatalities within the business.

For us here in the UK, we are asking you to:

• Take time away from your day to day tasks to reflect on these events

• Watch our very short Executive Team ‘Only Together’ video

• Use the dedicated ‘Stand Down’ pack to discuss the events and share your thoughts with your team or colleagues

• Provide feedback on your stand down conversations and the materials provided, using the dedicated #StandDown2020 Yammer feed, by emailing [email protected] or through your HESAC representative

While the circumstances surrounding each of these fatalities won’t reflect everyone’s working environment, it is still important that we use this opportunity to consider the risks you’re exposed to and what further can be done to protect ourselves and our colleagues from harm.

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We’ve seen 9 work related fatalities across the Group since last Safety Stand Down (3 October 2019)

Contractor Employee

Working with electricity 2

Mobile plant & vehicles 2 1

Lifting operations 2

Work at height 2

Safety Stand Down 2020 - What happened


Working with electricity


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As part of a planned pruning and felling operation forENEDIS (Power-Grid distribution subsidiary of EDF), a teamof two was carrying out operations near an overhead

Medium Voltage line, using a tractor equipped with abucket.The articulated arm came into contact with the grid closeto the working area, causing Jim AUBRY – 35 and

Frédéric GUILLAUMEY – 34 to be electrocuted on site.

Elements to consider:• Contract partners• Control of working conditions in the proximity of

energised lines• Use of tools (tractor & bucket)

• Procedures to access the site & exclusion zone• Procedures to de-energise the line

• Electric risk perception • Geographical isolation

Entity follow up actions:• Joint dynamic Risk Assessment –contractors and

employer• Strengthen independent monitoring• Review current guidance• Human factor and risk perception programme in

collaboration with contract partners

• Working closely with the national industry forum• Exploring use of drones to map to map areas and get a

better view of the state of facilities

23 October 2019 – Rimbach-près-Masevaux (France) - ENEDIS


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Safety Stand Down 2020 – Working with electricity key considerations

• Lock out/tag out

• Isolate sources

• Planning, preparation, setting to work

• Supervision

• The right material for the job

• Working within electrical line proximity

• Emergency response

• Point Of Work Risk Assessment

• Work closely with contractor partners

• Electrical Activities Company Standard

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Always comply with the life-saving rule:


Mobile plant & vehicles


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As they left their working area (where they were performing public lighting activity), Juan Carlos VEGA PEREZ, 45 years old, aCitelum employee and his colleague, struck their truck left rear wheel on a pavement. Standing behind the vehicle, as Juan Carloswas trying to inspect the damage caused to the pneumatic system, his colleague managed to re-pressurise the vehicle. This actionrestarted the truck which crushed Juan Carlos.

Elements to consider :• Vehicle condition

• Processes and instructions • Managerial supervision• Coordination between team members

• Driving competence• Lack of procedure in case of vehicle breakdown

• Moving equipment risk perception

Initiated actions: • Enhanced maintenance of the fleet• Reinforcement of field visits by operational

managers• Additional external training for drivers • Breakdown instructions Position of Juan Carlos at the time of the event

23 August 2020 - Mexico City (Mexico) - Citelum


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The event occurred at an underground power connection worksite for

the client ENEDIS. A farm had to be connected to the national grid. The job was completed, and the team were preparing to leave the site. Bruno BAUMER, 50, went to the truck cabin, started the engine and got back out of the cabin (the engine was still running), for an unknown reason. He headed towards his colleagues located down a slope. The

victim’s colleagues alerted him that the vehicle was moving down the slope. Unfortunately, the moving vehicle hit him.

Elements to consider :• Subcontractor• Compressed air handbrake not engaged • Experienced person

Initiated actions: • Official investigation is underway

Impact with driver Impact with second truck

End of travel of the truck

that hit the person.

Impact point with ditch

pile of sand to be evacuated

21 September 2020 - Ineo Réseaux Est (France) - Enedis


Initial parking of the truck with

tank trailer before it drives down

the slope towards the construction

site below.

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Position présumée de la nacelle au moment de

l’accident

Supposed position of the MEWP at the time of the event

Two employees of BOIRON (a contractor for ENEDIS)

were in the cradle of mobile elevated work platform

(MEWP) to access an overhead HV line on sloping

ground. The machine overturned, killing Andres

GEORGES, 55 years old and seriously injuring his

colleague, 51 years old.

22 September 2020 – Rombach-le-Franc 68

(France) - Enedis

Elements to consider :• Subcontractor

• The track planned to run alongside the trees

allowing access to the lines, was not built

• Material procedure states the vehicle’s use on flat

surfaces

• Both employees had 30 years experience in the

job


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• Exclusion zones

• Visibility

• Stability of equipment

• Communication

• Banksmen

• Risk assessment & Point Of Work Risk Assessment

• Procedures

• Site Transport Company Standard

Safety Stand Down 2020 – Mobile plant & vehicles key considerations



Lifting operations


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On the morning of 10 June 2020, work had been completed and the cranecompany was in the process of disassembling the crane and loading it onto a truckfor transport. A large component of the crane, called a jib, had been loaded ontothe trailer, and the other crane on site was working on loading a second piece ofcrane onto the trailer. Eric MADRAN, an employee of the crane company, was

standing near the trailer when the jib rolled off the trailer and crushed him.

Elements to consider:• Crane jib was not secured to transport trailer before crane crew began next task

• Lack of Procedure• Primary contractor did not oversee the actions of their subcontractor• Job Hazard Analysis or Job Safety Analysis completion

Entity follow up actions : • Written procedure for loading/unloading crane components

• Contractor will develop an improved process for managing their subcontractors and employ that process on future EDFR projects

• Both contractor and subcontractors are continuing to reevaluate their own internal practices, identifying gaps and working together to correct any safety deficiencies

• Improved processes for pre-qualification and management of contractors and subcontractors

• Contractor Black list

10 June 2020 – Lac Alfred Wind Farm, Quebec (Canada) – EDF Renewables


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Antonio Giovanni Magrone, 49, was working on the disassembly of an existing primary water treatment plant. He was cutting

the bottom of a steel tank with a colleague. The tank had been set at an angle to facilitate the cutting operation and the fall of

the concrete bottom towards the outside. The accident occurred during the cutting of the fourth tank where in the final

moment of the cut of the concrete bottom, it fell on the opposite side to what was expected, hitting the person and crushing

his lower limbs. Following complications at the hospital, he died on 12 September.

Elements to consider :• Subcontractor

• Safety design for the specific job

• Availability of HSE documents

• Supervision availability

• Different methodologies of cutting

operations between the first three tanks

and the final one

• Contractor qualification process

• Trained and specialised person (20 years

experience)


12 September 2020 – Fenice Mirafioni Site, Turin (Italy) - Edison


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• Risk assessment & Point Of Work Risk Assessment

• Exclusion Zones

• Clear and relevant information and instructions

• Prior to any lift ensure that checks have been carried out and signed off by a competent Supervisor (permit)

• Communication

Safety Stand Down 2020 – Lifting Operations key considerations



Work at height


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As part of a solar panels installation at a customer’s home, Franck Boulant, 60, fell from a ladder.

Following his lunch break, he noticed that a tile was incorrectly positioned and went to fix it, using the lower

part of the ladder to access it. The ladder slipped with him on it, causing him to fall on his head.

Elements to consider:• Subcontractor

• Person: 40 years experience, 1 week in that company• Site: Not always possible to build a scaffold (private property; B2C)• Rainy conditions

• State of the ladder• Point of work Risk Assessment

• Work at height and risk perception

Entity follow up actions:• Doubling audits and site SHEQ visits by internal supervisors and external audit

provider• Sub-contractors Safety scores status followed up with potential sanctions (breaches)• Risk perception and work at height programme

• Helmet with chin strap - mandatory• Innovative ways of secure anchor points with catapult system

27 January 2020 – Plaisir (France) - EDF ENR


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Lon LUGA, an independent roof worker for MB Construct (a subcontractor for Luminus Insaver), fell from a roof

(12 meters) while working on a B2B solar panels installation.

After their lunch break, the team of five went back on the roof to finish the last part of the roof. Shortly after

afterwards, Mr Luga went to a corner of the roof to continue the work, and fell off.

Elements to consider:• Lack of formal approval from Insaver regarding the use of a

subcontractor • No appointed external safety coordinator • Lack of risk assessment and dynamic point of work risk assessment

• Site inspections and inspector• Planning, Control & Responsibilities

• Work at Height Risk perception

Entity follow up actions :• Contract partner relationships: charter, review of contracts• Empower project supervisors by management to stop work if unsafe

situations detected• Site visits by Insaver management (together with project supervisor)• W@Height task force• 2020 EDF Group Fall From Height Learning Expedition sponsor

10 April 2020 – Boon-weets building (Belgium) – Luminus Insaver


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• Adequate supervision in place for all work activities

• Safe access / egress assessed at the place of work via the Point of Work Risk Assessment

• Think collective protection prior to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Where the risk of a fall from height cannot be

eliminated, ensure adequate means of protecting people

• Ladder V scaffolding

• The right material for the job

• Material procedure

Safety Stand Down 2020 – Work at height key considerations



What we can all do


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Be proactiveKeep focus on Zero Harm, Life Saving Rules and Simple ActionsKeep switched on to these very real and relevant risksEveryday actions - Reporting near missesFeeding useful information into your working group contactsLearning from events a sharing learning locallyKeep in touch through your local HESAC or safety teamVisit the eNZO pages to view event briefs and comment

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Safety Stand Down 2020 – What can we all do


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[email protected]

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