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Leadership, Engagement and Risk Managementon London 2012

Lawrence WatermanHead of Health & Safety ODASenior Partner, Park Health & Safety Services

Olympic Games - the world’s biggest event• 205 countries

• 5,000 Olympic Family members

• 17,800 athletes & team officials

• 22,000 media

• 8 million tickets

• 147 countries

• 1,000 Paralympic Family

• 4,000 athletes & team officials

• 4,000 media

• 3 million tickets

• 100,000 workforce including volunteers

• 4 billion global audience

The Paralympic Games

Large complex, contaminated site, April 2006

– Complex work

– Staff and supply organisations

– Stakeholders

– Deadlines and Budgets

Safety, health, well-being central to our effort

Relevance to all Organisations

Over 90% of materials re-used, much on site, or recycled

200 buildings demolished, pylons removed

Powerlines Project

Remediation – half of the 2m tonnes of soil moved

Health and safety risks from multiple handling

Utilities

Basketball

Olympic Stadium

Aquatics

Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre

The ArcelorMittal Orbit

1. Leadership at every level

2. Engaging workers

3. Health like Safety

4. Managing Risk

How do you get the message to everyone - so that no-one compromises on H&S?

Themes

Key to Safety Performance

Leadership from the topHarnesses and motivates the whole organisationStructure and Strategy

Leadership - Strategy

SH&E Leadership Team (SHELT) ODA Delivery Partner senior executives Project Directors (Tier 1s)

Project Leadership Teams Supply Chain and Project Managers

Leadership - Teamwork

SHELTI belong to the team that will create the healthiest, safest and greenest Olympic and Paralympic Games

Leadership - Teamwork

Charter Team Purpose

Objectives

Scope of Responsibility

Challenges

Rules

Membership

Actions

Leadership - Teamwork

Visual Standards Key issues

Picture bad practice

Picture good practice

Issue to site teams

Use for inspections and audits

Leadership - Tools

Crucial link from management to site teams Competence – development

Responsibility - expectations

Performance – monitoring and support

SuprvisorsLeadership - Supervisors

Every available mechanism HS&E Standard requires arrangements on every

project – inc. TU recognition Inductions

Daily Activity Briefings (DABs) mandatory

Safety Stand-downs “Take time for safety”

Management and Supervision - contact

Verbal and written communications

Climate Survey for feedback and action

Issue of “Trust”

Worker Engagement

DABs – Safe Starts

Everyone knows what is expected

Reminders of risks and precautions

Opportunity for feedback

Team building

Productivity

Worker Engagement

Culture

• Climate Survey

• Developed with HSL

• Employee Engagement

• Project action plans– Near miss reporting– Behaviours

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Occupational Health Strategy and Service

Business CaseHSE & ODA funded research by IES (ref: HSE/IES report RR 921 2012, and IES 497)

• Clinical service

– for every £1 invested the ROI was £5.96 in reduced production costs

• For the preventative service

– for every £1 invested the ROI was £7.27 in reduced sickness absence

Case studies

– Paint Aerosol in Media Centre

– £1 spent on prevention, £65 was saved in production time

– Contaminated Land

– £1 spent on prevention, £120 was saved in production time

– Asbestos on Stadium Site

– £1 spent on prevention, £238 was saved in production time

• Ill Health Prevention

• Occupational Hygienists

• Health like safety – planning, risk profiling, etc.

• Working with every project team

• Independent evaluation – investment not cost

Occupational Health

Strategy for Health & Safety Assurance

Challenge• Responding to change in construction activity• Scale and diversity of project

Strategy• SPOC• Integration of Health, Safety and Environment

Implementation• Weekly peer review for early intervention• Project Managers actively engaged

Reward and Recognition

Breakfast Vouchers, Badges, etc etc

“You said, we did” boards

Supervisors’ Course – badges, posters

Annual Awards

General Engagement

Accident Frequency Rate (AFR) London 2012 October 2005 – August 2012 (AFR 0.15, 1 yr 0.10)

Safety Performance to DateSince 1 October 2005

31 periods of 1m hours without reportable accident

5 periods of 2m hours

2 periods of 3m hours

1 period of 4m hours

125 RIDDOR Accidents with declining severityc. 80,500,000 hours

AFR is lower than all-UK employmentAFR is <1/2 reported construction level1 case of reportable ill health

Managing risks on site

Clear commitments

Health and safety

Supply chain expertise

Plan, plan and plan

Relentless

Managing Risk

Learning Legacy

• Independent evaluations• Case studies• Tools and products

www.london2012.com/learninglegacy

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