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SHEF Annual Report Health, Safety & Environmental Department HM Naval Base Clyde 2008 – 2009 SHEF Annual Report Health, Safety & Environmental Department HM Naval Base Clyde 2008 – 2009 In association with FOREWORD BY MANAGING DIRECTOR (CLYDE) BABCOCK MARINE & NAVAL BASE COMMANDER It is our pleasure to introduce HMNB Clyde’s Annual Safety Report, for 2008-2009. HMNB Clyde continues on its journey in implementing an ambitious programme to improve the safety culture throughout the Base thereby enhancing our overall safety performance. This programme, ‘Our Challenge on Safety’, is well on the way to creating a unified Clyde safety culture, embracing all who live on, work on and visit the Base. The efforts of our Naval Base community have resulted in a significant improvement in our safety performance as outlined below. It is important that each objective, task or initiative is sustainable and it will build on our ambition to make the Base a safer environment, with that in mind we have listed just some of the activities that have and are contributing to our overall aim of an Incident and Injury free Clyde:- Capability Clyde a competency framework, Single Event Reporting/Recording System, REDF life extension project, SHEF Website, Point of Work Check process, NARO response improvement, re-certification to ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, environmental clean up of the Base using a ‘Kaizen’ approach and a defined set of Safety Performance Indicators. Throughout the year the IIF programme brought together MoD/RN Base personnel, FASFLOT and BM (C) employees, a remarkable achievement when you consider that we managed to deliver 3000 personnel through the ‘Orientation’ Workshops. There have also been in excess of 150 Supervisors/Team Leaders attend the Supervisors Skills Workshops designed to commence the application process of Incident and Injury Free. The predominant focus for this year will be the establishment of Departmental IIF Teams which has already begun with Hotel & Catering, Estates, Fleet and Nuclear Activities. This year will also see our focus turn towards the wider Naval Base community with functions such as Ministry of Defence Police being progressed through the Orientation Workshops. Overall we have seen another successful year where no major injuries were recorded, reportable accidents reduced by 48% and total accidents by 7.9%. These statistics proving indeed that the Naval Base is becoming a safer environment. Another success criteria of any cultural change programme is the number of near misses reported; this year there was an increase of 256% in reporting which indicates that our people are becoming more aware of the hazards and their surroundings. Our challenge remains for 2009-2010 to build on these successes and continue our progress towards sending our people home safely every day. The primary objectives for 2009-2010 are equally, if not more challenging and will continue to build on the excellent progress already made. Some of the major initiatives are as follows: HMNB Clyde SHEF Annual Report 2008-2009 • Implement the SHEF Training Strategy to underpin our cultural change programme • Enhance our control of contractors’ process by establishing a Site Control Office • Creating and supporting departmental safety teams • Publication of departmental Safety Improvement Plans • Reduce near misses instances attributable to unsafe conditions by 50% • Further the Clyde ‘Fire Safety Strategy’ • Implement a Safety Improvement driven Reward & Recognition Policy • Introduce Time Out for Safety (TOFS) This will be a challenging and exciting year in which we can all play a part in continuing to make the Naval Base a safer place to live, work and create an environment where we are regarded as a good neighbour. Craig Lockhart Commodore Chris Hockley Managing Director (Clyde) Babcock Marine Naval Base Commander HMNB Clyde SHEF Annual Report 2008-2009 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Performance against targets 1.1.1 Reduction in work related injuries 1.1.2 Requirements 1.1.3 Learning and Development 1.1.4 Combined Nuclear & Conventional Safety Culture 1.1.5 Communication 1.1.6 Process Initiatives 1.1.7 Behavioural Safety 1.1.8 Environmental Management System (EMS) Developments 1.1.9 Occupational Health 1.2 Incident Injury Free - Progress 1.3 Diving Safety 1.4 Introduction of Event Review Boards (ERB’s) 2. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - ACCIDENTS 2.1 Cause 2.2 Accident by Directorate 2.3 Dangerous Occurrences 2.4 Near Misses 2.5 Unsafe Acts and Unsafe Conditions 3. ENVIRONMENT 3.1 Environmental Management System (EMS) 3.2 ISO 14001 Certification 3.3 Integrated Pollution, Prevention and Control (IPPC) 3.4 Land Quality Assessments (LQA) 3.5 SEPA Site Visits 3.6 HMNB Clyde Utility Policy and Strategy 3.7 EU Emissions Trading Scheme 3.8 Defence Fuel Group Audit 3.9 Water Environment Oil Storage (Scotland) Regulations 2006 3.10 Scottish Pollution Release Inventory (SPRI) 3.11 Environmental Exercises 3.12 Environmental Incidents 3.13 Environmental Workshops 3.14 Waste Management 4. NUCLEAR SAFETY EVENT REPORTING 4.1 Categorisation of Event 4.2 Investigating Officers 4.3 Findings 4.4 Operational Feedback Experience, Reports and Trend Analysis 4.5 NSER Process Developments 4.6 NSER Statistics 2008-09 4.7 Inspection for RSA 93 HMNB Clyde SHEF Annual Report 2008-2009 5. WEAPONS SAFETY ASSURANCE 6. FIRE 6.1 Organisation 6.2 Fire Risk Assessment 6.3 Fire Safety Management Plan 6.4 Fire Incident Statistical Analysis 7. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 7.1 BM (C) Occupational Health 7.1.1 Introduction of e-Opas 7.1.2 Management of Sick Absence 7.1.3 Case Management 7.1.4 Treatments 7.1.5 Workplace Visits 7.1.6 Health Assessments/Surveillance 7.1.7 Physiotherapy 7.1.8 Potential Man hours saved 7.1.9 Clinical Audit 7.1.10 Health Promotion 7.1.11 Collaboration with External Public Health Organisations 7.1.12 Summary 7.2 MOD Occupational Health 7.2.1 Organisation 7.2.2 Noise at Work 7.2.3 First Aid Training 7.2.4 Health Surveillance 7.2.5 Health Promotion 7.2.6 Department Activity Statistics 8. OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE 8.1 COSHH 8.2 Vibration 8.3 Noise 8.4 DSEAR 8.5 Emergency Issues 6.6 Statistical Summary of Occupational Hygiene Activities 9. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 9.1 Food Safety 9.2 Pest Control 9.3 Port Health 9.4 Awareness Campaigns 9.5 Emerging Issues 9.6 Other Activities 9.7 Legislative Impact 9.8 Achievement of Objectives Set for 2007/2008 9.9 Statistical Summary of Environmental Health Activities HMNB Clyde SHEF Annual Report 2008-2009 10. CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Volumes of Dangerous Goods Transported 10.3 Material Assessment Centre – Hazardous Waste 10.4 Dangerous Goods Incidents 10.5 Training 10.6 Audits and CMS 10.7 Legislation Changes 11. REGULATORY AUTHORITIES 11.1 HSE Visits 11.2 SEPA Visits 11.3 Environmental Health 12. AUDIT & VERIFICATION 13. SELF REGULATION NOTICES 14. LEGAL CLAIMS 14.1 BM (C) 14.2 MOD 15. OBJECTIVES & TARGETS 2008/09 15.1 Requirements 15.2 Learning & Development 15.3 Combined Nuclear & Conventional Safety Culture 15.4 Communication 15.5 Process Initiatives 15.6 Behavioural Safety 15.7 Environmental HMNB Clyde SHEF Annual Report 2007-2008 1.0 INTRODUCTION The total number of injury accidents recorded for HMNB Clyde continues to fall. This year’s decrease was 7.9% (175). The number of reportables has fallen by almost a half at 48% (10). There were no reportable major injuries this year. 350 322 312 301 300 250 219 191 200 175 150 100 63 55 47 50 25 19 10 0 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 Reportable Total Accidents 1.1 Performance against targets This section provides a summary of HMNB Clyde’s performance during the past year against the targets set in our Annual Report for 2007-2008. 1.1.1 Reduction in work–related injuries All-accident Numbers 191 175 A 7.9% reduction from the previous year was achieved. 2007/08 19 2008/09 10 RIDDOR Reportable Injuries A 48% reduction in reportable accidents was achieved. • 2007/08 2008/09 - 1 - HMNB Clyde SHEF Annual Report 2008-2009 1.1.2 Requirements • Agree Periodic Safety Review Strategy – this is complete. • Establish a Just Culture – this has progressed well and a draft policy has been discussed with the Trade Unions. The intention is to have this agreed and in place within first quarter 2009-2010. • Integration of Lodgers and Contractors into IIF programme – this is ongoing, a Commitment Workshop was held where Lodgers and Contractors were introduced to the IIF ethos. Their employees will attend the Orientation sessions throughout this year. • Establish Directorate Safety Leadership Teams – this is work in progress Hotel & Catering and Estates have put in place their teams, the other key Departments will have theirs in place by end August 2009. 1.1.3 Learning and Development • Deliver 4hr IIF Orientation programme covering FASFLOT, BM (C) and MoD employees – this is complete. • Deliver 4hr IIF Orientation programme covering Lodgers and Contractors – this is in progress. • Complete delivery of Accident Investigation Leadership Toolkit (Root Cause Analysis) - this is complete. • Deliver IIF Supervisors Skills Workshop – this is complete, over 150 Supervisors/Team Leaders attended. • Develop and deliver training programme for Directors and Senior Managers – this is in progress as part of the SHEF Training Strategy. 1.1.4 Combined Nuclear & Conventional Safety Culture • Single event reporting and recording system – this is complete and now captures all events that occur on the Base through one single point of contact. • Instructions to persons on site – AC9 – this is ongoing and will become a major part of next year’s objectives encompassing a ‘Site Control Office’, new Induction Training package for all employees, an uprated Computer Based Training (CBT) Module for contractors provided at the Visitors & Contractors Induction Centre (VCIC) and a update of the Base health & safety video.
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