fitting safety - iosh

"The Voice of Shopfitting and Interior

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Robert Hudson – Director/Chief Executive National

Association of Shopfitters

“Retail refurbishment:

Fitting Safety &

Environmental into shops”

It cannot be ignored !


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Fit Out Contracting is

fundamentally about generating a

strategy of:-

“ Safe Place Safe Person”

Managing the risk is the

background


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NAS formed 1919

Show the “world the difference”

between shopfitters/fit out and the

construction industry in general


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Recruitment & Training

“with a view to stimulating the study and improvement

of design in shopfronts and shop interiors, a prize of

£3.3s.0d be awarded to the best design by students at

Northern Polytechnic Institute”

NAS Executive Committee 1926


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“Refurbishing a store

whilst trading”

• Shed (out of town)

• High Street Premises

• Shopping Centres


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What are the issues? - this before you have started

• difference between new build & revamp

• meccano job or full refit

• client appointed contractors

• third party liability – general public/store staff

• merchandisers

• project team/retail team

• asbestos

• fire safety


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CDM 2007

“Everyone controlling site work has health and safety

responsibilities. Checking that working conditions are healthy

and safe before work begins, and ensuring that the proposed

work is not going to put others at risk, require planning and

organisation.”

This applies whatever the size of the site.

After the sentencing, Richard Boland, HSE's Head of Operations for Construction, said:

"This outcome should act as a wake up call that any shopfitting refurbishment programmes

involving asbestos-containing materials must be properly resourced, both in terms of time

and money - no matter what. "Large retailers and other organisations who carry out major

refurbishment works must give contractors enough time and space within the store to carry out

the works safely. Where this is not done, and construction workers and the public are put at

risk, HSE will not hesitate in taking robust enforcement action."

„High street retailer fined £1 Million

for safety failings.‟

Contractors also hit with fines for failing to protect

the General Public

Firms prosecuted over asbestos

danger at Bolton mill

(HSE) took legal action after finding dozens of damaged asbestos

boards stacked up at Brownlow Mill

during a visit on 20 October 2010.

"It is a legal requirement for owners and letting agents of commercial

properties to carry out an assessment as to whether asbestos is present

in a building, and what action is needed to keep it safe.”

Cheltenham retailer and contractor

prosecuted after asbestos exposure

A Cheltenham contractor and a retailer have been prosecuted

after a construction worker was exposed to asbestos during a

refurbishment project.

The Court was also told that the Client had failed to provide any

information regarding the presence of asbestos within the building.

The Contractor failed to ensure a proper asbestos survey was

available before work began. As a result, workers on site, removed

up to 85m of asbestos insulating board over two days without the

necessary controls or adequate protection.

Ceiling Contractor used

hotchpotch tower scaffold

A worker suffered a multitude of injuries, including a brain

haemorrhage, when he fell two metres from an unprotected

scaffold tower.

Guilty to breaching s2(1) of the HSWA

1974.

Worker fell from roof of unguarded cherry-picker

A company that hires out work-at-height equipment has admitted failing

to plan work safely after one of its employees fell from a cherry-picker.

He suffered a fractured skull, which caused bleeding on his brain,

and fractured four vertebrae, four ribs and his collarbone. He was

unable to return to work for 12 months owing to his injuries.

Company found guilty of breaching reg.4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.

It was fined £8000 and ordered to pay £5888 in costs.

Fraudsters collude to file false asbestos report

Two men have admitted falsifying a record stating that a school in

Oxfordshire had been properly cleaned of asbestos.

The HSE believed the site had been made safe after they received the report.

One of the Contractors launched its own investigation and used GPS tracking on

Its employee‟s van. The tracker showed the vehicle had been driven to a

service station on the M40 and then back to his home address,

proving he hasn‟t visited the school.

Both employees appeared at Oxfordshire Magistrates‟ Court and pleaded guilty to

breaching s7 of the HSWA 1974


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Site based issues

• phasing/hoardings

• structural

• occupational health

• waste management

• fire

• working at height

• temporary works

• plant and equipment

• nail guns

“by no means an

exhaustive list”

FATAL INCIDENT AT A RETAIL UNIT

UNDERGOING REFURBISHMENT

„A recent fatal incident involving a

shopfitting contractor has highlighted

the need for clients, designers and

contractors to be aware of the structural

condition of existing works.‟


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Working in partnership with our major stakeholders to

deliver a safe, professional and fully qualified workforce

What are the NAS doing?


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Strategy

• Competent employers

• Competent employees


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“Site Safety Plus” for Shopfitters &

Interior Contractors

Comprehensive health and safety training programme

Designed to give senior managers & employees the skill set they need

Our courses will ensure everyone will benefit from the best possible

training.


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“Two Day Site Safety Plus for the Structural

Elements of Shopfitting and Interior Contracting”

“Structural shopfitting is not covered by the 5

Day Site Management Safety Training Scheme”


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“Continue to develop & deliver short duration

accredited shopfitting specific training

programmes devised for the industry by the

industry”


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PAS 82 Shopfitting

Management Standard

“BSI the leader in the development of standards-

based business solutions”

“UK‟s leading provider

of integrated services, helping

businesses identify and minimise

risk”


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Stage 1 pre-qualification excessive paperwork and

significant cost.

“Safety at the heart of procurement.”

embraces the core guidance on competence (CDM2007)

PAS 82 Shopfitting Management

Standard


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Accredited Skills Card Shopfitting & Interior Contracting Competence Scheme (SICCS)

www.shopfitters.org/siccs

Processed, accredited &

branded by

ConstructionSkills

0844 847 4409

http://www.shopfitters.org/siccs


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Accredited Skills Card

Scheme owned and Managed by the NAS

Different card levels

– Apprentice (4 year card)

– Experienced Operative (5 year card)

– Decorator & Polisher (5 year card)

– Professional (5 year card)

– Supervisor Manager (5 year card)

– Director (5 year card)


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Benefits of Accredited Skills

Card

recognised industry skills

improved health and

safety

provision of training

standards

a move to a qualified and

carded workforce


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“Conclusion”

Helping shopfitters & interior contractors to stay

“qualified, competent and safe”.

A card scheme that allows clients to prove that

shopfitters & interior contractors can do their job, and

that they can do it safely.


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“The SICCS Supporters Club”


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“these are among the most

demanding standards of any of

the industry card schemes.”

“Report released and commissioned by HSE-ConstructionSkills

prepared and researched by Pye Tait Consulting June 2011”

What the professionals say

about the NAS Card Scheme


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“Courses that the NAS have pioneered for the

shopfitting sector, working with ConstructionSkills

are to be applauded”


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Shopfitting Safely “A Safe Pair of Hands … now & in the future”

Endorsed by the

Health & Safety

Executive

Generic awareness of

site issues

Preparation or

refresher

Achieve better

standards


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Developing technical standards 1. SICCS Card

2. PAS 82 Shopfitting Management Standard Accreditation

3. Safe Erection of Hoardings & Similar Structures

4. Fire Safety in Shopfitting

5. Manual Handling

6. Site Safety DVD

7. Workshop Safety DVD – release date 12/10

8. Other Accredited Training Material

9. SKA Rating and Low Impact Shopfittings Tool

What is Ska Rating

UK Government's Low Carbon Action Plan

- Benchmark and standard for non domestic fit out

- Measure fit out projects against criteria

- Will help make informed decisions about fit out

- Benefits for occupiers & other stakeholders

Sustainable shopfittings

The Low Impact Sustainability Tool

(LIST) focuses on a key area of retail

sustainability that has had little previous

attention - the large quantities of display

and shelving equipment that play such

a crucial role in the character and

success of shops and stores.

Shopfittings have important

environmental and cost implications,

as they are regularly replaced and

discarded - usually to landfill.

LIST helps shopfitting designers and

manufacturers to use more sustainable

materials and designs, and retailers

to select equipment that will support

their sustainability goals.

www.bre.co.uk/sustainableshopfit

http://www.bre.co.uk/sustainableshopfit


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