Safe SystemsThe Safe System of

WorkBy Konrad Burgoyne

DTP-SSOW Issue 2 – 27 January 2012

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Safe People Safe Place Safe Practice Safe Equipment Safe Materials

All five elements make the safe system of work.

What Makes a Safe System of Work?

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Competent - Capable & knowledgeable Qualified - Trained & certified Current - Up-to-date with qualifications

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Fit for purpose Clean, planned & with organised layout Maintained Risk assessed

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Best practice used Standardised Risk assessed Covered by written procedure & instruction Audited / Reviewed & improved where possible

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Fit for purpose Serviceable & maintained Tested & certified where required Assessed where required – HAVS etc.

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Fit for purpose Tested & certified where required Risk assessed where required – COSHH / DSEAR

etc.

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Example of A Safe System

Think of some safe systems

You use a safe system every day. When you drive your car on a public road you are doing so as part of a safe system.

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Example of A Safe System

Driving

Safe People

Car drivers are: -Competent – TrainedQualified – Tested & CertifiedCurrent – Drive frequently & informed of changes (e.g. Tyre depth, mobile law etc)

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Safe Place

Roads are: -Fit for purposeCleaned, planned with an organised layoutMaintainedRisk assessed

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Safe Practice

Best practice put in place & standardisedRisk assessedCovered by written procedure & instruction

Procedure - Road Traffic Act / Road Safety Act Instruction – Highway Code

Control Document – Signs & symbolsAudited – Safety cameras & police

Reviewed with changes in law etc

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Safe Equipment & Materials

Cars and other road vehicles are: -Fit for purpose – Designed for useServiceable & maintained – Tested for safetyCertified - MOTFuel & oils assessed and controlled

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Example of A Safe System

Road traffic collisions used to be described as road traffic accidents but were renamed because the word accident implies it was no ones fault. All traffic collisions and incidents are caused by a break down of the safe system and more often than not it is the safe practise not being followed which is the cause.

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Example of A Safe System

Do you adhere to the safe system?When was the last time you checked the road worthiness of your vehicle including tyre condition, fluid levels, lights, steering, horn? Safe System calls for everyday you use it.When was the last time you reported a pot hole you noticed?Safe system calls for improper road conditions to be reported to local council by the road user.

What about speed, distance, indication, alertness, improper use of lights (flashing as a signal)?

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Safe Systems WorkJust because…You were born to do the jobYou were designed to do the jobYour parents did the jobYour grandparents did the jobYou do the job everydayYou know the job inside-outThe job is all you do…

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…without a safe system of work or if the safe system of work is not followed, its only a matter of time…

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Questions?

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