The Waste Industry Safety and Health forum (WISH)

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The Waste Industry Safety and Health forum
(WISH) Bringing the industry together, working
for a better future.
Chris Jones Chairman, WISH
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Introduction
Coming up in the next twenty minutes (or less!)
WISHful beginnings- The formation of
WISH- The membership of WISH WISHes
fulfilled- The work of WISH to date- The
achievements of the industry to date WISHing
for the future- WISH strategy 2009-2014- WISH
work programme 2009-
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WISHful beginnings
Genesis
May 2001 - Initial proposal arose out of a
summit between the HSE and ESA. July
2001- First meeting held May 2002- First
publication INDG 359
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WISHful beginnings
Evolution
Association for Organics Recycling British
Metals Recycling Association Chartered Institute
of Wastes Management Community Recycling
Network Container Handling Equipment
Manufacturers (CHEM) Association Department for
the Environment, Farming and Rural
Affairs Energy and Utility Skills Environment
Agency Environmental Services Association Health
Safety Executive Local Authority Recycling
Advisory Committee Local Government Employers
Organisation Trades Union Congress Waste and
Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Waste
Management Industry Training Advisory Board
(WAMITAB)
Membership- Members- Observers Constitution
- Adopted September 08 Strategy Plan of
Work- Strategy adopted Sep 08 - Plan of work Jan
09
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Turning WISHful beginnings into WISHes fulfilled
A difficult place to start..
RR240 Bomel I- Based on RIDDOR
data- Significant press attention Fatal
injury statistics- highest rate of fatal
injury- Yet more press attention ESA
Accident charter- Launched in Jan 2004- Based
on datum year 2002
James Barrett, head of the HSE's Manufacturing
Sector, said "These rates are unacceptable for a
major industry, such as the waste sector. This is
a growing, dynamic and innovative industry which
has to rise to the challenge presented by the
figures and reduce the appalling human and
financial cost to the industry." HSE press
release 16 June 2004
The Industry with the highest rate of fatal
injury is the recycling of waste and scrap where
the rate is nearly 40 times the national average.
http//www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr240.htm
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WISHes fulfilled
WISH 2002 - 2008
Best practice guidance notes Leaflets and
other publications
Ref Title
Waste01 Operating civic amenity sites safely
Waste02 Green waste collection health issues
Waste03 Orphaned compressed gas cylinders in the waste and recycling industries
Waste04 Waste and recycling vehicles in street collection
Waste05 The safe use of refuse collection vehicle hoists and bins
Waste06 Skip and container safety in waste management and recycling
Waste07 Safe handling of asbestos cement waste at civic amenity (CA) sites
Waste08 Compaction equipment User and public safety
Waste09 Safe transport in waste management and recycling facilities
Ref Title
Waste10 The safe recovery of petrol from end-of-life vehicles
Waste11 Safety at bring sites in the waste management and recycling industries
Waste15 Health hazards in the waste and recycling industry
Waste16 Kerbside glass collection Noise reduction techniques
Waste17 Managing task and finish to reduce safety risks
Waste18 Hand sorting of recyclables (totting) with vehicle assistance
Waste19 Handling needles in the waste and recycling industry
Waste20 Landfill fires controlling the risk
Waste21 Health and safety training Guidelines for the waste management and recycling sector
Waste22 Handling offensive hygiene waste
Waste23 Safe waste and recycling collection services
http//www.hse.gov.uk/waste/wish.htm
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WISHes fulfilled
Achievements to date
ESA accident charter Accident rate fell from
4150 to 2428 between 2003 and 2007. More than
a 12 year on year reduction. Following renewal
of the charter in 2007 the accident rate has
fallen to stand in 2010 at 1666.
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WISHes fulfilled
Achievements to date
RR701 BOMEL II - Accident rates fell by 15
from 03/04 to 07/08.
HSE's Head of Manufacturing Sector, Geoff Cox
said "There has been a lot of work by all
parties to improve the industry's poor record
since we published the first analysis of the
injury rates in 2004.
"The declining performance at the beginning of
this decade has been halted and we can now see
improvements that equate to 800 fewer injuries
per year. 
http//www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr701.htm
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WISHing for the future
WISH Strategy

• StrategyLaunched on 14 January 2009
• Has five key commitments
• Reduce Accidents by 10 year on year
• Measure and then reduce working days lost
• Adoption of safety management systems
• Improvement in climate and attitudes
• Increase levels of competence

Objective 1 Accident performance Reduce the
overall RIDDOR reported accident rate by 10 year
on year (2005/6 baseline) by December 2013.
Objective 3 Management of health and
safety Gain widespread adoption of safety
management systems such as those consistent with
HSG 651 principles or compliant with OHSAS
18001. Publication of a simple online self
assessment checklist could be used to help
organisations identify whether they are meet
these standards and provide information to help
monitor progress with this objective. Large
organisations may choose to benchmark themselves
on the CHASPI index (www.chaspi.info-exchange.com)
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Objective 2 Number of working days lost WISH
will produce a standard format for measuring the
number of working days lost due to occupational
health and safety incidents1. This will be
used to analyse/ sample performance to promote
engagement at company/ organisation level. WISH
will establish and task a working group to
identify metrics and agree a strategy to reduce
the number of working days lost within 24
months.
Objective 5 Competence Increase the level of
competence within the industry, in line with the
WISH Commitment to competence statement1.
WISH will establish and task a working group to
identify metrics for measuring progress with the
Commitment to competence and agree a competence
strategy within 24 months.
Objective 4 Health and safety climate and
attitudes Improve attitudes within the workforce
to health and safety. Develop and promote a
climate survey tool that enables small and medium
size organisations to measure the attitudes to
health and safety within their workforce and
identify areas where improvements can be made.
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WISHing for the future
WISH Plan of work

• Plan of WorkAgreed and adopted 27 January 2009
  
• Four working groups developing
• Occupational health measurement tools (HSE)
• Self assessment management systems checklist
  (LGEO)
• Safety climate tool for SMEs (CRN)
• Competence measurement tool and competence
  strategy (WAMITAB)

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WISHing for the future
WISH Plan of work
Association for Organics Recycling British
Metals Recycling Association Chartered Institute
of Wastes Management Community Recycling
Network Container Handling Equipment
Manufacturers (CHEM) Association Department for
the Environment, Farming and Rural
Affairs Energy and Utility Skills Environment
Agency Environmental Services Association Health
Safety Executive Local Authority Recycling
Advisory Committee Local Government Employers
Organisation Trades Union Congress Waste and
Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Waste
Management Industry Training Advisory Board
(WAMITAB)

• What about objective 1?
• Outputs from the working groups
• Adoption of already published guidance
• Adoption of safety related strategies and work
  programs by the WISH constituent organisations

• What can we do?
• Review your practices against the best practice
  guidance produced by WISH (see the HSE/WISH
  website)
• Participate /consult on emerging guidance
  documents
• Engage and cooperate with WISH
• Participate/work with the WISH working groups

No single scheme or programme is likely to be
suitable for all it is expected that the range
of activities practiced by individuals
representative organisations and individual
employers will vary greatly.
It is recognised that these targets are high
level and that each organisation represented on
WISH will have to work with its members and
others to bring about the necessary changes.
http//www.hse.gov.uk/waste/wish.htm
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CIWM June 2006
9 reasons from the last nine months why the
industry has to be more proactive in improving
its safety performance.
ESA May 2007
Four reasons from the last four months why the
industry has to be proactive in improving its
performance
ESA June 2008
In 2007 the activities of the waste industry
resulted in the ending of 17 lives and the
introduction of pain and misery to the life of
very many more.
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RoSPA April 2009
Eleven reasons from 2008 why the industry has to
do better..
RoSPA June 2010

• Seven reasons from 2009 why the industry has to
  do better..
• Operative struck by object ejected from machinery
  and killed
• Member of the public sleeping in a commercial bin
  crushed and killed by RCV
• Operative crushed and killed in recycling
  machinery
• Street cleansing operative struck by a motorcycle
  and killed
• Member of the public sleeping in commercial bin
  crushed and killed by RCV
• Operative became entangled in bin lift and
  killed
• Member of the public sleeping in commercial bin
  crushed and killed by RCV

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WISH NI MAR 2012

• Fifteen reasons from 2010 why the industry has
  to do better..
• Member of the public struck by reversing 32t RCV
  and killed
• Operative struck by reversing RCV and killed
• Operative killed in overturn of Fork Lift Truck
• Member of the public struck by reversing 3.5t
  flatbed and killed
• Member of the public struck by reversing RCV and
  killed
• Agency worker struck and killed by loading
  shovel
• Operative suffered head injury whilst emptying
  commercial waste bins
• Operative struck and killed by skip vehicle
• Operative trapped and killed in compaction
  mechanism of RCV
• Operative killed in explosion
• Operative killed by fall of paper bail stack
• Operative acting as reversing assistant struck
  and killed by reversing vehicle
• Operative fell through roof of recycling building
  and killed and
• Operative crushed between skip and HIAB vehicle
  and killed.

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WISHing for change
WISH is committed to change by
- Establishing and sharing best
practice - Improving the safety performance of
the industry - Developing the competence of
those who work in the industry - Improving
perception of the waste industry as a safe place
to work
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and
do the other things, not because they are easy,
but because they are hard, because that goal will
serve to organize and measure the best of our
energies and skills, because that challenge is
one that we are willing to accept, one we are
unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to
win.
John F Kennedy (1917-1963)
We need your help
You must be the change that you wish to see in
the world
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
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