Construction News Awards 2012


Health and safety


WINNER CLUGSTON CONSTRUCTION JUDGES’ COMMENT


“The company has brought the supply chain on board. Changed behaviours have been observed with corresponding improvements in health and safety”


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Despite turnover being down 50 per cent in 2009, and 100 highly trained managers being made redundant, Clugston Construction was determined not to compromise on safety. In 2010, the senior


management team led by construction director Rod Fry asked managers to propose ways of revamping occupational health and safety objectives. Managers in charge of each


business unit prepared a set of key performance indicators that did not focus on the usual negatives such as accident rates. The new indicators were


agreed by the Clugston health and safety management group with everyone from directors to site engineers. So the company launched a


FINALISTS


HIGHLY COMMENDED ● CEILITE ● AFI-UPLIFT ● COSTAIN ● KIER ● LANES GROUP ● PILON


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worker engagement vision called ‘Hope v Intent’, with Mr Fry making it clear that it must be the intent rather than the hope of managers to protect their workforces. A 10-point plan outlining


objectives was introduced in autumn 2010 – and in 2011 every one of these targets was met. Such objectives included safety


meetings, site audits, assessments and site talks at every level from senior management to workforce and suppliers. More than 75 health and safety


worker engagement site audits were held, as were more than 20 supply chain director safety meetings. More than 8,000 people attended more than 1,100 toolbox talks. Overall, every Clugston worker


spent the equivalent of a week in the year on a training course. It was the fi rst year that all of


the company’s site workers had attended a site occupational health medical and more than 95 per cent of site workers were given a daily briefi ng before starting their shift. This intense focus on safety


paid off handsomely, with no RIDDOR accidents to Clugston employees in 2011. The number of ‘stop work’ issues was cut from nine in 2010 to four in 2011. Clugston’s ‘all injury’ frequency


rate was 1.09 per 100,000 hours worked – its lowest since it started recording them.


Judges Simon Mantle, Neil Stephens, Martin Winstone


FOCUS


ROD FRY CONSTRUCTION DIRECTOR


Good health and safety is not optional – it is morally wrong to injure people at work, and simply bad for the


business. Despite the difficulties in the construction industry, Clugston has continued to invest in the health, safety and welfare of its people, which are its greatest asset. At the heart of the 10-point


action plan was a drive to empower supervisors and managers to demonstrate the same level of commitment to safety as that of the senior team. A series of briefings and


interactive behavioural workshops resulted in a significant improvement in all 20 of Clugston’s health and safety key performance indicators. The continued effort and


commitment to this programme has resulted in more than 1,400 days without a lost-time injury to a Clugston worker, as well as increased participation by all in health and safety initiatives.


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