The presentation 'Tarmac's Journey to Zero Tolerance on Health and Safety' was given by Julian Robinson, Tarmac Senior SHE Advisor for South West Aggregate Products and as expected drew a full house.

Journey to OTTO, Zero Tolerance-Target Zero

LTI(lost time injury) by definition was given as 1 shift lost by an employee or contractor

LTIFR(lost time injury frequency rate), is the means by which progress is quantitatively measured

Criteria for recording LTI's are that they are identifiable, reported, recorded in the accident book, it must have occurred at work, employee or contractor but does not include old injuries or medical conditions

In 2000 Tarmac not only supported the HSE Hard Target Initiative, but boldly stated on it's intentions to reach zero accidents in the 5 year period.

In 2000 accidents were recorded at 445, YTD 2005 it is 35.

Tarmac expects

no one to walk past any unsafe act, condition or behaviour

and to challenge any of the above

By having commitment from the very top, a goal, equipment, safe systems and competent people it they set about the task.

The key tools were established;

task auditing

good safety culture

leadership auditing

Using these tools a set of safety standards were set in key areas. These became known as the "Golden Rules". These were a simple set of rules governing

Confined spaces

Working at Heights

Isolation

Vehicle Safety

Quarry Operations

Lifting and Manual Handling

Personal Protective Equipment

Simple instructions became well publicised and fundamental training focused on these golden rules.
In summary

the golden rules set the standard

Task auditing gives Visible Felt Leadership

No blame culture

Encouragement of reporting all incidents or near misses

Disciplinary is the last resort

Are all ways that have helped the system work for Tarmac so far on their journey so far.
The way forward "Do it Better"
The presentation prompted many questions from the audience.
Following this a vote of thanks was duly given by M.Littleford

A.Shakeshaft - Branch committee member