Load Restraint Auditing and SteelDrive Graeme Agnew – Risk Engineer 0418 616 397 [email protected] 15 November 2016
Load Restraint Auditing and SteelDrive
Graeme Agnew – Risk Engineer
0418 616 397
15 November 2016
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BlueScope and Load Restraint
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BlueScope and Load Restraint q Recognised that securing steel
products was a major risk to its employees, contractors and the community back in the mid-1990s.
q Steel industry has seen a number of serious incidents including fatalities to either the driver or other road users as a result of incorrectly restrained loads.
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BlueScope and Load Restraint q Recognised globally as a leader in
safety in the steel industry. q Business wide “Codes of Practice”
to manage critical risk activities including: q Mobile equipment; q Overhead cranes; q Product Storage; and q Load restraint.
q “Codes of Practice” set out minimum standards sites and service providers must adhere to.
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BlueScopeandLoadRestraintCritical Workplace Attributes q Customer Pick Ups assisted. q Load Restraint Audits must be conducted.
Critical Load Restraint Attributes q Packaging integrity must be maintained. q Directly controlled vehicles use BlueScope
Load Restraint Guidelines. q Contractors use an engineered system.
Critical Personnel Attributes q BlueScope employees have roles & responsibilities clarified. q Contract personnel have roles & responsibilities clarified.
Load Restraint Auditing
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Load Restraint Audit Requirements q Code of Practice requires:
q High risk loads be identified and where a high risk load is identified, it is audited.
q Sites have an audit strategy to achieve this and check a sample of all other loads.
q Audit compliance be regularly monitored and the audit strategy adjusted based on analysis of findings, reported incidents or other relevant changes.
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The Traditional Approach q Site and personal targets. q Target 5% of all loads despatched,
covering all products and carriers. q The more we audit, the safer the
system. q Some sites audit 100% of loads.
Creates a “tick and flick” approach. q Incidents continue to occur. q Quality rather than quantity.
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High Risk Products q Targets per product per site based on the
number of loads despatched. q Higher targets are set for product types
which are more difficult to restrain based on load restraint incident and audit failure history. q High risk products – 5% - e.g. Bore
Horizontal Coil, Mixed Loads, Pipe & Tube. q Medium risk products – 3.5% - e.g. Plate,
Structurals. q Low risk products – 0.5% - e.g. Coils in
Robbo Racks.
SiteTarget 36BH-BoreHorizontalCoil 14
BV-BoreVer2calCoil 17
SS-Structurals 3
RR-RobboRack 2
Low risk product – Easy to restrain.
High risk product – More complex restraint.
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High Risk Loads q High risk loads differ from high risk
products.
q Incident history has shown us there are also often other contributing factors, e.g. an inexperienced driver or complex load.
q Does not mean more audits just focus on the riskiest loads rather than the most convenient loads.
q Ask employee to think about, “What type of loads leaving your site worry you the most?”
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High Risk Loads q Common high risk factors identified:
q Inexperienced Driver/Loader. q Complex Load. q Outside Normal Hours. q Infrequent Despatch. q Customer Pick-up.
q Non-Standard Product/Packaging. q Change in load restraint requirement. q Uncontained small items. q Oversize/Tailboard removed. q Complex restraint methods.
q Early days yet but results have been positive. Number of audits required to be fixed both leaving site has increased: q FY15 – 0.97%
q FY16 – 1.08%
q FY17 YTD – 2.72%
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Analysis of Load Restraint Performance q Audit results are recorded in ELRA for all
sites within Australia. 40,000 load restraint audits conducted in FY16.
q Monthly report is complied that includes: q Business and site level performance. q Percentage of audits versus the target. q Audit compliance based on failures. q BlueScope vs Contractor Audit Compliance. q Failure reasons - e.g. low friction, not enough
restraints, dunnage etc.
q Actions taken to address trends based on audit results and/or incidents:
q Increased audit targets. q Safety alerts. q Training/coaching sessions. q Guideline updates.
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SteelDrive
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Site Location Details q Address and Directions. q Site Map. q Site Contact Details. q Operating Hours.
q Site Facilities. q Photos – PPE requirements, height
safety equipment, key areas on site. q If site is saved in “Favourites” driver
can receive notifications of delays.
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Site Location Details q Address and Directions. q Site Map. q Site Contact Details. q Operating Hours.
q Site Facilities. q Photos – PPE requirements, height
safety equipment, key areas on site. q If site is saved in “Favourites” driver
can receive notifications of delays.
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Load Restraint Guidelines q Access to the current load restraint guideline on the driver’s Smartphone.
q Easy access to the restraint requirement tables, that is, number of restraint required.
q Step-by-step instructional videos.
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Load Capture q Ability for driver to capture up to 8 photos of load configuration and restraint.
q Extra step process for driver to check restraint is correct prior to leaving site.
q Load photos kept in central database for a period of 30 days for future reference.
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SteelDrive – Possibilities for the Future q Training and Induction Records.
q Load Restraint Audit.
q Load Restraint Training.
q Customer Site Details.
q Pre-start Checks.
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