1. A presentation to a Roads Academy Masterclass May 2011 Paul Mitchell Head of Health & Safety Aiming for Zero The Highways Agency’s approach to improving health and safety performance

2. 2Roads Academy – May 2011 What is Aiming for Zero?  It is the Agency’s strategy for improving health and safety performance across its business, guided by the core vision: ‘Our aim is that as an employer, designer and a leading client, nobody comes to harm as a result of their work for us’  The strategy commits the Agency to action in four areas:  Office and RCC-Based Staff;  Construction & Maintenance Workers;  Road Workers; and  Traffic Officers and Control Room Staff

3. 3Roads Academy – May 2011 Why four strategies?  Our Office Staff strategy seeks to include all of our people – some have significant influence over risks to others  The Construction & Maintenance Strategy and Action Plan addresses legislative H&S requirements for all workers – e.g. CDM2007 - its scope includes workers who face risks on site, and those working on roads behind protective temporary traffic management;  The Road Worker strategy actively targets risk of on-road work, especially crossings of live carriageways and other higher risk activities;  Our Traffic Officer Strategy looks at a planned approach to further improving our management of this service – enabling good dynamic assessment of risk They are complementary Strategies. Together, they seek to address the full range of risks faced by all those working on the Strategic Road Network on behalf of the Agency

4. 4Roads Academy – May 2011 Operational Areas Targeted

5. 5Roads Academy – May 2011 Where are we? November 2009 AfZ Road Worker Safety Strategy and New Action Plan launched April 2010 Over-Arching AfZ Strategy launched, setting out action in four key operational areas October 2010 AfZ Traffic Officer Strategy Plan launched March/April 2011 Launched remaining Strategies and Action Plans March 2011 Road Worker Safety milestones, including on-road trials, completed

6. 6Roads Academy – May 2011 What have we done so far?  Development and sharing of specific construction and maintenance health & safety initiatives such as:  ‘What does good H&S performance look like?’;  The Health & Safety Wheel;  The ‘Personal Commitments’ credit card;  Core Health & Safety Inductions for all MACs;  Health & Safety Good practice guides e.g. Litter Picking, Gully Emptying

7. 7Roads Academy – May 2011 Key aspect of success - Joint working with our supply chain

8. 8Roads Academy – May 2011 Developments in on-Road Worker Safety  Research projects leading to risk reduction:  New VMS Legends and RCC procedures at road works (on-road trials completed November 2010);  Speed Compliance in overnight road works and feasibility of rapid deployment speed enforcement systems (on-road trials completed, report complete November 2010);  Temporary Traffic Management Simplification – removal of 200 yard and 600 yard wicket signs (completed March 2011);  Mobile Lane Closure Technique for Static Lane Closures (on-road trials commenced and due to complete April 2011);  Offside signs relaxation trials (supply chain led project about to start)  Measuring risk reduction - MIRi

9. 9Roads Academy – May 2011 Improving Traffic Officer health and safety HA AfZ Vision TMD AfZ Strategy 3 Key Goals TMD AfZ Strategy 9 Strategic Action Areas TMD AfZ Action Plan 24 Action Areas TMD H&S Development 91 Independent Recommendations

10. 10Roads Academy – May 2011 Engaging all of our staff  Information  Understanding  Engagement ?