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Welcome to the YJUG CARE initiative presentation . Agenda. Why have you been invited today? Our responsibilities How our signing, lighting and guarding performance is monitored The consequence of getting it wrong YJUG working group CARE initiative.
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Agenda • Why have you been invited today? • Our responsibilities • How our signing, lighting and guarding performance is monitored • The consequence of getting it wrong • YJUG working group CARE initiative
Why have you been invited to attend today? • Safety of public and workforce • Raise awareness of importance of Signing / Lighting and Guarding compliance • Introduce YJUG CARE initiative
Our Responsibilities • New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 • Section 65 – Safety Measures (Red Book) HASAWA 1974 CDM regulations • Disability Discrimination Act • Introduced in 1995 • Duty under this law to ensure disabled pedestrians can use the highway safely • Tapping rails • Wheelchair ramps
How is Signing, Lighting and Guarding compliance monitored? • Random sample inspection process • Category A (Signing / Lighting / Guarding) • 90% compliance level • Improvement notice • Highway Authority routine inspections • Yorkshire Water audits • Members of public • Police • YOU
The consequence of getting it wrong! • Improvement notice served by Highway Authority • Directors become involved • 100% audits carried out on teams • Leads to zero tolerance with those that are not performing • Increased inspections • Deterioration of our relationships with HA’s • 3rd Party insurance claims for accidents associated with badly set up sites • Health & Safety Executive can become involved • FATALITY
YJUG CARE Initiative • Card issued to every employee • Carry enough equipment • Achieve right first time standards • Regularly maintain sites • Ensure speedy closure of works • To promote better signing, lighting and guarding • Raise awareness of pedestrians needs, in particular disabled pedestrians • Encouragement for you to take responsibility for setting up safe sites