Construction safety case (MAP) – a strategy for successful implementation
Roberta SelleckA CLOUGH, 34 Parliament Place, West Perth, WA 6000, Australia.
B Email: roberta.selleck@clough.com.au
The APPEA Journal 58(2) 601-605 https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ17135
Accepted: 19 March 2018 Published: 28 May 2018
Abstract
The Critical Control Management (CCM) methodology has emerged in the construction and mining industries as a ‘safety case’ to manage personal safety risks associated with high-risk activities. The construction-based Major Accident Prevention (MAP) program has been implemented on oil and gas projects since early 2016 and has been tested in greenfields, brownfields, operations and maintenance, and hook-up and commissioning environments. Since implementing the MAP program, a reduction in high potential ‘near miss’ events and a reduction of all injuries has been observed. Within the Clough organisation, four projects that are near completion have zero injuries.
MAP works by providing the specific standards (rules), in a similar manner to ‘operating limits’ used in process control systems, to ensure critical control integrity. Through these specific standards, MAP eliminates substandard field work practices becoming normalised and MAP empowers field supervisors and even line employees to ‘stop work’ when critical control standards are not met in the field.
Based on widely accepted organisational change principles, a framework for successfully implementing CCM has been developed. The framework is critical to successfully implementing and executing construction safety cases in a proactive manner. This paper explores what comprises CCM and the key attributes contributing to successful implementation.
Keywords: accident, accident prevention, construction, critical control management, fatality, fatality prevention, hazard, incident, risk, safety case, safety climate, safety culture.
Roberta Selleck is a Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) professional with over 20 years of experience in senior HSSE manager roles across the resource sector and has held roles in the oil & gas and mining industries both site and corporate based. Roberta joined Clough in August 2013 in her current role to support the design, development and implementation of Clough’s HSSE improvement strategy. Significantly this has included developing the Clough Major Accident Prevention Program to address high-risk construction activities undertaken by Clough. Prior to joining Clough, Roberta was the HSE Manager for the FMG Solomon Operational Readiness team which included the introduction of an autonomous hauling strategy for mining at Solomon. She has a Bachelor of Science, and Graduate Diplomas in environmental impact assessment, education and occupational health and safety and is currently working on a PhD in CCM. |
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