Competence and safety on road projects are essential. Working on the road network can be hazardous and the RSTA encourages good working practice that reduces the risk to workers and drivers.
Through its training programme and management of the National Highway Sector Scheme 13, RSTA promotes heath and safety awareness and proficiency and fully supports initiatives such as the Highway Englands Respect Road Workers campaign.
RSTA training courses cover health & safety on site for; Surface Dressing, Slurry-Micro Surfacing and High Friction Surfacing operations.
Please click here to access all scheduled Training Courses.
RSTA Safety, Health & Environment Mission Statement
“Setting standards for reporting industry trends and using members information to develop guidance for members to use for continuous improvement”.
Please use the Safety Alert Template to report incidents and near misses to RSTA
Safety Alert Template RSTA 1 page
New Government Legislation
Hard Hats: new-regulations-for-hard-hats-comes-into-force-in-january-2017
Drug Driving: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/drug-driving
Tachograph Rules: https://movingon.blog.gov.uk/changes-to-tachograph-rules-for-local-journeys-2/
Highways England
Highways England have established a highway safety hub containing campaigns, alerts, initiatives, H&S toolkits. http://www.highwayssafetyhub.com/
SHE Safety Alerts
Bitumen Emulsion – Safe Working Procedures
How to avoid slip trip and fall accidents
Health & Safety Alert – Tipper Overturn
Eurobitume – Bitumen Burns – March 2014
Eurobitume – Bitumen Burns – July 2014
01-2015 Hydraulic Injection Injury
04-2015 Low Loader Significant Near Miss
05-2015 Articulated Lorry Overturn Whilst Delivering Sand
10-2015 Use of Stihl Saws and Dust Suppression
11-2015 Driver Jailed over Death after Texting at the Wheel
12-2015 Fatal Incident – Contract Haulier
13-2015 High Level of Injury Threat from Loading Shovel Turnover
14-2015 Articulated Truck Tip-over
15-2015 Third Party Lorry Driver Falls from Vehicle
16-2015 350 Planer Overturned – Potential to Cause Serious Injury
17-2015 Traffic Management Incident
19-2015 Outdoor Safety & Health Supplementry Information
20-2015 Operative Injured by Reversing Dumper
22-2015 Overhead Electric Cables and Tipper Lorry
23-2015 Taking Materials from the Back of a Moving Vehicle
24-2015 Bitumen Emulsion Incident.
25-2015 Fatal Injury Involving Vacuum Excavator
28-2015 Bitumen Emulsion Spill
2016-01 Articulated Tipper Flipped
2016-02-burn-to-operative-from-flame-gun-resulted-in-an-over-7-day-riddor
2017-01 Safety Alert Emulsion Spill
2018 – 03 Crush Injury to Mechanics Hand Whilst Repairing a Hopper – Lost Time Injury
2018 – 04 Serious Event – Hydraulic Cylinder Failure
2018 – 05 HGV Vehicle heading towards site with intent to enter the road closure
2018 – 06 Razor Blades Attached to Traffic Management Signs
2018 – 07 Fuel Pipes to Boilers & Lances
2018 – 09 High Potential Incident
2018 – 10 Temporary Works – Excavation Collapse
2018 – 11 Delivery Driver Fell Whilst Exiting Vehicle
2018 – 13 Incident M6 J26 07.06.18
2018 – 15 Motorists Reminded to Respect Road Closure
2019 – 01 Phoenix Chipping Spreader MK10 Seat Safety Pressure Switch
2020-01 Hopper Entry Near Miss
2020-02 Lorry Mounted Crane Failure
2020-05 High Voltage Power Lines
2020-07-Operative Broken Ankle
Working Well Together Campaign
Every year thousands of construction workers in the UK are killed, injured or have their health damaged.
The working well together campaign aims to stop the suffering. The website contain a plethora of useful health and safety Information:
http://wwt.uk.com/content/Home.aspx
Guidance on:
Safe Deliveries of Aggregates at Storage Locations – Safe Deliveries at Aggregate Stocking Areas – AI Presentation to RSTA Feb 2014
New Guidance on Manual Handling Regulations – http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l23.htm?ebul=gd-cons&cr=30/sept-16
How to Break Ground – HSG47