Introduction This document is part of the Fatigue Risk Management System and details the requirements to meet the current statutory, corporate and client’s requirements for managing working times and fatigue risk on the project / contract. This Plan has been developed in alignment with IAN 189/16, IAN 190/16 and Balfour Beatty HSEN-PC-0065 – Fatigue Management procedure. Scope This Plan applies to all personnel on Balfour Beatty Highways projects/contracts and includes supply chain and agency staff. The Plan details how work will be controlled across the project/contract to ensure the requirements can be met throughout the duration of the project/contract. Exemptions from this Plan are HGV and PSV drivers who are covered by other legislation governing driver’s hours. The document has intentionally omitted reference to traffic management operations as these are undergoing a separate review involving the Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA), Traffic Management Contractors Association (TMCA) and the Health and Safety Laboratories (HSL) Purpose Managing fatigue is one of the components of our overall approach to fitness and wellbeing at work. Fatigue is recognised as a potential safety and health risk factor which needs to be managed and controlled as part of our duty of care responsibilities to the workforce. The Plan details individual responsibilities that, when implemented correctly, will reduce the risk of fatigue and its effects on the project/contract. The requirements of this Plan apply where activities such as the structure of the shift length, the shift roster, the nature of the work, commuting, sleeping arrangements and the lifestyle of the individual poses a risk of fatigue. Legal Requirements The Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833) is the United Kingdom statutory instrument which implements the EU Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC. These Regulations govern the time that people in the UK may work. The Regulations apply to all workers (not just employees) and stipulate minimum rest breaks, daily rest, weekly rest and the maximum average working week.
Employers must make sure that workers do not work more than an average of 8 hours in a 24-hour period, particularly where night work involves special hazards or heavy physical or mental strain. Workers cannot opt out of this working limit. Night worker health assessments are offered as part of Occupational Health Surveillance – Assessment Procedure. Documentation must be held by the Manager of the night workers working hours to prove they are not exceeding night working limits. The Company must keep the records for at least 2 years. Provide similar facilities and opportunities for shift workers as those available for day time workers. Young Workers Young workers must not exceed more than eight hours a day or 40 hours a week. There is no opt-out agreement for young workers. Young workers are entitled to two days off each week and are entitled to a 30 minute rest break for every 4.5 hours worked. Definitions For the purposes of this Management Plan the following definitions apply: Fatigue: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) define fatigue as ‘a result of prolonged mental or physical exertion’; it can affect people’s performance and impair their mental alertness, which leads to dangerous errors’ ; recognising that fatigue is not simply ‘tiredness’ and that it has a direct effect on attentiveness/alertness at work. Fatigue Management Plan: A Company/Project/Contract approved document which details how work will be controlled across the project/contract to ensure the requirements can be met throughout the duration of the project/contract. Risk Assessment/Fatigue Risk Assessment: A systematic process of evaluating the potential risks that may be involved in a projected activity or undertaking; including specifically fatigue. Extension of Working Hours Risk Assessment: A risk assessment undertaken when the ‘standard rostered working hours’ are exceeded due to an unplanned event occurring. Extended Working Hours: Any working hours in excess of planned rostered hours, this includes overtime. Authorisation to Work Excessive Hours: A form used to authorise the exceedance of planned hours during the planning of Rosters after all control measures have been exhausted and the Extension of Working Hours Risk Assessment has been approved.
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