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SPRS team achieves 500,000 man hours since last LTA
The Sellafield Product Residue Store (SPRS) project reached a major milestone of 500,000 man hours and six consecutive months without a Lost Time Accident on Wednesday 6 February, a tremendous achievement for everyone involved on the project.
Achieved during a phase of intensive civil, mechanical and electrical construction, where the multidiscipline blue collar workforce reached a peak of 350 operatives and experienced some extremely adverse weather conditions, the team safely completed a number of major milestones on the project during this period.
As if this were not enough, the project also reached their nineteenth ‘Target Zero’ 28 day period without an accident, a scheme which has now resulted in thirty £750 awards being made to local good causes.
“Whilst this is something which the whole Project Team is extremely proud of, rest assured no one is resting on their laurels and we will carry on working very closely with the supply chain to ensure we continue to manage a safe site,” said Project Manager Tom Gilroy.
“The roll out of ‘ZEW’ - Zero Event Workplace training - has played a large part in the project’s current safety record. Aimed at raising awareness of how individual behaviour impacts on the whole plant, what was originally a supply chain initiative has been so successful across SPRS that it is now going to be rolled out across the whole of Nuclear Decommissioning and Major Projects Group (ND&MPG).”
Steve Livingstone, Major Projects Superintendent, added: “The very nature of the work carried out in the construction industry means that risks can not be eradicated at all times, however appropriate leadership and management as demonstrated on the SPRS project show that they can be managed thus preventing people being hurt.
“The whole team really embraced the challenge of working to the ‘ZEW’ standards we are rolling out across ND&MPG, and I am really proud of their success.”
