Question reference: S5W-08814
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 13 April 2017
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 8 May 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what constitutes a lost time incident (LTI) on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) project; what the procedure is for notification of an LTI; how many LTIs have been reported throughout the duration of the project; what the aggregate delay to the project is as a result of LTIs; whether penalties are applied to the contractor for LTIs caused and, if so, what happens to the proceeds acquired as a result of these penalties.
Answer
Any injury is regrettable and in order to avoid a reoccurrence, Transport Scotland ensures that Aberdeen Roads Limited (ARL), the project contractor, reports, records and fully investigates all work related health and safety incidents, or potential incidents, however minor. Lessons learned are subsequently shared to ensure continuous improvements.
A Lost Time Incident (LTI) is an incident which causes injury resulting in a member of the workforce being away from work for one day or more (not counting the day on which the accident occurs).
Senior management are informed of a LTI as soon as practicable by the site team, and receive a brief written flash report within 24-hours. This is followed up with a full report following an internal investigation.
From project commencement to 19 April 2017, there have been 28 LTI’s on site. ARL confirmed there has been no aggregate delay to the project as a result of these LTI’s.
There are no penalty clauses relating to LTIs as our focus is on learning from incidents to avoid future occurrences.