Health and Safety
We believe that the vast majority of accidents are preventable. We work with our suppliers to help ensure the safety of people on our developments. By caring about the safety, health and well-being of our employees and others affected by our business activities we can have a positive effect on their lives and improve efficiency on our developments.
The amount of hours worked on British Land development sites in 2006 was over 300% greater than that in 2005. There were no fatal or major accidents on any of our developments in 2006. Our Lost Day Accidents Frequency Rate reduced over 300% from 2.85 in 2005 to 0.68 in 2006. Our Reportable Accidents Frequency Rate increased slightly from 0.41 in 2005 to 0.42 in 2006. Our 2006 results are considerably below the national average. They demonstrate the efforts of our project teams to maintain the highest standards of health and safety during design and construction.
In 2006 we worked with health and safety consultants PCM Safety to establish a universal web portal for the recording and reporting of contractor and project health and safety performance. Our new system centrally stores, analyses and compares data in an instantly accessible manner.
| Project | Reportable Accidents* |
Reportable Accidents Frequency Rate+ |
Lost Day Accidents |
Lost Day Accidents Frequency Rate |
Hours Worked |
Number of Staff ‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 Bishopsgate | 3 | 0.36 | 1 | 0.12 | 842,061 | 365 |
| Ropemaker Place | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 20,130 | 9 |
| Willis Building | 3 | 0.27 | 11 | 0.99 | 1,112,110 | 483 |
| Ludgate West | 3 | 5.77 | 0 | 0.00 | 51,964 | 23 |
| York House | 3 | 0.40 | 5 | 0.67 | 745,233 | 323 |
| Meadowhall | 1 | 0.52 | 4 | 2.08 | 192,634 | 84 |
| Blythe Valley | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 99,664 | 43 |
| Osnaburgh Street | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 24,274 | 11 |
| Total | 13 | 0.42 | 21 | 0.68 | 3,088,070 | 1,341 |
| * Reportable accidents include fatal and major injuries as well as injuries that cause incapacity from work for more than three days. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| + Frequency rate | = | (Total number of incidents x 100,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total person hours worked in Period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ The number of staff is the average number of people employed each month over a period. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*RIDDOR: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
**AFR: Accidents Frequency Rate
The number of hours worked in 2006 was over 300% greater than in 2005 with 3,088,070 hours worked in 2006 compared to 737,744 hours in 2005.