Some current Health, Safety & Environmental Issues - Australian ...

AAPA Health and Safety GuidesIntro: Introduction to health and safety in the flexible pavement industryGuide 1: Guide to good practice in asphalt and bitumen laboratoriesGuide 2: Guide to safe work clothing – Being updatedGuide 3: Guide to safety statistic reporting in the flexible pavements industryGuide 4: Guide and update on the Australian dangerous goods codeGuide 5: Guide to the safe use of SBSGuide 6: Guide to safe working in heat – Being updatedGuide 7: Guide to the safe use of bitumen transfer hoses – Being updatedGuide No 8: Guide For Environmental Management When Spraying Bituminous Materialswww.aapa.asn.au3

Bitumen Fuming• UN International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)• Bitumen fumes show no statistical link to lung cancer following anextensive cohort studywww.aapa.asn.au4

International IssuesWorking under traffic - US StatisticsWork zone fatalities1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008647 828 717 772 1026 1186 1063 1004 720www.aapa.asn.au5

US Work Zone Safety Awareness Weekwww.workzonesafety.orgwww.aapa.asn.au6

Other international HS&E issuesAt moment big issues are sustainability• Smooth, better pavements - save fuel, safer to drive on, reduced noise• Faster and safer to construct and maintain –lower congestion• Greenhouse and energy issues• Recycled asphalt• Perpetual pavements – road doesn’t wear out• Storm water management through porous asphalt, asphalt doesn’t leech•Low emissions from asphalt plants 0 greenhouse gas and other emissions –in US only a minor source of industrial pollutionwww.aapa.asn.au7

Current Australian IssuesAAPA members to meet for breakfast tomorrowto help identify areas AAPA should focus on overthe next two years.We shoudl start think about those issues nowwww.aapa.asn.au8