Builders Safety

Employees are responsible for: Ensuring they comply with the occupational health and safety policy, the Occupational Health and Safety Management Plan and all company safe work practices. Ensuring the safety of themselves and others in the workplace. Immediately reporting any unsafe condition, dangerous ...

COSHH stands for Control of Substances Hazardous to Health; this is legislation that has been implemented to ensure employers are following specific guidelines that reduce the risks that exposure of hazardous chemicals can cause to health and safety within the ...

Corrective actions will normally be identified by Incidents, accidents, workplace inspections and safety audits. What is the purpose of a corrective action plan? The action plan will be compiled with details of the problem or non conformance, and will list the preventative ...

Safe working and safe work procedures will only be effective through training and employee and management cooperation on site. Company management and supervisors have a duty to ensure that staff are trained and competent to ensure that tasks are carried out ...

Evaluation of Method Statements:- When you (as a main contractor or client) receive method statements you should evaluate them to ensure the contractor has complied with the contract requirements for method statements. The content should include: Task/process and area of specialisation. Sequence of work ...

When purchasing or hiring machinery its vital to confirm that there is an instruction manual supplied with the machinery, The manual should be concise and up to date.   Guidance notes for Instruction Manuals:- Is it in English? (Note: The supplier is required to ...

When carrying out a Risk Assessment the level of risk compared to the reduction of risk measures needed you should consider financial, duration and difficulty of the works as part of the control process. Risks should be reduced to the lowest possible practical  level by ...

  The Steps that can be taken to help reduce the risks are:-Before starting sweeping operations. Ensure guards on machinery in place and effective for protection. Always wear protective clothing and PPE as required. Take extra care on uneven and/or sloping ground especially when ...

Safe Site Management is vital on any project, this example of a site management method statement describes the main requirements for the safe management of a site. Each stage is to be planned and work carried out in a logical manner ...

This Example Risk Assessment covers the main risks associated with small building works/renovations Risk Being Assessed: General Building work, Excavations, Foundations, General Brick and Block work, Work at height, Manual Handling. Initial Risk Assessed as:- MEDIUM (Point Range 4 to 6 Minor Injury/Disease/Loss) Section ...

This is an example Safe Work Method Statement suitable for using a hydraulic pile breaker to cut reinforced concrete piles to the specified design level. The full method statement is available HERE  Cut-off works to commence when Concrete piles have been cured ...

This is a basic example method statement for a painting project where airless spraying and brush work will be used. (Full method statement, Risk Assessments and COSHH Available HERE) On arrival at work site:- Site Induction and toolbox talk (This Method statement) ...