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BUILT ENVIRONMENT
LEVEL 3
Unit 1. Health , Safety and welfare in
construction and the Built Environment
LEGISLATION 2
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
An official form that is completed by the contractor and sent to the HSE to advise it that works are about to commence. It contains:
Work description, site location, duration and who will be working on it.
The HSE can enforce health and safety legislation in two ways:
By an improvement notice
It tells the receiver that an incident has been found during an inspection that requires correcting within a certain time
as it has the potential to cause harm (although is not currently serious enough to cause immediate injury).
Prohibition notice.
Is served when there is a serious and imminent danger to persons who might be harmed. Work or activity is stopped
immediately and cannot be restarted until the defect is corrected.
The client
The person who will ultimately own the constructed building / project and who
pays for the work.
The client have to make suitable arrangements for managing a project which
includes the appointment of duty holders , allocation of sufficient time and
resources.
Domestic clients
Designers
Designers appointed by the client in projects involving more than one contractor.
They can be an organization / individual with sufficient knowledge, experience
and ability to carry out the role.
Principal contractors
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the construction phase of a
project. This includes:
liaising with the client and principal designer;
preparing the construction phase plan;
organizing cooperation between contractors and coordinating their work.
Ensure:
suitable site inductions are provided;
reasonable steps are taken to prevent unauthorized access;
workers are consulted and engaged in securing their health and safety; and
welfare facilities are provided.
Contractors
Those who do the actual construction work and can be either an individual
or a company.
Workers
People who work for or under the control of contractors on a construction site.
They must:
be consulted about matters which affect their health, safety and
welfare.
take care of their own health and safety and others who may be
affected by their actions.
report anything they see which is likely to endanger either their own
or others health and safety.
cooperate with their employer, fellow workers, contractors and other
duty holders.
Construction (Design and Management) Regulation (CDM) 2015
Employees duties:
The employees duties under these regulations are to: use any plant or
machinery provided in accordance with any training in its use
That they should ensure that construction The movement of traffic on construction
workplaces are safe. sites, both on and off, must be
considered
Measures must be in place to prevent operatives
falling.
Emergency routes and procedures must
be temporarily put into place while the
Falling objects must be prevented from falling
by the use of toe boards, netting or a physical
building is incomplete.
barrier. Suitable welfare facilities must be
provided for workers.
The employer must undertake measures with
regard to excavations, their support and Suitable lighting and fresh air must be
prevention of people and plant from falling into the
provided to workplaces.
excavation.
Working above water must have special To undertake some specific safety
measures in place to prevent an employee inspections, e.g. scaffolds and
drowning. excavations.
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
It imposes a legal duty on all employers, employees and
the self-employed.
Under this regulations you must report death at work,
major/minor injuries that result in three or more days
absence from work, work-related diseases and near
misses.
It is mandatory for all on-site workers to abide by these
rules.
The Control of Substance Hazards to Health regulations (COSHH ) 2002