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Accident statistics
- Fatalities in construction opinion piece – P Poynter
- Fatalities provisional data Apr-Sep 2008 – PPCS
- Fatality statistics inc construction 2009/10
- In-year work-related deaths reported to HSE
- Injury statistics European wide comparisons – HSE
- Injury statistics European wide data – OSHA (EU)
- Work-related injuries and ill health in construction 2009/10 – HSE
CDM Clients
- ABC&D of Client CDM duties – PPCS
- Client guidance in two publications by Construction Clients Group – CCG
- Client guide for small, one-off and infrequent clients – CS
- Client summary of duties – HSE
- Construction Clients Group package of tools for clients – CCG
- Construction procurement:Guide No 10 Health and Safety – Office of Government Commerce
CDM Competence and Accreditation
- Accreditation Scheme – Achilles for rail industry
- Accreditation Scheme – BS OHSAS 18001
- Accreditation Scheme – CHAS
- Accreditation Scheme – ConstructionLine
- Accreditation Scheme – NHBC
- Accreditation Scheme – SAFEContractor
- Accreditation Schemes Forum – Safety Schemes in Procurement – SSIP
- Competence and general fitness for roofwork – ACR guide
- Competence assessing contractor safety core criteria – SEC Group
- Competence selecting a competent roofing contractor – ACR guide
- Competence under CDM frequently asked questions – HSE
- Prequalification schemes mutual recognition – PPCS
- Self-Assessment Scheme – Business Link Performance Indicator
- Self-Assessment Scheme – HSE CHASPI system
CDM Contractors
CDM Coordinators
CDM Designers
- ABC&D of CDM Designer duties – PPCS
- Design advice for designers on reducing slips and trips – HSE
- Design advice on asbestos surveyors and surveys – HSE
- Design case studies showing practical solutions – DBP
- Design consideration of health issues during design – DFH
- Design construction work sector guidance – CIRIA
- Design database on eliminating and reducing risk – Construction Solutions (USA)
- Design for securing health – CIRIA
- Design frequently asked questions on CDM – HSE
- Design glazing at height guidance – CIRIA
- Design guidance on complying with CDM – RIBA
- Design guidance on the requirements on designers under CDM – CS
- Design human factors in design – HSE
- Design ideas on effective collaboration and designing for safety – eLCOSH (US)
- Design publications from RIBA – Ribabookshops.com
- Design research paper on selection of designers – HSE
- Design safe access and repair guidance – CIRIA
- Design safer surfaces guidance – CIRIA
- Design slip risk assessment tool – HSE
- Design summary of designer duties – HSE
- Design summary of Workplace Regulations for designers – PPCS
- Design test for fragility of roof assemblies – ARC
- Design to avoid dermatitis – HSE
- Design to avoid hand arm vibration – HSE
- Design to avoid musculoskeletal disorders – HSE
- Design to avoid noise – HSE
- Design workplace temperatures – HSE
- Design workplace transport layout – HSE
- Designer "in use" workplace guidance – CIRIA
- Prevention through design in construction – PtD
- Safe design in construction – Australian Govt Site
- Safe Design website for CDM Designers – SaferDesign.org
CDM Homebuilders
CDM Principal Contractors
CDM Regulations 2007
CDM Smaller Builders
- Builder Infonet February 2007 – HSE
- Builder Infonet July 2007 – HSE
- Federation of Master Builders
- Health and safety on small construction sites – OSHA (EU)
- Managing health and safety in a small business – HSE
- Plain guides to health and safety – APlant
- Risk management tools for small businesses – NorwichUnion
- Safe and Healthy Working – Scotland
- Smaller builders general advice on required actions – HSE
- Toolkit for the smaller construction contractor – HSE
- Working Well Together Campaign for SMEs – WWTC
CDM Workers
Cladding and Brickwork
Confined Spaces
Cranes - Mobile
Cranes - Planning
- Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Lifting Equipment – LEEA
- CPA Best Practice Guide – Crane Hire and Contract Lifting (CIG 9801)(4)
- Cranes lift planning – Cranes Today
- Cranes practical guidance on all types – WorkSafe (Canada)
- Cranes the importance of communications article – Cranes Today
- General Purpose Slinging Practice based on LEEA CoP
- Hook loaders application of Loler – HSE
- Lifting and mechanical handling guidelines – Step Change in Safety
- Lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations ACOP – HSE L20
- Lifting operations auditing the management system – HSE
- Lifting operations full text of Regulations – HSE
- Lifting operations regulations guidance – HSE
- Lifting operations summary of precautions – HSE
Cranes - Slinging
Cranes - Tower
- Best Practice Guide – Maintenance, Inspection and Thorough Examination of Tower Cranes (TCIG 0801) – CPA
- Best Practice Guide – Safe Use of Self Erecting Tower Cranes (TCIG 0601): Under review – CPA
- Best Practice Guide – Safe Use of Top Slew Tower Cranes (TCIG 0701) – CPA
- CPA Tower Crane Interest Group publications – CPA
- Lifting operations summary of crane requirement – Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- Safety and technical publications on tower cranes – Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA)
- The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
- Tower crane safety guidance – Strategic Forum for Construction (SFfC)
- Tower cranes guide to how they work – How Stuff Works
- Tower cranes management training – CSkills
- Tower cranes stability – CIRIA
Demolition and Dismantling
- Checklist on proactive management in demolition – HSE
- Client demolition responsibilities outlined – NFDC
- Crushing and screening silica risk during demolition – HSE
- Demolition how building implosions work – Hsw
- Environmental issues summary during demolition – CIRIA
- Explosives assessment of exclusion zones during demolition – HSE
- Selecting a competent demolition contractor – NFDC
- Training for demolition workers – NFDC
Drugs and Alcohol
electricity
- Avoiding danger from underground services- HSE HSG47
- Avoiding underground cables – Eon
- Electrical safety e-tool – OSHA (USA)
- Electrical safety guides – ESC
- Electrical safety in construction – HSE
- Electrical safety information for scaffolders – ENA
- Electrical safety quick guide to safe working near overhead lines – Eon
- Frequently asked questions on electrical safety – HSE
- Overhead power line contact with metal ladders – NIOSH (USA)
- Overhead powerline avoidance – NIE
- Safe isolation procedures during electrical work – SELECT
- Safety guide for electrical trades especially students – NIOSH (USA)
- Scaffolding operations risk from overhead lines – Energy Netwoks Association
- Simple precautions to avoid danger from electrical systems – HSE
- The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
- Underground service avoidance – NIE
- Underground utility damage prevention – National Grid/Power Systems
- Working safely near overhead electric powerlines – HSE
Environmental Factors inc heat stress
Excavations
- Avoiding danger from underground services- HSE HSG47
- Excavation safety – HSE
- Excavation safety CNews article – PPCS
- Excavations avoiding underground electrical services summary of precautions – Eon
- Excavations constructing below the water table – Uni of Aberdeen
- Excavations guidance on assessment and support systems – NYC (USA)
- Excavations guide to selecting shoring equipment – CPA
- Excavations practical advice on safety precautions – OSHA(USA)
- Excavations safety alert after recent deaths – HSE
- Excavations safety training tool – NIOSH (USA)
- Excavations short summary of precautions – APlant
- Excavations use of hanging chains – CPA
- Excavations useful guides on safe working – ScottishWaterSolutions
- Excavators use of quick hitch devices – HSE
- Underground service avoidance – NIE
Fire Precautions
- Code of Practice on the Protection from Fire of Construction Sites – FPA
- Fire precautions on construction projects – HSE
- Fire risk assesment guidance for offices – CLA
- Fire risk assessment guidance – GovtArchive
- Fire Safety Code BS 9999: 2008 – BS
- Fire safety guidance – APlant
- Fire safety law guidance and documents for business – CLA
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 FAQ – CLG
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 full text – OPIS
- Timber frame fire prevention on timber frame projects – UKTFA
- Workplace fire safety standards general guidance – HSE
First Aid
Fit Out
Good Order and Housekeeping
Handtools
Health and Safety Assistance
Health Issues
- Managing occupational health risks in construction – HSE
- Minimum competencies for occupational health providers – HSE
- Occupational health guidelines – MCG
- Occupational health self-assessment forms – MCG
- Occupational health service and standards – CBH
- Occupational health strategy for major contractors – MCG
- Occupational health tool-box talks – MCG
- Site health handbook – CIRIA
HSE Construction Enforcement
- Notices ALL issued by HSE Construction Division in 2007 – HSE
- Notices ALL issued by HSE Construction Division in 2008 – HSE
- Notices ALL issued by HSE Construction Division in 2009 – HSE
- Notices containing 'asbestos' – HSE
- Notices containing 'dumper' – HSE
- Notices containing 'excavator' – HSE
- Notices containing 'ladder' – HSE
- Notices containing 'mewp' – HSE
- Notices containing 'safety plan' – HSE
- Notices containing 'telehandler' – HSE
HSE Guidance for Inspectors
Human Factors
- Behavioral safety research report for HSE 2008 – HSL
- Behavioural change research – HSE
- Behavioural safety Achieving Behavioural Change (ABC) programme – HSE
- Behavioural safety an alternative view – Hazard
- Behavioural safety an introduction – HSE
- Behavioural Safety reducing error and influencing behaviour HSG48 – HSE
- Behavioural safety techniques to reduce accidents – BS.com
- Personal ownership for safety – Step Change in Safety
Inspection
Investigation
Legislation
- HSE prosecution strategy – PPCS
- Onus of proof in HSW Act cases – PPCS
- Register of prosecutions and enforcement notices – HSE
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 full text – OPIS
- The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
- The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
- The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
- The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992
- The Work at Height Regulations 2005
Lifts and escalators
Lighting
Loading and Unloading Vehicles
- Loading and unloading delivering goods safely – HSE
- Loading and unloading steel guide to working at height – BCSA
- Loading and unloading steel products advice safety – NASS
- Loading and unloading vehicles falls risk case studies of good practice – HSE
- Loading and unloading vehicles falls risk control – HSE
- Loading and unloading vehicles safe access – HSE
Machinery Safety
Management
- Business benefits of safety management – HSE
- Director leadership – HSE
- Health and safety in annual reports – HSE
- Health and safety policy – HSE
- Leadership in major hazard industries – HSE
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Managing health and safety five steps to success – HSE
- Successful health and safety management HSG 65 – HSE
- Supervisor training – UKCG
Manslaughter
- Corporate Manslaughter background and official guidance – Ministry of Justice
- Corporate Manslaughter frequently asked questions – HSE
- Corporate Manslaughter full text of regulations – OPSI
- Corporate Manslaughter guidance – CPS
- Corporate Manslaughter guidance for directors – IoD and HSC
- Corporate Manslaughter investigating workplace deaths – CCA
- Corporate Manslaughter investigation procedures – HSE
Materials Storage
Media
Migrant Workers
Mobile Plant - Dump Trucks
Mobile Plant - Dumpers
Mobile Plant - Excavators
Mobile Plant - Generic Issues
Mobile Plant - Lift Trucks
Mobile Plant - Mewps
- MEWPs advice on trapping – HSE
- MEWPs all aspects of safe use – HSE
- MEWPs operator safety guide – IPAF
- MEWPs preventing falls – HSE
- MEWPs safety guide – FaceLift / CPA
- MEWPS selection and management in construction CIS58 – HSE
- MEWPs use of safety harnesses – IPAF
- The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
Mobile Plant - Skip Loaders
Monitoring and Auditing
Moving goods safely
- Delivery and unloading of steel products – NASS
- Driving at work what to do in an emergency on the motorway – AA
- Falls from vehicles assessment of Campaign – HSE
- Falls from vehicles Campaign 2007 – HSE
- High visibility clothing – HSE
- Preventing vehicle accidents in construction – OSHA (EU)
- Road safety at work – NIOSH(USA)
- Safe use of vehicles in construction – HSE HSG144
- Site layout and maintenance – HSE
- Vehicle load security – HSE Research
- Vehicle safety fact sheets and further reading – HSE
- Vehicles curtain sided report on load security precautions – HSE
- Workplace transport HSE inspector guide – HSE
- Workplace transport site inspection checklist – HSE
Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) inc manual handling
- Better Backs campaign information – HSE
- Blocks safe handling advice – CBA
- Blocks safe handling guidance – APlant
- Electrical contractor ergonomic solutions – OSHA (USA)
- Electricians manual handling – WorkSafe (Aus)
- Formworkers and manual handling – WorkSafe (Aus)
- Handling panel products – PPCS
- Kerbs guidance on reducing the MSD risks – HSE
- Kerbs handling guide – Interpave
- Kerbs handling report – CHSG
- Manual handling and MSD in construction – HSE
- Manual handling assessing the risk – HSE
- Manual handling FAQs – HSE
- Manual handling general guidance – APlant
- MSD in construction – OSHA (USA)
- MSD information sources – Ontario
- MSD lift or lower calculator – WorkSafe (Canada)
- MSD push, pull or carry calculator – WorkSafe (Canada)
- MSD quick exposure check / assessment – Roben Centre
- MSD reduce risk from drilling overhead – NIOSH (US)
- MSD resources on assessing risk, return to work etc – WorkSafe (Canada)
- MSD risk and control in construction – HSE
- Plasterers manual handling – WorkSafe (Aus)
- Rebar tying mechanised solutions Part1 – eLCOSH
- Rebar tying mechanised solutions Part2 – eLCOSH
- Simple manual handling solutions for construction tasks – NIOSH (USA)
- The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
Noise
Office Health and Safety inc DSE
Organisations - Government
- Building Control
- Coroners
- Coroners Society
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Environment Agency
- Health and Safety Executive
- HM Court Service
- HSE Construction
- Local Government Association
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) – US Agency for H&S Research
- Office of Government Commerce
- Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Risk and Regulation Advisory Council
- Scottish Enterprise – Development Agency for Scotland
- Transport Research Lab
- Welsh Assembly
Organisations - Industry
- Access Industry Forum
- ALARM National Forum for Risk Management in the Public Sector
- Association for Project Safety
- Association of Consultant Architects
- Association of Consulting Engineers
- Association of Insurance Risk Managers
- Association of Noise Consultants (ANC)
- Association of Project Management
- British Association of Reinforcement
- British Cement Association
- British Institute of Facilities Management
- British Property Federation
- British Safety Council
- British Standards Institution (BSI)
- Building Research Establishment (BRE)
- Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA)
- Buildoffsite
- Cabe Library
- Chartered Institute of Building
- Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers
- CIRIA
- Civil Engineering Contractors Association
- Concrete Block Association
- Concrete Society
- Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety – CROSS
- Considerate Contractors Scheme
- Constructing Better Health
- Constructing Excellence
- Construction Clients Group
- Construction Equipment Association
- Construction Industry Council
- Construction Industry Research and Information Association
- Construction Skills
- Construction Skills Certification Scheme
- Construction Success
- Edge Protection Federation
- Energy Networks Association
- Engineering Construction Industry Association
- European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
- Federation of Master Builders
- Federation of Piling Specialists
- Federation of Plastering and Drywall contractors
- Fire Protection Association
- Glass and Glazing Federation
- Heating and ventilation contractors association
- Home Builders Federation
- Institute of Civil Engineers
- Institute of Clerks of Works
- Institute of Concrete Technology
- Institute of Demolition Engineers
- Institute of Risk Management
- Institution of Electrical Engineers
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
- Institution of Structural Engineers
- International Institute of Risk and Safety Management
- International Rope Access Trade Association
- IT Construction Best Practice
- Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA)
- National Access and Scaffolding Contractors
- National Association of Shopfitters
- National Federation of Builders
- National Federation of Demolition Contractors
- National Federation of Roofing Contractors
- National House-Building Council
- National Joint Utilities Group
- National Underground Assets Group
- Painting and Decorating Association
- Research and Information on Safety in Construction
- Royal incorporation of Architects in Scotland
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Rural and Industrial Design and Building Organisation
- Scottish Construction Centre
- Strategic Forum for Construction
- The Association of Building Engineers
- The Building Centre
- The Ladder Association formerly the British Ladder Manufacturers' Association
- The Off-highway Plant and Equipment Research Centre
- The Steel Construction Institute
- The Thermal Insulation Contractors Association
- Traditional Housing Bureau
- UCATT
- UK Contractors Group – UKCG
- Working Well Together
Piling
Plastering and Drylining
Public Safety
Publications
Reporting Incidents
Risk Assessment
Roadworks and Traffic Management
- Chapter 8 traffic sign requirements – DfT
- Crossing high-speed roads on foot during TTM – HSE
- New Roads and Steetworks Act 1991
- Roadworker safety guides – Highways Agency
- Safety at streetworks and roadworks – DfT
- Street Works Codes of Practice – DfT
- Temp Traffic Management – Highways Agency guide
- Temprary taffic management on high speed roads – HSE
Stress
Structural stability
Substances - asbestos
- Asbestos campaign 2008 raising awareness during building maintenance etc – HSE
- Asbestos cement sheet etc removal – HSE
- Asbestos duty to manage guidance – HSE
- Asbestos general guidance – HSE
- Asbestos guidance to inspectors on enforcement – HSE
- Asbestos inspector topic inspection pack – HSE
- Asbestos precautions for specific construction tasks – HSE
Substances - Asphalt Fume
Substances - Cement
Substances - COSHH
Substances - Dust
Substances - Lead
Substances - Silica
- Silica and other dust control at cut-off saws – HSE
- Silica guidance on risks – HSE
- Silica risk guidance – NIOSH (USA)
- Silica risks during construction processes – HSE
- Silica water suppression of dust during concrete breaking – NIOSH(USA)
- The control of silica risks associated with kerb, paving and block cutting – HSE
Substances - Solvents
Temporary Works
- Falsework and formwork safe transportation – Construct
- Falsework and formwork standards – Temporary Works
- Falsework checklist for erecting and dismantling – Concrete Society
- Falsework discussion paper – SCOSS
- Falsework investigation into aspects of – HSE Research Paper
- Falsework safe erection, use and dismantling – HSE
- Joist hangers risk of collapse – SCOSS
- Temporary works and scaffolding for historic buildings – BC.com
- Temporary works HSE guidance for Inspectors
- Temporary works news and publications – Temporary Works
- Temprary works article in Construction Management
Timber Frame
Training
- Card schemes for construction – CITB-Construction Skills
- Demolition training for demolition workers – NFDC
- National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety – NEBOSH
- National Construction College programmes – NCC
- National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety – NEBOSH
- Providers of training etc – The Training Wall
- Scaffold erector certification – CISRS
- Site Management Safety Training Scheme Training Providers – ConstructionSkills
- Timber frame training – UK Timber Frame Association
Vibration
- Hand Arm Vibration in construction sector – HSE
- HAVS guidance for employers – HSE
- HAVS guidance on alternative processes to reduce – HSE
- HAVS practical guide to precautions- APlant
- HAVS ready reckoner to calculate exposure – HSE
- HAVS risk during concrete crushing – HSE
- Vibration control – CIRIA
- Vibration EU report on risks – EASH
- Vibration prevention of risks in the construction sector – OSHA (EU)
welfare
Work at Height - Arrest Systems
- Fall arrest equipment inspection requirements – WAHSA
- Falls in construction assessing risks – HSE
- First aid for harness suspension – HSE
- Horizontal safety lines specification – ARC
- Inspecting webbing fall arrest equipment – HSE
- Rescue at height guidance when using fall arrest – WAHSA
- Safety nets code of practice – BSI
- Selecting using and maintaining personal fall protection equipment – HSE
Work at Height - Cleaning
Work at Height - Fragile Surfaces
Work at Height - General
- Falls from height HSE checklist – HSE
- Falls in construction – HSE
- Falls prevention e-tool – OSHA (USA)
- General guidance on work at height used by HSE Inspectors – HSE
- Guide to Work at Height Regulations 2005 in construction – HSE
- News and prosecutions on falls from height – HSE
- Selecting competent contractors for work at height – HSE
- The Work at Height Regulations 2005
- Work at height practical precautions – HSE
Work at Height - Ladders
Work at Height - Roofs
- Edge protection – Advisory Committee for Roofwork (ARC)
- Minor roof maintenance work fall protection – HSE
- Minor roofwork safety precautions – HSE
- Profiled roof sheeting guidance – ARC
- Rural and industrial building safe erection -RIBDA
- Safety in Roofwork HSG33 – HSE
- Safety nets for roofwork – ARC
- Selecting competent contractors for work at height – HSE
- Window cleaning using waterfed pole – Federation of Window Cleaners
- Window replacement – Glass and Glazing Federation guidance
- Working on roofs guidance INDG 285 pdf – HSE
Work at Height - Rope Access
Work at Height - Scaffolds and Towers
- Scaffold erector certification – CISRS
- Scaffold safety guide – OSHA (USA)
- Scaffolders collective protection guidance – NASC
- Scaffolding H&S Reports – NASC
- Scaffolding standards – Temporary Works
- Scaffolding technical publications – NASC
- Scaffolding tube and fitting standard – NASC
- Suspended scaffold safety guide – OSHA (USA)
- Tower scaffolds erection and use – HSE
Work at Height - Structural Erection
- Delivery and unloading of steel products – NASS
- Handling steel stock safely – APlant
- Precast flooring safe erection code of practice – PFF
- Steel erection safety e-tool – OSHA (USA)
- Steel erection safety guides – BCSA
- Steel Industry Guidance Notes – SteelConstruction.org
- Work at height during loading and unloading steel – BCSA