Editable PowerPoint Slides for Lecturers By Phil Hughes MBE and Ed Ferrett
Feb 09, 2016
Editable PowerPoint
Slides for Lecturers
By Phil Hughes MBE and Ed Ferrett
Construction activities – hazard and control
Chapter 16
After reading this chapter you should be able to:
1. identify the main hazards of construction and demolition work and outline the general requirements necessary to control them
2. identify the hazards of work above ground level, outline the general requirements necessary to control them and describe the safe working practices for common forms of access equipment
3. identify the hazards of excavations and outline the general requirements necessary to control them
4. identify the hazards to health commonly encountered in small construction activities and explain how risks might be reduced
Construction activities – hazard and control
Co-Figure 1 Secure Construction site access gates
Figure 16.1 Secure construction site access gates
Figure 16.2 Proper precautions must always be taken when working on or near fragile roofs
Figure 16.3 Barriers around excavation by footpath
Figure 16.4 Welfare – washing facilities – large enough to wash forearms
Figure 16. 5 Waste removal at a French quayside
Figure 16.6(a)(b) Contractors Working on the public highway
Walkway for pedestrians
Working on pavement with inadequate protection from vehicles
Figure 16. 7 Ladder showing correct 1 in 4 angle (means of securing omitted for clarity)
Figure 16.8(a) - (d) Various ways of securing a ladder
Figure 16.9 Use of a stepladder
Figure 16.10(a) Typical independent tied scaffold
Figure 16.10(b) fixed scaffold left in place to fit gutters
Figure 16.11 Typical prefabricated tower scaffold
Figure 16.12 Mobile elevating work platforms MEWPs
Truck mounted Mobile elevating work platform
Mobile elevating work platform – scissor lift
Figure 16.13 Timbered excavation (guard removed on one side for clarity)