Health and safety c and g

Health and Safety

What must you know

What is an accident?

Reporting accidents

A Bricklayers song

Activity

Read the newspaper report and in small groups fill out the accident

record form

What types of accidents are most common in the construction industry?

Activity Complete the bar chart

The importance of good house keeping

Materials Storage and waste management• http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/storage.htm

Tips from HSE website forstoring materials

• Storage areas - designate storage areas for plant, materials, waste, flammable substances eg foam plastics, flammable liquids and gases such as propane and hazardous substances eg pesticides and timber treatment chemicals;

• Pedestrian routes – do not allow storage to ‘spread’ in an uncontrolled manner on to footpaths and other walkways. Do not store materials where they obstruct access routes or where they could interfere with emergency escape;

• Flammable materials - will usually need to be stored away from other materials and protected from accidental ignition;

Tips from HSE website forstoring materials

• Storage at height - if materials are stored at height eg on top of a container, make sure necessary guard rails are in place if people could fall when stacking or collecting materials or equipment;

• Tidiness - keep all storage areas tidy, whether in the main compound or on the site itself; and

• Deliveries - plan deliveries to keep the amount of materials on site to a minimum.

Waste management

RISK ASSESSMENTS

Risk assessments

Types of hazards

COSHH

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

COSHH stands for 'Control of Substances Hazardous to Health' and under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, employers need to either prevent or reduce their workers' exposure to

substances that are hazardous to their health.

Method Statements

Safety signs and the law

Safety signs and the law

Welfare facilities in the workplace

Noise in the Workplace

Activity

• What do bricklayers do that exposes them to noise and what can we do to reduce , eliminate or control the noise.

Drugs and Alcohol

Group Activity Re-cap!

1.How many can you get right?

• What Does RIDDOR stand for?

2.True or False?

• A blue and white sign = Mandatory

3.What does CDM stand for?

4.What comes first, the risk assessment or the method statement?

5.What is the biggest cause of fatalities in the construction industry?

6.What does COSHH stand for?

7.You are nearly involved in an accident on site.

What should you do?

(a) Record it in the accident book

(b) Let your supervisor know

(c) Leave the area immediately

8. What does HSE stand for?

9.Who should complete Risk Assessments?

10.What “type” of sign is this?

1.

• What Does RIDDOR stand for?

2.True

• A blue and white sign = Mandatory

3. Construction Design Management

4.What comes first, the risk assessment or the method statement?

The risk assessment

5.What is the biggest cause of fatalities in the construction industry?

Falls from height

6.What does COSHH stand for?

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

7.You are nearly involved in an accident on site.

What should you do?

(a) Record it in the accident book

(b) Let your supervisor know

(c) Leave the area immediately

(a) Record it in the accident book

8. What does HSE stand for?

9.Who should complete Risk Assessments?

Risk Assessments should be carried

out by a person who is experienced and

competent to do so. Competence is

expressed as a combination of

Knowledge, Awareness, Training and

Experience.

10.What “type” of sign is this?

The four types of safety signs

Mandatory - Must obey, white symbol on a blue background

Warning - Risk of danger, hazard ahead, triangular with a yellow background

Prohibition - Stop must not do, Red on a white background

Safe conditions - Gives you information, Green with a white symbol

Manual Handling

Manual Handling

Working at Heights

“Scaff Tags” (scaffolding tags)

Never get onto a scaffolding

withoutan up to

date “Scaff Tag”

Ladders

• A ladder should lean at an angle of 75º, i.e. one unit out for every four units up

• make sure the ladder extends at least 1 m (three rungs) above where you are working

• maintain three points of contact when climbing (this means a hand and two feet)

• avoid holding items when climbing (consider using a tool belt)

• Mobile Access Towers are covered by PASMA. More Information http://www.pasma.co.uk/

HSE key messages are that:

You must be competent in erection and dismantling of mobile scaffolds

Working with Electricity

Under ground cables

Over head power cables

PAT (Portable Appliance Testing)

Identifying Voltages110 volts

Identifying Voltages230 Volts

Identifying Voltages410 Volts

Transformer

The main hazards of working with electricity

Know how to use personal protective equipment PPE

Why is PPE important?

• mailto:http://www.hse.gov.uk/toolbox/ppe.htm

Work through the activities