Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan

Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan By John Johnston AIIRSM Health and Safety for Beginners www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan • The Planning Supervisor hands over the health and safety plan to the newly appointed Principal Contractor, who then takes on the responsibility of developing the health and safety plan into a working document which enables the health and safety management of the project. www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan • The health and safety plan is the foundation on which health and safety management of construction work is based and should include: • Arrangements for ensuring the health and safety of ALL who may be affected by the work • Arrangements for the management of health and safety and monitoring of compliance with health and safety law of the construction work • Information regarding the welfare arrangements www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan • The health and safety plan is not just a document to be left in a ring binder for the duration of the project, rather, it is a fully functional working document which should be: • Reviewed and updated as the project develops • Amended when further design work is completed • Updated when information from subcontractors starting work becomes available • Reviewed in light of unforeseen circumstances or variations to planned circumstances • Updated when any other changes affecting health and safety arise www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

How Should the Health and Safety Plan Begin? • A description of the project • A general statement of health and safety principles and objectives • Information on any restrictions affecting the work such as: neighbouring buildings, utility services, traffic flows of vehicles and pedestrians and client restrictions from their work activities www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Arrangements for Managing and Organising • The Health and Safety Plan should include: • Management: structure for responsibilities, Principal Contractor to direct and co-ordinate other contractors • Setting standards: statutory requirements or higher standards set by the Client • Information for contractors: ensuring ALL contractors know of risks to their health and safety from the project www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Arrangements for Managing and Organising • Selection procedures: the Principal Contractor must ensure that all contractors, self-employed and designers are competent; suppliers of materials provide adequate information about their products; plant and machinery must be ensured proper selection, training provision for its use and proper maintenance www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Arrangements for Managing and Organising • Communications and co-operation: adequate means to ensure proper communication between ALL members of the project team such as….. • Client • Designers • Planning Supervisor • Principal Contractor • Other contractors • Workers on site • Any other whose health and safety may be affected by the project www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Arrangements for Managing and Organising • Activities with risks to health and safety: arrangements need to be made to identify and effectively manage activities with risks to health and safety such as…… • Material storage and distribution • Vehicular movements on site • Waste disposal and controls • Provision and use of common mechanical plant • Provision and use of temporary services i.e. electricity • Temporary support structures • Permit-to-work systems • Protection from falling materials • Exclusion of unauthorised people • These control measures must be clearly set out, including protection of members of the public www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Arrangements for Managing and Organising • Emergency procedures: arrangements for dealing with and minimising the effects of injuries, fire and other dangerous occurrences • Reporting of RIDDOR information: arrangements for relaying information on accidents, ill health and dangerous occurrences to the Principal Contractor that are required to be notified to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Arrangements for Managing and Organising • Welfare: arrangements for the provision and maintenance of welfare facilities • Information and training for people on site: proper arrangements for the Principal Contractor to ensure people on site have been provided with….. • Information on health and safety • Training on health and safety • Information about the project, such as, relevant parts of the health and safety plan • Other arrangements include: specific awareness training; tool-box talks; the display of statutory notices www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Arrangements for Managing and Organising • Consultation with people on site: arrangements to ensure consultation and co-ordination of the views of workers or their representatives • Site rules: arrangements for making site rules and for bringing them to the attention of ALL those affected. Contractors, workers, visitors or other specific groups may have separate rules • Health and safety file: arrangements for passing on relevant information to the Planning Supervisor in preparation of the health and safety file www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Arrangements for Managing and Organising • Arrangements for monitoring: arrangements for the monitoring systems ensuring compliance with: • Legal requirements • Health and safety rules developed by the Principal Contractor • Investigation of incidents • Procedures, such as selection of contractors • Comparisons between on site standards and those originally set for the project • Reviews throughout the project and to the final overall review so that lessons can be learnt www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan By John Johnston AIIRSM Health and Safety for Beginners www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan