Editable PowerPoint Slides for Lecturers

1. Editable PowerPoint Slides for Lecturers By Phil Hughes MBE and Ed Ferrett

2. 16 Chapter Construction activities – hazard and control

3. Construction activities – hazard and control After reading this chapter you should be able to: • identify the main hazards of construction and demolition work and outline the general requirements necessary to control them • 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 • identify the hazards of excavations and outline the general requirements necessary to control them 4.identify the hazards to health commonly encountered insmall construction activities and explain how risks might be reduced

4. Co-Figure 1Secure Construction site access gates

5. Figure 16.1Secure construction site access gates

6. Figure 16.2Proper precautions must always be taken when working on or near fragile roofs

7. Figure 16.3 Barriers around excavation by footpath

8. Figure 16.4Welfare – washing facilities – large enough to wash forearms

9. Figure 16. 5Waste removal at a French quayside

10. Figure 16.6(a)(b)Contractors Working on the public highway Walkway for pedestrians Working on pavement with inadequate protection from vehicles

11. Figure 16. 7 Ladder showing correct 1 in 4 angle (means of securing omitted for clarity)

12. Figure 16.8(a) - (d)Various ways of securing a ladder

13. Figure 16.9Use of a stepladder

14. Figure 16.10(a)Typical independent tied scaffold

15. Figure 16.10(b)fixed scaffold left in place to fit gutters

16. Figure 16.11Typical prefabricated tower scaffold

17. Figure 16.12Mobile elevating work platforms MEWPs Mobile elevating work platform – scissor lift Truck mounted Mobile elevating work platform

18. Figure 16.13Timbered excavation (guard removed on one side for clarity)