Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations

Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 and ACoP 

Erectors and their supervisors must be appropriately trained in relation to the type of structure being erected. Those wearing or using personal protective equipment require training before doing so. 

Erection of proprietary structural systems. Special requirements must be incorporated into the planning process and the manufacturer s erection sequence should be followed in detail 

HSE Guidance Note GS28 — Safe erection of structures (out of print) 

Persons, plant and materials falling into excavations Flooding of excavations Presence of contaminated atmospheres Presence of contaminated soil 

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L 24 Workplace health, safety and welfare. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations) 1992. Approved... 

Implications of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 necessitate one accessing the safety guidance for the education sector, with a list of publications, which is available at http //www.hse.gov.Uk/pubns/iacl97.htm 2 In the US, the health, safety and environmental affairs (HS E) policy is administered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, whose website is ... 

Everyone s Guide to RIDDOR 95 (1996) HSE31—free leaflet or available in priced packs, ISBN 07 17610772 Reporting School Accidents (1997) EDIS 1—free information sheet Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992 (1995) IACL97 —free leaflet or available in priced packs, ISBN 0 7176 1049 7... 

The regulations apply to construction projects which employ more than four workers, or last longer than 30 working days or 500 person-days. This includes any such work carried out in GB Territorial Waters. The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 (CHSWR) apply to all construction work including that within GB Territorial Waters. 

Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 Continental Shelf Act 1989 Diving at Work Regulations 1997 Docks Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 Docks Regulations 1988 Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981... 

Requirements for safety in and about the workplace are contained in the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and its associated Approved Code of Practice no L 24, which should be referred to for more detailed guidance. 

While offices are workplaces and as such have to comply with the requirements of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 as summarized in Section 5.1 they do contain a number of hazards that are specific to them and for which there are particular precautions. 

The duties summarized below deal only with safe working on normal construction sites and only where they refer to matters not covered by the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. They do not deal with particular duties covered in the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994, which are covered in Section 14.1, nor to the precautions necessary in specialized construction work. 

The relevant legislation is The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations which in Schedule 2 refers to supporting structures , i.e. any structure or device that supports a platform, and includes scaffolding, working platforms, access equipment, etc. However, since scaffolding is used so extensively it will be dealt vdth in some detail. 

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