Safe working in the industry

In providing safe working and ensuring accident prevention in the construction industry, great emphasis is placed on the management and planning of the work. Responsibilities are placed on all those involved, from the client to the site labourer. 

As soon as the design and preparatory work has been completed, and if the project is sufficiently large that it has to be notified to the HSE, the client is required to appoint a CDM coordinator. 

The principal or main contractor has control of the site and is responsible for the planning of the work and ensuring it is carried out safely. In this they must  

Basically, tirese requirements place designers of buildings and structures, such as architects, under similar obligations to those who design articles and substances for use at work, whose obligations are contained in S.6 of HSWA. 

As work gets under way, the principal contractor, who has responsibility for the construction phase of the project, has to ensure that all those employed are properly trained for their jobs. Under HSWA, now amplified by the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSWR), tire employer is required to provide training in specific circumstances, i.e. on joining an employer, when work situations diange and at regular intervals. 

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