This document covers various health and safety topics for construction work. It discusses what constitutes an accident and the importance of reporting them. It also addresses common accident types in construction and good housekeeping practices. Specific hazards like materials storage, COSHH, risk assessments, safety signs, noise, drugs and alcohol are examined. Requirements around welfare facilities, manual handling, working at heights, ladders, scaffolds, electricity, underground cables, and PPE are outlined. Interactive activities are included to reinforce learning.

1. Health and Safety

2. What must you know

3. What is an accident?

4. Reporting accidents

7. A Bricklayers song

8. Activity
Read the newspaper report and in
small groups fill out the accident
record form

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

11. Activity Complete the bar chart

13. The importance of good house keeping

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

15. Tips from HSE website for
storing 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;

16. Tips from HSE website for
storing 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.

17. Waste management

18. RISK ASSESSMENTS

19. Risk assessments

20. Types of hazards

21. COSHH

22. 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.

23. Method Statements

24. Safety signs and the law

26. Safety signs and the law

27. Welfare facilities in the workplace

28. Noise in the Workplace

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

30. Drugs and Alcohol

31. Group Activity Re-cap!

32. 1.How many can you get right?
• What Does RIDDOR stand for?

33. 2.True or False?
• A blue and white sign = Mandatory

34. 3.What does CDM stand for?

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

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

37. 6.What does COSHH stand for?

38. 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

39. 8. What does HSE stand for?

40. 9.Who should complete Risk Assessments?

41. 10.What “type” of sign is this?

42. 1.
• What Does RIDDOR stand for?

43. 2.True
• A blue and white sign = Mandatory

44. 3. Construction Design Management

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

46. 5.What is the biggest cause of fatalities in the
construction industry?
Falls from height

47. 6.What does COSHH stand for?
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

48. 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

49. 8. What does HSE stand for?

50. 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.

51. 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

52. Manual Handling

53. Manual Handling

54. Working at Heights

56. “Scaff Tags” (scaffolding tags)
Never get onto a
scaffolding
without
an up to
date “Scaff Tag”

57. 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)

58. • 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

59. Working with Electricity

60. Under ground cables

61. Over head power cables

63. PAT
(Portable Appliance Testing)

64. Identifying Voltages
110 volts

65. Identifying Voltages
230 Volts

66. Identifying Voltages
410 Volts

67. Transformer

68. The main hazards of working with electricity

69. Know how to use personal protective equipment
PPE

70. Why is PPE important?
• mailto:http://www.hse.gov.uk/toolbox/ppe.htm

72. Work through the activities