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At R G Wilbrey we are continually adapting and reacting to the health & safety industry. We like to keep ahead of the game and often attend conferences to understand the way the industry is heading. Here are some of the items we have found along the way that we think should be available to everyone with an interest in the industry.
Roof repair work - What you need to know as a busy builder
Want to stay on top as a roof worker on a busy building site?
These are the essential health and safety top tips you should follow, even if you don’t directly employ the people working on your site.
For more information please see our fact sheet
Strimmer Safety
Want to lighten the load on your busy building site?
The high output shaft speed of a Strimmer creates the potential for significant energy to be transferred to the cutter head. When using non standard parts the risk from breakage and ejection of chain components at high speed is significant.
For more information please see our fact sheet
Manual Handling
Want to lighten the load on your busy building site?
These are the essential health and safety top tips you should follow, even if you don’t directly employ the people working on your site.
For more information please see our fact sheet
Welfare facilities
What you need to know as a busy builder
Pushed for time running a busy building site? These are the essential health and safety top tips you should follow, even if you don’t directly employ the people working on your site.
For more information please see our fact sheet
Running a small construction site?
Want to run a successful construction site?
These are the essential health and safety top tips you should follow if you run a construction site, even if you don’t directly employ the people working there.
For more information please see our fact sheet
Notification Of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations 2010
The Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations 2010 (the 'Regulations') comes into force on 6 April 2010. The Regulations require certain information about conventional tower cranes used on construction sites to be notified to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
For more information please see our fact sheet or see the full report at http://www.hse.gov.uk/
Do You Know If There Is Asbestos Where You Are Working?
Get a refurbishment/Demolition Asbestos Survey Before You Start
For more information please see our fact sheet
New Health Safety Law Poster
From April 6th 2009 the Health and Safety Information for Employees(Amendment) Regulations 2009 came into force.
What does this mean to you?
The HSE shall be publishing a new Health and Safety Law Poster and a pocket card. Old posters do not have to be replaced straight away they remain compliant until 5th April 2014, but you must ensure it is readable and the addressed of the enforcing authority and the Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS) are up to date. Any new or replacement posters need to be of the New Type.
New Law Posters and Pocket Cards are available to order from R G Wilbrey
For more information please see our fact sheet or see the full report at http://www.hse.gov.uk/
Ladder Exchange
Missing rungs and bent sides - these are just a small selection of the 'dodgy' ladders that have been surrendered so far under this year's 'ladder exchange'.
The exchange, led by the Health and Safety Executive, closes its doors on 31 December, so time is running out for businesses to trade in their old, damaged or broken ladders for some new ones
For more information please see our fact sheet.
New Course Framework October 09
With effect from 1st Oct 2009, the qualification of persons providing first aid assistance in the workplace has changed.
There are now two certificates available:
- First Aid at Work Certificate (FAW) a full three day course followed by a two day re-certification every 3years.
- Emergency First Aid at Work Certificate (EFAW). A one day course in emergency first aid at work
For more information please see our fact sheet
Foam Concrete Containing IBA (Incinerator Bottom Ash)
Further to our earlier newsflash the hse have now issued the following interim advice whilst they continue with its investigation
There was an explosion which injured two people in August 2009. A contractor had filled a pit with about 6m depth of foamed concrete. Whilst the concrete was setting, workers started removing steelwork using angle grinders. There was an explosion underneath the steel walkway on which two contractors were standing and which blew the steel plates and the workers up into the roof.
For more information please see our fact sheet
Foam Concrete Containing IBA (Incinerator Bottom Ash)
At least two contractors - Barhale and Enterprise - have banned foam concrete containing IBA from all their sites; with others understood to be following suit, following blasts that are thought to be linked to IBA in foam concrete. It is thought that the IBA within the concrete reacted to cause Hydrogen Gas.
For more information please see our fact sheet
Updated Traffic Signals Manual: Chapter 8
Updated guidelines have been produced for highways maintenance engineers and contractors to make temporary traffic management at road works safer and more effective.
Updates include revisions to the requirements for signage for road users experiencing emergencies (such as vehicle breakdowns) in road works, part-time or short-term contra-flow permissions (where, subject to a risk assessment, single lane crossover may now be permitted, enabling part time or short term contra-flows to be operated), and expansions to the scope of the guidance (such as new sections on works near tramways).
For more information please see our fact sheet
Published by TSO (The Stationery Office) : www.tsoshop.co.uk Available to download via the DFT website: www.dft.gov.uk
Company Fined For Asbestos Failings
A company has been fined for failing to carry out proper risk assessments for the presence of asbestos before a major office refurbishment in Merthyr Tydfil. Employees and contractors were put at risk when work started on the refurbishment without an asbestos survey.
Waxport Ltd of Mottingham Road, Edmonton, London pleaded guilty to breaches of Regulation 4(8) and 4(9) of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates' Court yesterday. They were fined £1,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,416.43.
For more information please see our fact sheet
Changes To Asbestos Surveys
Updated guidelines have been produced for highways maintenance engineers and contractors to make temporary traffic management at road works safer and more effective.
The new HSE guidance "Asbestos: The Survey Guide" which will replace the MDHS100, is out in January 2010.
This will remove the Type 1, 2 and 3 surveys and replace them with 'Management Surveys' (formerly type 2 surveys) and 'Refurbishment / Demolition Surveys' (formerly type 3 surveys). The type 1 survey has been removed completely as it provides no practical information for building users or contractors alike.
For more information please see our fact sheet or see the full report at http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/index.htm
Insufficient Training Warning
An employer has been prosecuted and sent to prison for not ensuring his employees had adequate training.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning companies that employees must have adequate training before undertaking work.
The warning follows HSE's prosecution of the owner of a Rotherham scaffolding firm for not providing adequate training or equipment for his employees before instructing them to dismantle a scaffold.
For more information please see our fact sheet
New Interactive F10 Form Available On The Hse Website
From 1 June 2008 a new interactive F10 form is available on the HSE website for Duty holders to complete and submit construction project notification online.
The new system:
- will increase your options for notifying construction projects to HSE
- will provide an online service for sending initial notifications to one single point in HSE
- will allow you to retrieve your notifications and make amendments to them
- will have easy to follow on-screen help
- can provide a print out of the form, for your own recording purposes and as a copy to display on site
For more information please see our fact sheet or see the full form at https://www.hse.gov.uk/form/notification/index.htm
Construction (Design And Management) Regulations
After considerable consultation, review and subsequent amendment, the long awaited changes to the CDM regulations are coming into force on the 6th April this year. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 will replace the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 and the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 creating a single set of regulations concerned with the planning and carrying out of construction work.
For more information please see our fact sheet