L.O.2 planning health and safety

There are a lot of health and safety law concerning construction. One recent one says that a designer must “eliminate hazards and risks during design” and “to provide information about remaining risks”. This was in the construction design and management regulations 2007. http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/designers.htm In The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) regulation 1996 it says that “No part of a structure shall be so loaded as to render it unsafe to any person” In The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) regulation 1996 it says that “Every place of work shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be made and kept safe for, and without risks to health to, any person at work there.” In The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) regulation 1996 it says that “25.—(1) There shall be suitable and sufficient lighting in respect of every place of work and approach thereto and every traffic route, which lighting shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be by natural light. (2) The colour of any artificial lighting provided shall not adversely affect or change the perception of any sign or signal provided for the purposes of health and safety. (3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), suitable and sufficient secondary lighting shall be provided in any place where there would be a risk to the health or safety of any person in the event of failure of primary artificial lighting” In The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) regulation 1996 it says that “26.—(1) Every part of a construction site shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be kept in good order and every part of a construction site which is used as a place of work shall be kept in a reasonable state of cleanliness. (2) Where necessary in the interests of health and safety, the perimeter of a construction site shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be identified by suitable signs and the site shall be so arranged that its extent is readily identifiable. (3) No timber or other material with projecting nails shall— (a)be used in any work in which the nails may be a source of danger to any person; or (b)be allowed to remain in any place where the nails may be a source of danger to any person.” In The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) regulation 1996 it says that “27.—(1) All plant and equipment used for the purpose of carrying out construction work shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be safe and without risks to health and shall be of good construction, of suitable and sound materials and of sufficient strength and suitability for the purpose for which it is used or provided. (2) All plant and equipment used for the purpose of carrying out construction work shall be used in such a manner and be maintained in such condition that, so far as is reasonably practicable, it remains safe and without risks to health at all times when it is being used.” http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1592/regulation/9/made In addition to the health and safety laws you have to perform a risk assessment of the area that you are building something in. A risk assessment Is when you look around the place where you look around the place where work will happen and finding all of the things that could cause harm to people. You do a risk assessment to see if there are any precautions that you can take to make the place you will be working in safer. To perform a risk assessment first you have to walk around the place you will be working and try to find any hazards that could harm people. After you have done this you need to consider who these risks could harm and then that will help you to decide what action you can take to prevent injury. When you know all of the hazards then you need to see if any of them can be removed or controlled so they don’t cause harm to people. After you have finished the risk assessment you have to write down what you found out but you should keep it simple so that you can quickly review it at another time. Written with help from The Health and Safety Executive http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/fivesteps.htm