Hereford & Worcester - Hereford & Worcester News

16 April 2012

Breaking New Ground DVD

Breaking New Ground: Avoiding Danger from Underground Services is a DVD produced by WWT and the HTMA that addresses general attitudes and behaviours to digging safely around utility infrastructures.

This two-part DVD is designed to raise awareness of:

The dangers involved
The importance of responsible digging
Highlight the key steps that can be taken to minimise the risks

Part One

An insight into the consequences of service strikes. People with first hand knowledge share their experience of the physical, emotional and financial costs.

Part Two

Part Two covers best practice for ensuring that work is carried out safely. The modular design of this part allows users to select the segments appropriate to their audience and where necessary integrate them into a broader training programme.

View the modules here.

Intro
Planning
Locating
Digging
Restate

An invaluable training tool for designers, utilities, clients, management, engineers and supervisors and operatives - Available to purchase from WWT

Price per copy £50 inc. VAT (postage and packing free)

Cheques should be made payable to:

Hereford and Worcester Working Well Together Group and sent with your order to:

Mr R Cumming, Birch Brothers (Kidderminster) Ltd, Barracks Road, Sandy Lane Industrial Estate, Stourport on Severn, Worcs. DY13 9QB

If you have any questions please contact Richard on 01299 826 227 or email civils@birch-brothers.co.uk

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Are you a smaller builder?

We use the term 'smaller builder' to describe contractors who undertake work on:

· Private domestic projects – involving extensions, repairs and refurbishment work on private homes. The small builder has the sole responsibility for site health and safety on these projects; or

· Smaller business projects – involving short duration repairs and refurbishment work for business clients (fewer than 30 days of construction work) where site safety responsibilities are shared between small builders and the business client.

As a smaller builder, you are a contractor under Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2007 and you must:

· Plan, manage and monitor your construction work so that health and safety risks are controlled;

· Set lead times – inform any sub-contractors of the minimum amount of time that will be allowed for planning and preparation;

· Prevent site access – check that steps have been taken to prevent access by unauthorised persons to the site; and

· Arrange welfare facilities – make sure adequate welfare facilities are in place for your workforce.

You must also provide your workforce with the information and training they need to secure health and safety. This includes:

· site induction – where not provided by another;

· risks and precautions – information on risks identified in assessments, and the necessary precautions;

· site rules; and

· emergency procedures.

Find out more

Busy builder leaflets

· Running a small construction site leaflet

· Manual Handling leaflet

· Roof work leaflet

· Welfare leaflet

Busy builder presentations

· Running a small construction site presentation

· Manual Handling presentation

· Roof work presentation

· Welfare presentation