With school summer holidays fast approaching, HSE is reminding construction companies of their duties to keep children out of their site and away from danger.
While rare, children have tragically lost their lives, and others have been injured, after accessing unsecure and unsafe construction sites.
School holidays mean more children and young people spending time outdoors exploring their local surroundings. Those in control of construction sites must ensure that they are secure, fenced off where necessary, well-maintained and protected from unauthorised access.
For further information read our press release.
You can read HSE guidance on how to manage the risks and protect the public.
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published its Mental Health Joint Code of Practice (JCOP).
The JCOP provides the construction industry with a framework to create an environment that fosters better mental health for its workforce.
Designed through the lens of prevention, the JCOP takes a systems-based thinking approach enabling businesses to support employees.
Through a series of regional focus groups and a public consultation, the JCOP identifies the following 5 core factors that negatively impact the sector’s mental health:
- working patterns
- operational demands
- people factors and environment
- financial issues
- support factors
The JCOP sets out advice on how employers can provide a more supportive environment to jointly address and prevent these issues.
You can acccess the CLC website for more information on:
- CLC Mental Health JCOP
- CLC JCOP press notice
- JCOP sign up form
HSE’s Working Minds campaign provides a range of practical tools, guidance and support to help employers, managers, and workers manage stress in the workplace.
The Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) has published new flame free guidance challenging those in construction to rethink hot work.
Produced by CONIAC’s Fire Safety Working Group, which focuses on improving the management of fire risk during the construction phase, the guidance sets out to help:
- eliminate or reduce the need for hot work
- adopt proven, safer alternatives
- shift towards a design-led approach to fire risk
Hosted on CONIAC’s website, the guidance is available to download at:
HSE guidance on how those involved in construction projects can comply with legal duties relating to fire risks is available at:
HSE is testing prototypes to help improve the land use planning (LUP) web app.
As mock ups of how the service might look and feel, we test prototypes to get feedback to iterate and improve before the service is built.
If you use the service, however infrequently, we’d like to hear from you.
The voluntary sessions are 1 to 2 hours, via MS Teams at a time to suit you. For people who use credits, we offer one credit on completion of testing, for use in the current service.
If you are interested in taking part, please email the research team. We will use your contact details to send you a consent form and sign-up information.
Feedback can also be provided anonymously via our survey.
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