Construction Health & Safety Essentials
The core construction health and safety duties that everyone on site is expected to understand.
Construction is one of the highest-risk industries in the UK. The good news: most incidents follow predictable patterns and are preventable with disciplined basics.
CDM 2015 in one paragraph
Clients appoint principal designers and principal contractors. Everyone plans, manages and monitors their own work, and cooperates with others.
The big risks
Falls from height, struck by moving vehicles, collapse, electricity, manual handling, dust and noise exposure.
Control hierarchy
Eliminate, substitute, engineering controls, administrative controls, PPE — in that order. PPE is the last line, not the first.
Reporting
Near misses are leading indicators. Report them, analyse trends, act before they become incidents.
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