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Construction Phase Health Construction Phase Health and Safety Planand Safety Plan

• The Planning Supervisor hands over The Planning Supervisor hands over the health and safety plan to the the health and safety plan to the newly appointed Principal newly appointed Principal Contractor, who then takes on the Contractor, who then takes on the responsibility of developing the responsibility of developing the health and safety plan into a working health and safety plan into a working document which enables the health document which enables the health and safety management of the and safety management of the project.project.



• The health and safety plan is the foundation The health and safety plan is the foundation on which health and safety management of on which health and safety management of construction work is based and should construction work is based and should include:include:

• Arrangements for ensuring the health and safety Arrangements for ensuring the health and safety of of ALLALL who may be affected by the work who may be affected by the work

• Arrangements for the management of health and Arrangements for the management of health and safety and monitoring of compliance with health safety and monitoring of compliance with health and safety law of the construction workand safety law of the construction work

• Information regarding the welfare arrangementsInformation regarding the welfare arrangements



• The health and safety plan is not just a document The health and safety plan is not just a document to be left in a ring binder for the duration of the to be left in a ring binder for the duration of the project, rather, it is a fully functional working project, rather, it is a fully functional working document which should be:document which should be:

• Reviewed and updated as the project developsReviewed and updated as the project develops• Amended when further design work is completedAmended when further design work is completed• Updated when information from subcontractors Updated when information from subcontractors

starting work becomes availablestarting work becomes available• Reviewed in light of unforeseen circumstances or Reviewed in light of unforeseen circumstances or

variations to planned circumstancesvariations to planned circumstances• Updated when any other changes affecting Updated when any other changes affecting

health and safety arisehealth and safety arise


How Should the Health and How Should the Health and Safety Plan Begin?Safety Plan Begin?

• A description of the projectA description of the project• A general statement of health and A general statement of health and

safety principles and objectivessafety principles and objectives• Information on any restrictions Information on any restrictions

affecting the work such as: affecting the work such as: neighbouring buildings, utility neighbouring buildings, utility services, traffic flows of vehicles and services, traffic flows of vehicles and pedestrians and client restrictions pedestrians and client restrictions from their work activitiesfrom their work activities


Arrangements for Arrangements for Managing and OrganisingManaging and Organising

• The Health and Safety Plan should The Health and Safety Plan should include:include:

• Management: Management: structure for structure for responsibilities, Principal Contractor to responsibilities, Principal Contractor to direct and co-ordinate other contractorsdirect and co-ordinate other contractors

• Setting standards: Setting standards: statutory statutory requirements or higher standards set by requirements or higher standards set by the Clientthe Client

• Information for contractors:Information for contractors: ensuring ensuring ALLALL contractors know of risks to their contractors know of risks to their health and safety from the projecthealth and safety from the project



• Selection procedures: Selection procedures: the Principal the Principal Contractor must ensure that all Contractor must ensure that all contractors, self-employed and contractors, self-employed and designers are competent; suppliers of designers are competent; suppliers of materials provide adequate materials provide adequate information about their products; information about their products; plant and machinery must be ensured plant and machinery must be ensured proper selection, training provision proper selection, training provision for its use and proper maintenancefor its use and proper maintenance



• Communications and co-operation: Communications and co-operation: adequate means to ensure proper adequate means to ensure proper communication between communication between ALL ALL members of members of the project team such as…..the project team such as…..

• ClientClient• DesignersDesigners• Planning SupervisorPlanning Supervisor• Principal ContractorPrincipal Contractor• Other contractorsOther contractors• Workers on siteWorkers on site• Any other whose health and safety may be Any other whose health and safety may be

affected by the projectaffected by the project



• Activities with risks to health and safety: Activities with risks to health and safety: arrangements need to be made to identify and arrangements need to be made to identify and effectively manage activities with risks to health and effectively manage activities with risks to health and safety such as……safety such as……

• Material storage and distributionMaterial storage and distribution• Vehicular movements on siteVehicular movements on site• Waste disposal and controlsWaste disposal and controls• Provision and use of common mechanical plantProvision and use of common mechanical plant• Provision and use of temporary services i.e. Provision and use of temporary services i.e.

electricityelectricity• Temporary support structuresTemporary support structures• Permit-to-work systemsPermit-to-work systems• Protection from falling materialsProtection from falling materials• Exclusion of unauthorised peopleExclusion of unauthorised people• These control measures must be clearly set out, These control measures must be clearly set out,

including protection of members of the publicincluding protection of members of the public



• Emergency procedures: Emergency procedures: arrangements for dealing with and arrangements for dealing with and minimising the effects of injuries, fire minimising the effects of injuries, fire and other dangerous occurrencesand other dangerous occurrences

• Reporting of RIDDOR information: Reporting of RIDDOR information: arrangements for relaying information arrangements for relaying information on accidents, ill health and dangerous on accidents, ill health and dangerous occurrences to the Principal Contractor occurrences to the Principal Contractor that are required to be notified to the that are required to be notified to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)Health and Safety Executive (HSE)



• Welfare: Welfare: arrangements for the provision and arrangements for the provision and maintenance of welfare facilitiesmaintenance of welfare facilities

• Information and training for people on Information and training for people on site: site: proper arrangements for the Principal proper arrangements for the Principal Contractor to ensure people on site have been Contractor to ensure people on site have been provided with…..provided with…..

• Information on health and safetyInformation on health and safety• Training on health and safetyTraining on health and safety• Information about the project, such as, Information about the project, such as,

relevant parts of the health and safety planrelevant parts of the health and safety plan• Other arrangements include: Other arrangements include: specific specific

awareness training; tool-box talks; the display awareness training; tool-box talks; the display of statutory noticesof statutory notices



• Consultation with people on site: Consultation with people on site: arrangements to ensure consultation and co-arrangements to ensure consultation and co-ordination of the views of workers or their ordination of the views of workers or their representativesrepresentatives

• Site rules: Site rules: arrangements for making site rules arrangements for making site rules and for bringing them to the attention of and for bringing them to the attention of ALL ALL those affected. Contractors, workers, visitors those affected. Contractors, workers, visitors or other specific groups may have separate or other specific groups may have separate rulesrules

• Health and safety file: Health and safety file: arrangements for arrangements for passing on relevant information to the Planning passing on relevant information to the Planning Supervisor in preparation of the health and Supervisor in preparation of the health and safety filesafety file



• Arrangements for monitoring: Arrangements for monitoring: arrangements for the monitoring systems arrangements for the monitoring systems ensuring compliance with:ensuring compliance with:

• Legal requirementsLegal requirements• Health and safety rules developed by the Health and safety rules developed by the

Principal ContractorPrincipal Contractor• Investigation of incidentsInvestigation of incidents• Procedures, such as selection of contractorsProcedures, such as selection of contractors• Comparisons between on site standards and Comparisons between on site standards and

those originally set for the projectthose originally set for the project• Reviews throughout the project and to the Reviews throughout the project and to the

final overall review so that lessons can be final overall review so that lessons can be learntlearnt


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