Working outdoors brings a number of additional hazards and considerations for engineering construction workers.
As part of a campaign focused on health and safety, the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) is publishing a series of top tips to help create a better safety culture in the ECI.
With health and safety training being one of the key contributors in helping reduce accidents and lost-time incidents on sites, the ECITB’s CCNSG (Client Contractor National Safety Group) Safety Passport course helps to develop a positive health and safety culture, where safe and healthy working becomes second nature to everyone.
Below are a series of tips from the course to help keep you and your colleagues safe when working outdoors.
Outdoor work
Risks to outdoor workers and others can be eliminated or reduced by careful preparation and planning of activities. In particular, the following precautions should be taken:
- Devote time when planning your work to ensure that all problems have been anticipated.
- Ensure that you understand and can comply with all job-related documents and procedures, such as method statements, permits to work etc.
- Do not attempt anything you have not been trained to do.
- Workers must report to the responsible person when the site is under another party’s control.
- When working alone ensure that your whereabouts are known and arrange for contact to be made at intervals.
- When others may be present, ensure that they are informed of your activities.
- Always protect yourself from the sun, such as using the correct sun cream.
The ECITB plays a vital role in ensuring Britain has workers with the skills industry needs both now and for the future.
This includes the essential health and safety skills and knowledge to keep both workers and their colleagues safe when operating in some of the most safety-critical environments in industry.
Find out more about the CCNSG Safety Passport and how to book a course
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