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A Practical Approach to Health and Safety
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CDM Project or Not? The Principal Contractors Duties
All construction projects require the effective management of health and safety – do you know your duties as a Principal Contractor?
The distinctive and key duty of principal contractor is the effective management of health and safety during the construction phase of a project.
Principal Contractors are responsible for managing and co-ordinating all construction phase health and safety issues.
Principal Contractors must:
- Satisfy themselves that the designers and contractors they
engage are competent and adequately resourced.
- Ensure that a suitable construction phase health and safety plan
is prepared before construction begins, implemented and kept up
to date as the project progresses.
- Promote co-operation between all contractors.
- Restrict entry to the site to authorised people.
- Enforce any site rules.
- Display the project notification on site.
- Provide relevant information to contractors, including any who
are self-employed.
- Provide the planning supervisor promptly with any information
relevant to the health and safety file.
- Encourage people at work, or their representatives, to offer
advice on health and safety.
- Ensure that people at work receive information and training in
health and safety.
- Ensure that the workforce in consulted about health and safety
matters.
The obligations imposed on the principal contractor require:
- Co-operation.
- Compliance with rules.
- Only authorised people allowed on premises.
- F10 notice is displayed.
- Information as appropriate, is provided.
If you require any more information please contact Absolute Health & Safety Solutions Ltd
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