Health and Safety Executive Health and Safety Executive Safer
Sites Inspection Initiative 2014 Robert Parkes Construction
Strategy, Planning & Communications
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Safer Sites 2014 4-weeks 22 October to 17 November 1748 sites
inspected 2180 contractors inspected
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Safer Sites 2014 Poor standards at 40% of sites visited 691
sites 753 Notices of Contravention
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Safer Sites 2014 Enforcement action taken at 360 sites (one in
five): 313 Prohibition Notices 235 Improvement Notices
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Safer Sites 2014 The most common issues identified: work at
height and falls (42%) failure to control harmful dust (12%)
insufficient welfare (12%) asbestos (10%)
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Safer Sites 2014 Unsafe work at height - before
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Safer Sites 2014 Unsafe work at height - after
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Safer Sites 2014 35% of notices were for health issues: harmful
dust, noise, vibration, welfare, manual handling 25% asbestos
10%
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Safer Sites 2014 Dust control - before
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Safer Sites 2014 Dust control - after
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Safer Sites 2014 Poorly fitted and maintained RPE
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Safer Sites 2014 Poor welfare facilities
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Safer Sites 2014 Further information and images from the
Initiative Safer Sites main-page on HSE website:
www.hse.gov.uk/Construction/campaigns/safersites/ index.htm HSEs
Safer Sites Pinterest Board:
uk.pinterest.com/H_S_E/safersites-2014/ A short video diary of
inspections during Safer Sites 2014
http://youtu.be/xjVutXDd2mc
