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PowerPoint
Slides for
Lecturers
Phil Hughes
and Ed Ferrett
By
MBE
Chapter
16
Construction activities –
hazard and control
Construction activities –
hazard and control
After reading this chapter you should be able to:
1. identify the main hazards of construction and demolition work
and outline the general requirements necessary to control
them
2. identify the hazards of work above ground level, outline the
general requirements necessary to control them and describe
the safe working practices for common forms of access
equipment
3. identify the hazards of excavations and outline the general
requirements necessary to control them
4. identify the hazards to health commonly encountered in small
construction activities and explain how risks might be reduced
Co-Figure 1 Secure Construction
site access gates
Figure 16.1 Secure construction
site access gates
Figure 16.2 Proper precautions must always be
taken when working on or near fragile roofs
Figure 16.3 Barriers around
excavation by footpath
Figure 16.4 Welfare – washing facilities
– large enough to wash forearms
Figure 16. 5 Waste removal
at a French quayside
Walkway for pedestrians
Working on pavement
with inadequate
protection from vehicles
Figure 16.6(a)(b) Contractors
Working on the public highway
Figure 16. 7 Ladder showing correct 1 in 4
angle (means of securing omitted for clarity)
Figure 16.8(a) - (d) Various
ways of securing a ladder
Figure 16.9 Use of a stepladder
Figure 16.10(a) Typical independent tied scaffold
Figure 16.10(b) fixed scaffold
left in place to fit gutters
Figure 16.11 Typical prefabricated tower scaffold
Mobile elevating
work platform –
scissor lift
Truck mounted Mobile
elevating work platform
Figure 16.12 Mobile elevating
work platforms MEWPs
Figure 16.13 Timbered excavation (guard
removed on one side for clarity)