Power Tools on Site: Checks and the Register
A grinder without a guard and a drill with tape on the cable are the first things an inspector sees. What checks the regulations require for power tools.
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OSH Documents on Site
Key OSH documents for a PKD 43 construction firm: risk assessment (ORZ), safe-work instructions (IBWR), health and safety plan (BIOZ) and registers.
OSH Coordinator on Site: When It Is Required
On one site your bricklaying crew is working, next to them an electrical firm, and on the other side roofers from another subcontractor.
Noise and Vibration on Site: OSH Limits & Measures
A demolition-hammer operator works his eighth hour and by evening his ears are ringing. In five years' time it will turn out he can no longer hear high tones.
Hazardous Substances & Asbestos: Data Sheets
The crew is stripping an old asbestos-cement roof because the client wants a new one. Nobody has a mask, the sheets shatter into pieces, dust flies.
Cranes and UDT: Operator & Equipment Documents
Cranes on a construction site: which equipment is under UDT supervision, the operation decision, operator qualifications and documents to keep.
Occupational Risk Assessment (ORZ) on Site
What an occupational risk assessment (ORZ) is, why each construction job needs its own, how the Risk Score method works and where firms slip up.
IBWR: Safe Work Instructions on a Site
Doing work at height, digging a trench or bringing a crane onto a developer's site? Without an IBWR (safe-work instructions) you go nowhere.
Scaffolding: Handover, Inspections, Documentation
The scaffolding stands against the facade, the crew waiting to climb up and plaster. The foreman gives the signal: "we're going up".
BIOZ Plan vs BIOZ Information: Which You Need
You drive onto a site, the main contractor waves papers around, and your head's spinning: "do I need this BIOZ plan or not?".
Workstation OSH Instructions for Construction
Why each construction job needs its own OSH instruction, what it must contain, where to keep it on site, plus key hazards and PPE for 5 trades.
OSH Training Records: Initial, Job, Periodic
An inspector walks onto a construction site and the first thing they ask for is the folder with the OSH training.
PPE Allocation Table & Issue Register on Site
An inspector walks onto a site and the first thing they see is heads. The hard hat is either there or it isn't. The boots are either there or they aren't.
Machinery Documentation: DTR, Inspections & UDT
Every machine and power tool on site needs the manufacturer's DTR and inspection reports. What falls under UDT supervision and how to keep a register.
Medical Examinations of Construction Workers
Medical exams for construction workers: pre-employment, periodic and return-to-work, how to fill in the referral and how to track expiry dates.