Work at Height in Autumn: Wind, Rain, When to Stop
The wind that was bearable in the morning is throwing OSB boards off the roof by the afternoon. When the regulations tell you to stop work at height.
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OSH by Construction Trade
Documentation, hazards and protective equipment for specific construction trades: painters, tilers, plumbers, electricians and plasterers.
Ladders on Site: OSH Rules and Common Mistakes
The stepladder stands in for a leaning ladder and the missing rung is "common knowledge". When ladder work is allowed and how to set one up correctly.
Working in Heat and Frost on Site: Employer Duties
Construction work in heat and frost: when you must provide cold or hot drinks and preventive meals, places to warm up, and what the PIP checks.
Demolition Work: Safety Plan, Asbestos and Waste
A firm gets a job: demolish an old hall to make room for a new warehouse. The crew moves in with hammers, starts from the middle, cuts out whatever they can.
Trenches and Earthworks: OSH Rules & Documents
A foundation trench, two metres deep, vertical walls with no support at all. A worker climbs down to fix the formwork, and at that moment the wall slides in.
OSH for a Painting Company: Documents, PPE, Fumes
OSH for a painting company: work at height and with chemicals, the documents even a one-person firm needs and why a vapour-filter half-mask matters.
OSH for a Tiler & Floor-Layer: Silica, Knees, PPE
Tiling and floor-laying is the kind of work where you see the result fastest and see what settles in your lungs and knees slowest.
Plumber & Fitter OSH: Trenches, Confined Spaces
OSH for plumbers and installers: trenches and confined spaces as particularly dangerous works, securing trench walls, soldering and IBWR paperwork.
OSH for a Site Electrician: SEP & Safety
An electrician on a construction site is not the same electrician as in a flat: wet ground, temporary rigs, scaffolding, generators, cables in the mud.
OSH for a Plastering Company: Pump, Noise, Dust
Do you spray-plaster by machine? That means you've got a pressurised pump on site, hoses, noise, clouds of dust from the bags, and a crew working on platforms.
Work at Height OSH: The Documents PIP Checks
You fall off a ladder, off scaffolding, off the edge of a floor slab - and that's it. On a building site this is no abstraction.