Guidance Notes
Amenities
Cranes and Hoists
- Telehandlers used as mobile cranes
- Vehicle loading cranes on construction sites
- Precautions in Jumping Tower Cranes
- Further precautions in Jumping Tower Cranes
- Snatch Block Failures in Tilt-Up Construction
- Design Notification of Tower Cranes
- Design Notification and Registration of Pin Jib Cranes
- Certificate requirements for side boom cranes used for pipe laying
- Design and installation of cantilevered crane loading platforms
Demolition
Electrical Safety
- Poorly Maintained Electrical Tools and Equipment Can Kill
- Tiger Battens on Power Lines
- Working near Underground Electrical Cables
- Electrical Dangers in Demolition
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
Lifting Equipment
Manual Handling
Miscellaneous
- Roof tile cutting - exposure to silica dust
- Exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation
- Post-tensioning prestressed concrete elements
- Employee Health and Safety Training
- Precautions in using high tensile Z-tie bars
- High-tensile bars : Limitations of use
Personal Protective Equipment
Plant and Equipment
- Drill rig operator injured by unguarded auger
- Telehandlers used as mobile cranes
- Elevating work platforms and the placement of gas cylinders for cutting or welding
- Worker Dies on Overturned Scissor Lift
- Developing a safe system of work for jump forms and slip forms
- Incidents Involving Post Hole Diggers
- Worker Crushed to Death while Cleaning Concrete Truck
- Hazards of Using Hand held Concrete Cutting Saw
- Requirements for Using Tractors & Other Powered Mobile Plant
- Hazards of concrete trucks reversing to discharge into a pump
- Requirements For Maintaining Plant in Safe Working Order
- Earthmoving Equipment Used as a Crane
Rigging
- Precautions in Jumping Tower Cranes
- Further precaution in Jumping Tower Cranes
- Snatch Block Failures in Tilt-Up Construction
Scaffolds/Formwork
- Fall Prevention For Scaffolders
- Strong Wind Causes Scaffold Failure
- Dangers of Mixed Brand Modular Components in Modular Scaffolds
- Requirements for Safe Construction Of Perimeter Formwork
Tilt Panels
- Precast & tilt-up panels: concrete strengths for initial lifting
- Use of Anchors as Bracing Inserts in Precast Concrete Panels
Trenching
Work at Height








