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Controls and expected behaviours

Armorguard Cutting Station

The armorgard cuttingstation is used on a number of Mace projects as a work station for cutting lengths of metal, such as conduit, cable tray and pipe. Integral health and safety features include fire-rated sound deadening foam to reduce noise pollution, and screens to contain and protect from sparks. The chop saw is positioned on a rubber mat to reduce…

Dumpmaster Used to Reduce Manual Handling

The Site Team working at Queens Hill Primary School in Norwich are currently using a Dumpmaster which aids the workforce with manual handling issues. We have wheelie bins around the site of different colours which are for each of the different trades. These are then wheeled to a central location where the skips are lined up. The wheelie bin is placed inside…

Working at Height Management Plan

Safety should always remain a top priority on site, especially when working at heights. Working at heights remains a high risk activity, with falling from above ground level being a major cause of injuries and fatal accidents. Sites should provide modern, up to date equipment and tools, as well as risk information and safety processes to follow. This site has minimised…

Resolving Complaints: Inappropriate Behaviour

Inappropriate Behaviour – What is the problem? The behaviour of construction workers around sites can impact on the members of the public who live and work around the activity. The Considerate Constructors Scheme still receive complaints regarding inappropriate behaviour on and around construction projects, therefore to support Scheme registered activity in tackling this issue and protect the public we are…

Hot Works Permit Phone Application

On this project their old permit system was structured to rely on subcontractors to inspect their work area by completing the internal compliance checklist prior to conducting hot works, this to evidence the works area is safe to proceed. This system was flawed and led to these checklists being completed off-site. There was no notification system to evidence that the…

Walk on Ceiling Access

This contractor is installing four high spec clean rooms to manufacture pharmaceutical products. The ceilings of these rooms are walk on ceiling’s, however they only take a certain load. In order to allow access for works to continue they have had to install a temporary door and padlock. They also have a permit system in place that every operative must…

DNA – Drop Nothing at All

Project DNA (Drop Nothing at All) is the holistic approach to preventing things falling on this project. It is predominately lead using technology to create a culture that they will not accept anything falling. DNA includes 35,712 individual nuts, washers, bolts, and brackets that could be dropped and planning how not to drop them through each strategy using BIM. They…

Weekly HSE KPI Statistics

The project has produced a KPI tracker of health and safety data. The data is compared to the weekly worker hours on the project to produce a figure set at the start of the project. This KPI figure will show in an easy format that the project is being managed safely and will highlight any areas that may need to…

Fall Protection Management System

Every element of edge protection on the site is assessed by the contractor when it is put in position. Once they have assessed and signed off that element of edge protection, this is logged on the Fall Protection Management System on Fieldview and provided a QR code. This system allows the area of edge protection to be allocated to a…

Tool Tethering Learning Hub

On this project they have come up with the idea of a Tool Tethering Learning Hub to help their operatives with understanding the importance of tool tethering to prevent injuries and near misses from occurring. Something they we stand by is ‘Nothing touches the floor’. This is very important as the site is a high rise frame with many of…

Recording Feedback

The project team have been using EcoOnline to record all of their feedback including good calls and close calls. The app which can be used on mobiles,tablets and laptops and stores all feedback relating to the project and helps identify trends and manage feedback, suggestions or complaints. This has made recording and learning from the feedback to improve their performance…

CCTV and Facial Recognition

This contractor has implemented a CCTV sentry system to aid the site management with controlling health and safety requirements. The benefits of this system are: Hard hat detection: If no hard hat is detected on an operative then a notification with the image of event is instantly sent to the team. Face mask detection: This detects if an individual is…

Trained IPAF Identification on Powered Access Equipment

In order to ensure that only trained and competent operatives operate powered access equipment, this contractor has introduced a green arm band system for operators. If an operative requires the use of a MEWP, they will need to request a green armband from a site manager. The manager will check the operatives IPAF card for competence prior to issuing it….

QR Code for RAMS

To ensure that everyone on the project  has their RAMS readily available and to hand the site has implemented a QR code system. On approval RAMS are converted to a PDF and uploaded to a webpage where a unique QR code is generated specific to that PDF. This is easily scannable using a smartphone, this takes up virtually no space…

Electronic Riser Safety Management

To avoid key management issues previously faced, regarding non-return and loss of keys, the contractor has developed a riser booking solution which combines existing Datascope products to create a fully integrated system. The Datascope products being consolidated include: Permit system – enables the electronic submittal of permits and denies access from site unless the permit is signed off by a…

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