Articles tagged with "method statements"
City of London building accident could have been fatal
Most of the building health and safety incidents that we report (for the instruction and information of others) take place on sites away from the passing public. In a minority of cases the site...
Flawed Method Statement leads to serious injury
Here is an example of how the construction Health & Safety guidelines and procedures can all be applied according to the letter of the law; but if the content of the chosen method of working is...
Roofing contractor ignores own risk assessment
We have to write far too often about contractors that do not prepare risk assessments or write method statements. This is clearly culpable behaviour: yet here we have an almost equally bad case...
Incomplete building safety systems put roofing company in court
When you carry out the required risk assessments and method statements of today’s building safety scene, you must do more than tick the boxes or be satisfied with having written the words....
Construction Health & Safety Red Tape is Alive and Kicking
Just how measurable is health and safety?
How much is safe enough?
And how effective is comprehensive form filling, to a regimented design that must be your firm’s, and...