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Management

  • Site Establishment

  • Readiness Review

  • SHE Notice Board

  • Health and Safety Law Poster

  • HSE F10 Notification

  • Insurance Policies

  • SHE Policies

  • Existing Services Plan

  • Constraints Layout Plan

  • SHE Construction Phase Plan

  • Plan in place and signed off

  • Plan Review

  • Communication

  • Safe System of Work

  • SSoW/Method Statements in place

  • Risk Assessment in place

  • RAMS Evaluation and Approval

  • Setting People to Work

  • Task Specific Training

  • Site Induction Process

  • Site Induction Environmental Content

  • Daily Briefing

  • Permits Issued

  • Consultation and Communication

  • Workforce Consultation

  • SHE Meetings

  • Toolbox Talks

  • Visible Leadership

  • Checks and Audits

  • Audit Inspection Close out

  • Senior Management Safety Tours

  • Appointed Persons Checks

  • SHE Monitoring

  • Environmental Monitoring, Testing and Sampling

  • Environmental Management Plan

  • Site Specific Environmental Aspects and Impacts Identified

  • Contact made with Environmental Regulators

  • Client, Regulator and Planning Requirements Identified

  • Periodic Review

  • Environmental Coordinator Appointment

  • Branding

  • Uniform

  • Vehicles

  • Signs

Occupational Health

  • PPE

  • Workforce Consultation

  • SHE Meetings

  • Toolbox Talks

  • Visible Leadership

  • Manual Handling

  • Mechanical Handling

  • Manual Handling Assessment

  • Manual Handling Training Records

  • Noise

  • Noise Assessment

  • Control Measures

  • Exclusion Zones

  • Communication

  • Dust and Fumes

  • Dust / Fume Controls

  • Design Control / Minimisation at Source

  • Dust Extraction

  • Hand arm Vibration

  • HAV Assessment

  • HAV Exposure Records

  • HAV Elimination / Reduction

  • DSE Assessment

  • DSE assessment

  • Referral to occupational health

  • Lighting

  • Desk, screen

  • Pregnant workers

  • Riddor reportable diseases

  • Skin

  • Concrete burns

  • Skin sensitisers

  • Chemical irritation

  • Occupational dermatitis

  • Occupational health referral

COSHH

  • Hazardous Substance

  • COSHH Coordinator

  • COSHH Assessments

  • COSHH Register

  • Communication

  • Exposure limits exceeded

Fire / Emergency / First Aid

  • Fire and Emergency

  • Emergency Contact Numbers Displayed

  • Fire Coordinator

  • Fire & Emergency Plan

  • Fire Risk Assessment Design / Construction

  • Hot Work Permits and Control

  • Pollution Emergency

  • Pollution Response - Procedure

  • Pollution Response - Training

  • Pollution Response - Testing

  • Pollution Response - Spill Response Contractor emergency contact number displayed

  • Specific Issues

  • First Aid

  • First Aiders Trained

  • First Aid Equipment

  • Rescue Equipment

  • Eye Wash station

Security

  • Security

  • Perimeter Fencing

  • Out of Hours - Contact details

  • Sign in Procedures

  • CCTV

  • Security Guard

  • Access and Egress

  • Site Entrance - Segregated Pedestrian/ Vehicular Access

  • On site - Vehicle Routes

  • On site - Pedestrian Routes & Crossing Points

  • Service Shafts / Floor Openings

  • Housekeeping

  • Clearance of Waste

  • Cable Management

  • Materials left unattended

  • Material Storage

  • Material Storage Area Identified

  • Material Storage Area Suitable and Secure

  • Material Causing Obstruction

Welfare

  • Welfare

  • Welfare Facilities Available

  • Welfare Facilities Condition

  • Maintenance of Standards

  • Changing Room Suitability

  • Clothes Drying Facility

Working at Height

  • Working at Height General

  • WAH identified/planned in current SHE plan

  • Suitable WAH equipment selected

  • Compliant fall/edge protection in place

  • Trestle platforms guarded

  • Protection in place for rooflights

  • Floor/openings and voids protected

  • Use of Access Equipment

  • Adequate/good ground conditions

  • Training records available

  • Current certificate available

  • Machine in use with outriggers deployed

  • Safe working load displayed

  • Area is controlled and fenced off

  • Restraint equipment is in use

  • Mast Work Platform

  • Adequate personnel operating on machine

  • Control measures in place (possible widow openings secured)

  • Plant access is controlled

  • Training records available

  • Emergency arrangements in place

  • Personal Fall Protection System

  • Emergency rescue procedure in place

  • Training records available

  • Inspection records in place

  • Harness/lanyards etc in good condition

  • Scaffold

  • Scaffold plan in place to erect, use and dismantle

  • Evidence of competency available CISRS card

  • Temp works procedure is being followed

  • Demonstration of compliance to SG4

  • Scaffold incomplete and warning signs displayed

  • Good ground conditions, design in place and temporary works procedure followed

  • Erection is as design

  • Sole boards/base plates are adequate and placed correctly

  • Standard/ledges are adequate

  • Putlogs/transoms are correct

  • Couplings/fittings are load bearing and correct

  • Bracing/ties are adequate

  • Guardrails and toe boards in good condition

  • Good access provided

  • Ladder gates in a good condition

  • Ladders adequately secured

  • Brick guards in place, loads not protruding over brick guards

  • Boards in good condition, adequate size of platform, no traps and gaps evident

  • Sheeting/netting fitted adequately

  • Loading Bay

  • Scaffold plan in place to erect, use and dismantle

  • Evidence of competency available CISRS card

  • Temp works procedure is being followed

  • Demonstration of compliance to SG4

  • Scaffold incomplete and warning signs displayed

  • Good ground conditions, design in place and temporary works procedure followed

  • Erection is as design

  • Sole boards/base plates are adequate and placed correctly

  • Standard/ledges are adequate

  • Putlogs/transoms are correct

  • Couplings/fittings are load bearing and correct

  • Bracing/ties are adequate

  • Guardrails and toe boards in good condition

  • Good access provided

  • Ladder gates in a good condition

  • Ladders adequately secured

  • Brick guards in place, loads not protruding over brick guards

  • Boards in good condition, adequate size of platform, no traps and gaps evident

  • Sheeting/netting fitted adequately

  • Specific Issues

  • Mobile Towers/Podium

  • Scaffold incomplete - warning signs displayed

  • Erected by competent person

  • Assembled to manufacturer’s instructions

  • Tower in use - guardrails/toe boards in place

  • Height to base not excessive (refer to manufacturer’s instructions)

  • Outriggers are being used

  • Wheels locked when in use

  • Roofworks/Joists

  • Edge protection is installed

  • Collective protection in place

  • Landing bags/netting in place

  • Ladders/Stepladders and Stair Protection

  • Permits and authorisation to use ladders/stepladders are issued

  • Correct classification of ladders/steps in use

  • Equipment inspected and maintained in good condition

  • Ladders are secured adequately

  • Good access to work area

  • Adequate fall protection at landing zones

  • Stairwells adequately protected from falls

Lifting Operations & Accessories

  • Lifting General

  • Emergency Rescue Procedure

  • Method Statement / Lift Plan

  • Ground Survey / Calculations

  • Crane Co-ordination

  • Lifting Register Entries

  • Cranes and Hoists

  • Crane Suitability

  • Static Crane Erection - Design

  • Excavator SLI / Check Valves

  • Protective Enclosure / Gates

  • Hoist Isolator / Controls

  • Hoist Type Identification

  • Passenger Hoist Rating

  • SWL Information

  • Accessories

  • Lifting Accessory Register

  • Identification / SWL

  • Lifting Point Identification

  • Accessory Condition

  • Control of Tag Lines

  • Competent Person

  • Appointed Person

  • Lifting Supervisor

  • Slinger Signaller

  • Lifting Plan

Traffic Management

  • Traffic Management General

  • Traffic Management Plan

  • One Way System

  • Parking Controls

  • Traffic Marshal

  • Plant Operators Action

  • Plant Authorisation Card

  • Operators Compliance - Permit / Loading / Dismounting

  • Operator Visibility

  • Use of Seat Belt

  • Speed Limit

  • Signage

  • Signage Visibility

  • Speed Limits Identification / Signage

  • Directional Signage

  • Reversing / Turning Signage

  • Pedestrian Crossing Point Signage

  • Pedestrian / Vehicle Segregation

  • Pedestrian / Vehicle Routes

  • Vehicle / Pedestrian Route Establishment

  • Pedestrian Crossing Points

  • Pedestrian Access Routes

  • Overhead Cables

  • Overhead Cable Identification

  • GS6 Overhead Cable Protection

  • Overhead Obstructions

  • Exclusion Zones / Controls

  • Surface Condition

  • Road Maintenance / Condition

  • Vehicle Movement Areas

  • High Risk Plant Operations

  • Reduced Level Area Protection

Plant and Equipment

  • Plant Checks

  • Road Maintenance / Condition

  • Vehicle Movement Areas

  • High Risk Plant Operations

  • Reduced Level Area Protection

  • CPCS - Construction Plant Competence Scheme

  • Equipment

  • Portable Appliance Testing

  • Equipment Condition

  • Exclusion Zone

  • Use of Guards

  • Equipment registers

Excavation and Earthworks/Buried Services

  • Documentation

  • RAMS/Method Statements

  • Temporary Works

  • Permit to Locate / Dig Briefing

  • Location of Existing Services / Isolation

  • Underground Radar Survey / eCAT 4+ and Genny

  • Excavation Register

  • Site Conditions

  • Designated Excavation Support System

  • Edge Protection

  • Access / Egress

  • Vehicle Bund / Stop Blocks

  • Deep Excavation Signage

  • Backfilling

  • Material / Spoil Storage / Surcharge

  • Stockpile Height/Slope/Compaction/Cover

  • Soil Segregation During Stripping

  • Surface Water Run Off Controls

  • Disposal of Water from Excavations (silt pollution)

  • Buried Services

  • Service markers being used to identify known services

  • Effective issue/use of 2 stage permit

  • eCAT 4+ or RDS 7000 in use

  • Operatives identified (blue tabards being worn)

  • Signage in place where services are present (no mechanical dig)

  • Insulated tools being used - hand-dig operation

  • Flame retardant clothing

Temporary Works

  • Temporary Works Health Check

  • TWC appointment in place

  • Deputy TWC appointment in place

  • TWC/S access to the latest copy of the TW Standard (HSW-SSTD-HPC-048)

  • TW Control Register in place

  • TW Register - Classification of risk (Low, medium or High)

  • Management of Temporary Works

  • Pre-Construction TW Control Register

  • Appointment of TWC, Deputy TWC and TWS

  • Competency of TWC and TWS

  • TWC and TWS's Training & Experience

  • Identification of Significant TW

  • Assessment of TW Risk Level

  • Temporary Works Control Register

  • TW Control Measures

  • Existing TW erected by others

  • Design and Checks

  • Selection of TW Designer & Design Checkers

  • Temporary Works Design Briefs

  • Use of Standard Solutions

  • Review of TW Design

  • Permanent Works Designer's Approval

  • Design Drawings and Specification

  • TW Design Check Category

  • Temporary Works Design Checks

  • Minimum Standard (MST) compliance

  • Installation and Inspection

  • Inspection & Condition of TW Equipment

  • Safe System of Work (SSoW)

  • Communication of SSoW

  • Inspections prior to Use

  • Changes and Deviations

  • Permit to Load

  • Use/Inspection/Maintenance and Alteration

  • Use Temporary Works

  • Maintenance

  • Inspections during use

  • Periodic Inspections

  • Alterations

  • Unloading/Striking/Removal/Dismantling

  • Pre-Dismantling Inspection

  • Permit to Strike / Unload

  • Inclusion in Safe System of Works (SSoW)

  • SSoW communication to Dismantlers

  • Records and Audit

  • TW Records

  • Temporary Works Audits

Electricity

  • Electrical Compliance

  • Completion Certificates for Installation

  • Electricity Permit System

  • Temporary Distribution System and Panel Protection and Testing

  • Portable Appliance Testing

  • MDU's External Isolation

  • Tool Operating Voltage

  • Precautions in Place for Cable Operating >110 Volts

  • Exposed Filament Lighting Guards

  • Emergency Lighting to Emergency Routes / Stairs

  • Cable Position / Trailing Leads

Demolition & Decommissioning

  • Demolition & Decommissioning

  • RAM/Method Statements

  • SSoW Identification and Communication

  • Demolition Plant Suitability (e.g. FOPS)

  • Demolition Operatives Competence

  • Utilities Services Disconnection Evidence / Certification

  • Temporary Supports TW Design Approval

  • Lead / Asbestos / Hazardous Material Surveys

  • Remote Demolition Systems

  • Decommissioning pipework, tanks or equipment containing fuel, oil, PCBs or refrigerants

  • Dust Suppression

  • Protection of the Public / Segregating Areas of Risk

  • Noise Level Attenuation / Establishment / Monitoring

  • WAH Arrangements

  • Unintentional Collapse Controls

  • Emergency Arrangements

  • Onsite Crushing/Licences/Permits/Quality Control

Specialist Processes

  • Asbestos Management

  • Refurbishment and Demolition Survey

  • Licensed Contractor

  • HSE Notification

  • RAM/Method Statement

  • RA/MS and SSoW Communication

  • NAMAS Laboratory Analysis

  • Decontamination Unit

  • Decontamination Enclosures Intact / Smoke Tested

  • Air Monitoring

  • Wet Stripping Methods

  • Re-occupation Certificates

  • Specialist Processes

  • Demonstration of Competence

  • Permit to Work

  • Management of Extraordinary Hazards

  • Lead

  • RAMS/Method Statement

  • Survey Analysis of Material

  • PPE Adequate / Properly Worn

  • Hygiene Facilities

  • Employers Medical Screening Programme

  • Medical Surveillance / Workplace Monitoring

  • Storage or Disposal Arrangements for Soiled Clothing

  • Operatives Hazard / Control Awareness

  • Protection of Third Party or Public

  • Working over/In/Adjacent to Water

  • RAMS/Method Statements

  • Permission, Permit or Exemption obtained from regulatory authorities

  • Means to Prevent Fall Into Water

  • Emergency Procedures - Means of Rescue from Water

  • Buoyancy Aids - Selection / Worn / Operative Training

  • Leptospirosis Card Issue

  • RA/MS and SSoW Communication

Lone Working

  • Lone Working

  • Operative Training / Competence

  • RAMS/Method Statement

  • Emergency Procedures

  • Personal Check-In System / Personal Alarms

Pollution Prevention

  • Documentation

  • Site Drainage Plan / Constraints Plan / Water Management Plan

  • Surface Water / Groundwater Discharges - Authorisations

  • Foul Water Discharges - Authorisations

  • Water Abstraction - Authorisations

  • Interceptors - Inspected and maintained

  • Drainage Integrity Checks

  • Fuel Storage Tank & Pipework and Interceptors - Inspection/Maintenance/Service/Test Records

  • Site Equipment

  • Spill Kit and Booms (Type, Location)

  • Wheel Wash

  • Concrete Washout

  • Fuel / Paint / Chemicals / Cementitious Materials

  • Fuel / COSHH Storage (Location, Locked)

  • Refuelling

  • Secondary Containment (bunds, incl. lines and valves)

  • Materials Stored to Prevent Pollution

  • Spill Response Training

  • Water / Sewage

  • Discharges from Cabins & Welfare

  • Over pumping

  • Disposal of Water from Excavations (silt pollution)

  • Vehicle washing

  • Surface Water Run off

  • Roadsweeper Arisings and Gulley Emptyings

Nuisance

  • Documentation and Controls

  • Noise and Vibration controls

  • Dust & Mud controls

  • Windblown Litter

  • Emissions & Odour controls

  • Lighting & Visual Impacts

  • Delivery Times

  • Section 60 / 61 / 80 Notices

  • Communications

  • Letter drop / Social media

  • Complaints Register

  • Nuisance issues - Toolbox talks etc

  • Specific Issues

Contaminated Land

  • Documentation

  • Site investigation, reports, testing and waste classification

  • Remediation strategy

  • Planning permission

  • RAMS/Method Statement

  • Exposure Control

  • Exposure Controls including adequate/properly worn PPE

  • Decontamination Procedure

  • Occupational Hygiene Monitoring / Health Surveillance

  • Contamination Migration

  • Protection of Third Party or Public

  • Controls to prevent spread/pollution

Archaeology & Heritage

  • Documentation & Controls

  • Archaeological/heritage reports

  • Permission/consents

  • Controls to prevent damage

  • Communication to workforce

Raw Materials & Natural Resources

  • Documentation & controls

  • Certified timber

  • Recycled /secondary aggregates - Quality Protocol: Aggregates from Inert Waste

  • Energy & Fuel usage & savings - identified and displayed

  • Water usage & savings - identified and displayed

Environment

  • Environmental Plan

  • Environmental sections of construction phase SHE/plan/premises register completed and reviewed

  • Environmental regulators have been contacted

  • Client/regulator requirements identified

  • Environmental coordinator is appointed

  • Environmental sections in SHE considerations form 4093 have been completed

  • Environmental issues covered in the site induction.

  • Environmental Monitoring

  • Site monitoring is ongoing and issues identified have been closed out.

  • Complaints are being recorded or being dealt with adequately

  • Environmental testing and sampling is being carried out when necessary

  • Electricity, gas oil and water use measured, monitored and recorded.

  • Spills are being reported using the IIR form

  • Material Storage and Use

  • Materials stored correctly to prevent waste

  • Material storage does take into account pollution risk

  • A secure, dedicated material storage(s) has been provided

  • Timber used in the temporary and permanent works is from a legal and sustainable source

  • Emergency Procedures

  • Procedures for dealing with an environmental incident have been established

  • Emergency procedures have been tested and results have been recorded.

  • Procedures are displayed and being communicated

  • Specialist spill/clean up contractor has been appointed

  • Ecology/Wildlife

  • Ecology/Wildlife survey has been undertaken

  • Measures to protect wildlife are in place

  • Tree protection measures are in place and being maintained

  • Invasive plant species are being controlled effectively

  • Ecological/wildlife issues are communicated to the workforce

  • Energy, Water and Fuel

  • Fuel is stored at least 10m from a watercourse or surface water drain

  • Tanks, bunds, fuel lines, valves etc, are fit for purpose

  • Fuel tanks / bowsers are locked when not in use

  • Supervision is adequate when refuelling large plant and static tanks

  • Waste oil / contaminated water is removed from secondary containment system

  • Energy, fuel and water saving initiatives are implemented and communicated

  • Waste Management

  • Waste carrier registration certificates not obtained and/or verified

  • Environmental permits, licences or exemption certificates not obtained and/or verified

  • Waste transfer notes, consignment notes for hazardous waste and special waste consignment notes not complete and/or illegible

  • Waste not correctly stored to prevent cross-contamination or escape

  • Waste data has been added to the site waste management plan with in the last three months

  • Site waste management plan has been reviewed in the last three months

  • Site or premises is registered as a hazardous waste producer

Protection of Public

  • Site Security

  • Access / Egress Controls

  • Pedestrian / Vehicle Segregation

  • Lighting Levels

  • Even Surfaces / Trip Hazards

  • Pavement Crossovers (NRSW)

  • Hoarding/Fencing Condition

  • Fencing / Hoarding Design & Check

  • Fencing / Hoarding Condition

  • Anti-Climb Compliant

  • Site Boundary Inspection

  • Warning Signs

  • Entrance Access / Egress - Warning Signs

  • Safety Board

  • Traffic Route Crossover Warning Signage

  • Pedestrian Route Signage

  • Traffic Management Signage

  • Emergency Procedure Signage

  • Emergency Procedures

  • Exclusion Zones to work areas

  • Balcony / Walkway Access Protection

  • Walkways / Fans - Design Verified

  • Scaffold Fitting Soft Protection

  • Ground Level Ladders - Public Access

  • Securing Materials

  • Exclusion Zones to work area

  • Materials Securing

  • Lighting Levels

  • Even Surfaces / Trip Hazards

  • Waste / Surplus Material

  • Working In Tenanted Properties

  • Official Notification to Occupiers

  • Isolation of Work Activities from Occupants

  • Integrated Fire Controls - Warning

  • Work Areas - Good Order

  • Ongoing Liaison / Signage

Covid 19 Compliance Checks

  • Covid 19 Compliance Checks

  • 2 Meter Distancing

  • Correct waste disposal

  • Hygiene protocol

  • Correct use of PPE/RPE

  • Signage

  • Symptom Checks on workers

  • Welfare Areas are being complied with

  • Managing and communicating effectively on required changes.

  • All SHEMS documents are not to be modified or changed in anyway. Any updates to SHEMS will be authorised by the SHE department and communicated through the correct procedure.

Security Arrangements

  • Security Arrangements

  • Perimeter Fencing

  • Out of Hours - Contact details

  • Sign in Procedures

  • CCTV

  • Security Guard

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