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Important things to do during your project

What should you be doing during your project, what should you be documenting as a builder and what should your subcontractors be providing?

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What to do during your project

  • Update the HazardCo Hazard Board with any new hazards on-site, and encourage contractors to do the same too.

  • Using the site-specific QR Code on the Hazard Board, get your workers and any visitors to complete a digital site induction when they arrive on-site for the first time and scan in/out of site each day.

  • Workers should complete a Risk Assessment on the App prior to starting work to make sure their work area is safe and any new hazards are identified.

  • Monitor works occurring on-site using the Site Review feature on the App.

  • Get your workers to use the RAMS feature on the App to determine what controls they need to put in place for the work.

  • Ensure everyone involved is consulted during the preparation of the RAMS and have read, understood, and will follow the directions provided.

  • Share and capture what's happening onsite, and upcoming works with workers through the Daily Activity Briefing feature on the HazardCo App.

  • Record incidents on-site using the HazardCo App. Any incident, illness, or near-miss can be recorded. Check out the HazardCo Hub for your Incident Register.


Health & Safety Evidence

Documentation is a key way of showing that Health and Safety is active on-site and provides evidence in areas like incident investigations and learnings that are shared from these. This can be in either digital or physical format.

Using the HazardCo tools on the App and Hub, we recommend the following minimum and good practice benchmarking targets for your Health and Safety documentation on-site:


What documentation should you have available as a Main Contractor?

Documentation

Minimum

Good practice

Site Review

2 per month

4 per month

Toolbox Talk

2 per month

4 per month

Documentation

Requirement

Construction Phase Plan (CPP)

For all projects

Incident Reports

For any incident that occurs

Risk Assessment / Method Statement (RAMS)

For all internal work activities (not including subcontractors)

CoSHH Assessments

For all hazardous substances

Permits

High risk work e.g. excavations and hot works

Documentation that your subcontractors should be providing:

Documentation

Minimum

Good practice

Toolbox Talk

2 per month

4 per month

Site Review

1 per month

2 per month

Documentation

Requirement

RAMS

For all work activities

Risk Assessment / Method Statement (RAMS)

For all work activities

Training records

All operatives

All of the digital health and safety documentation for your site created with HazardCo can be accessed from the Hub:

  • Construction Phase Plan (CPP), which include hazards and controls, notifiable work and emergency plan - 1 per site

  • Inductions and Scan In / Out - 1 per worker each day

  • Reports - Risk Assessments, Toolbox Talks, Site Reviews, RAMS

  • Hazardous Substance Register and Safety Data Sheets (SDS) - 1 register per site and a CoSHH Assessment for each hazardous substance (see your supplier for an SDS)

  • Incident Register - 1 per site

  • Training register - 1 per trade

  • Plant, machinery, and equipment register - 1 per trade


Don’t forget, as part of your membership, you get unlimited access to the HazardCo team! Call our Advisory team for any health and safety advice anytime on: 020 4571 3920

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