Safety hazards

Includes site organisation, working at height, structural stability, electrical safety, fire, mobile plant and vehicles and other hazards.

Planning for construction work[1]

Site organisation

Working at height

Structural stability

Electrical safety in construction

Fire

Mobile plant and vehicles

Other hazards

Link URLs in this page

  1. Planning for construction workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/planning.htm
  2. Site rules and inductionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/site-rules-induction.htm
  3. Traffic management on sitehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/vehiclestrafficmanagement.htm
  4. Site lightinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/site-lighting.htm
  5. Protecting the publichttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/publicprotection.htm
  6. Materials storage and waste managementhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/storage.htm
  7. Administrationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/admin.htm
  8. Assessing all work at heighthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/assess.htm
  9. Roof workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/roofwork.htm
  10. Fragile surfaceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/fragile.htm
  11. Using ladders safelyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/ladders.htm
  12. Scaffoldshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/scaffoldinginfo.htm
  13. Tower scaffoldshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/scaffold.htm
  14. Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs)https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/mewp.htm
  15. Safety nets and soft landing systemshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/safety-nets.htm
  16. Steel erectionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/steel-erection.htm
  17. Structural stability during alteration, demolition and dismantlinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/buildings.htm
  18. Catastrophic events in construction: factors determining catastrophic potentialhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/pdf/m3-annex-5.pdf
  19. Systems in buildingshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/buildings.htm
  20. Overhead power lineshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/overhead.htm
  21. Underground cableshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/underground.htm
  22. General fire safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/generalfire.htm
  23. Process fire riskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/processfire.htm
  24. Excavatorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/excavators.htm
  25. Telescopic handlershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/telescopic.htm
  26. Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs)https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/mewp.htm
  27. Dumpershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/dumpers.htm
  28. Slips and tripshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/falls.htm
  29. Excavationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/excavations.htm
  30. Lifting operationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/lifting-operations.htm
  31. Demolitionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/demolition.htm
  32. Prevention of drowninghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/prevention-of-drowning.htm
  33. Temporary workshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/temporary-works.htm

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Updated 2024-11-25