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Construction inspection initiative

News from HSE.gov.uk 

HSE's latest enforcement led inspection initiative is continuing throughout March 2009 in selected regions of the country.

HSE Inspectors are visiting sites looking at working at height safely, good order on site, and the risks associated with the removal of asbestos on construction refurbishment sites.

HSE Inspectors are continuing to find a number of sites where dangerous practices are accepted by those in control of the site and in those instances Inspectors have taken appropriate enforcement action, for example:

     * Teeside - , 5 Improvement Notices were served in relation to potential exposure to asbestos, due to work being undertaken without an appropriate survey and for lack of asbestos awareness training

     * Rochdale - 4 Improvement Notices issued concerning people working unsafely at height

     * Southampton, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight - 12 Prohibition Notices and 1 Improved Notice were issued. The majority of this enforcement action was in relation to working at height and excavations.

Advice on these issues and other relevant subjects can be found via the following link.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/shatteredlives/construction/index.htm?ebul=cons/mar09&cr=2

Details of previous HSE construction inspection initiatives are also available
http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/tripsandfalls/index.htm?ebul=cons/mar09&cr=3