Design Phase
S.I. No. 291 of 2013
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd August, 2013.
I, RICHARD BRUTON, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 58 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No. 10 of 2005) (as adapted by the Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 245 of 2011 )) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive 92/57/EEC1 of 24 June 1992 on the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites, and after consultation with the Health and Safety Authority, hereby make the following Regulations:
PART 1
INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL
Citation and Commencement
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013.
(2) If, prior to the making of these Regulations,
(a) a design process for a domestic dwelling, not relating to trade, business or undertaking, has commenced, or
(b) construction stage for a domestic dwelling, not relating to trade, business or undertaking has commenced,
duties of the client in relation to appointment of a project supervisor for the design process and appointment of project supervisor for the construction stage shall not apply for a period of 12 months.
(3) These Regulations shall not apply to drilling and extraction in the extractive industries as defined by the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Extractive Industries) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 467 of 1997 ).
(4) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 August 2013.
Interpretation
2. (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Act” means the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No. 10 of 2005);
“Act of 1875” means the Explosives Act 1875 ;
“client” means a person for whom a project is carried out;
“confined space” means any place which, by virtue of its enclosed nature creates conditions which give rise to a likelihood of accident, harm or injury of such a nature as to require emergency action due to—
(a) the presence or the reasonably foreseeable presence of—
(i) flammable or explosive atmospheres,
(ii) harmful gas, fume, or vapour,
(iii) free flowing solid or an increasing level of liquid,
(iv) excess of oxygen,
(v) excessively high temperature,
(b) lack or reasonably foreseeable lack of oxygen;
“construction site” means any site at which construction work in relation to a project is carried out;
“construction stage” means the period of time starting when preparation of the construction site begins and ending when construction work on the project is completed;
“construction work” means the carrying out of any building, civil engineering or engineering construction work, other than drilling and extraction in the extractive industries as defined by the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Extractive Industries) Regulations 1997, and includes but is not limited to each of the following:
(a) the doing of one or more of the following with respect to a structure:
(i) construction;
(ii) alteration;
(iii) conversion;
(iv) fitting out;
(v) commissioning;
(vi) renovation;
(vii) repair;
(viii) upkeep;
(ix) redecoration or other maintenance, including cleaning involving the use of water or an abrasive at high pressure or the use of substances or mixtures classified as corrosive or toxic in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1272/20082 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures or of the European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Preparations) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 62 of 2004 );
(x) de-commissioning, demolition or dismantling;
(b) the preparation for an intended structure, including but not limited to site clearance, exploration, investigation (but not site survey) and excavation, and the laying or installing of the foundations of an intended structure;
(c) the assembly of prefabricated elements to form a structure, or the disassembly of prefabricated elements which, immediately before such disassembly, formed a structure;
(d) the removal of a structure or part of a structure or of any product or waste resulting from demolition or dismantling of a structure or disassembly of prefabricated elements which, immediately before such disassembly, formed a structure;
(e) the installation, commissioning, maintenance, repair or removal of mechanical, electrical, gas, compressed air, hydraulic, telecommunication and computer systems, or similar services which are normally fixed within or to a structure;
“contractor” means—
(a) a contractor or an employer whose employees undertake, carry out or manage construction work, or
(b) a person who—
(i) carries out or manages construction work for a fixed or other sum, and
(ii) supplies materials, labour or both, whether the contractor’s own labour or that of another, to carry out the work;
“contractor responsible for a construction site” includes a contractor responsible for a part of the site over which the contractor has control;
“cycle track” means part of a road, including part of a footway or part of a roadway, which is reserved for the use of pedal cycles and from which all mechanically propelled vehicles, other than mechanically propelled wheelchairs, are prohibited from entering except for the purpose of access to and egress from such a road;
“design” means the preparation of drawings, particulars, specifications, calculations and bills of quantities in so far as they contain specifications or other expressions of purpose, according to which a project, or any part or component of a project, is to be executed;
“designer” means a person engaged in work related to the design of a project;
“design process” means the process for preparing and designing a project, including alterations to the design and the design of temporary works to facilitate construction of the project;
“detonator” means an initiator for explosives that contains a charge of high explosive fired by means of a flame, spark, electric current or shock tube;
“exploder” means a device designed for firing detonators;
“explosives” means explosive articles or explosive substances;
“explosive article” means an article containing one or more explosive substances;
“explosives store” means a—
(a) magazine licensed under sections 6 to 8 of the Act of 1875,
(b) store licensed under section 15 of the Act of 1875, or
(c) premises registered in accordance with section 21 of the Act of 1875;
“explosive substances” means a solid or liquid substance (or a mixture of substances) which is in itself capable by chemical reaction of producing gas at such a temperature and pressure and at such a speed as to cause damage to the surroundings;
“FÁS” means An Foras Áiseanna Saothair;
“FETAC award” means an award made by the Further Education and Training Awards Council or a FETAC award awarded by QQI;
“footpath” means a road over which there is a public right of way for pedestrians only, not being a footway;
“footway” means that portion of any road associated with a roadway which is provided primarily for use by pedestrians;
“general principles of prevention” means the general principles of prevention specified in Schedule 3 to the Act;
“inspector” means a person authorised under section 62 of the Act by the Health and Safety Authority or by a person prescribed under section 33 of the Act;
“locomotive” means any self-propelled wheeled vehicle used on a line of rails for the movement of trucks or wagons;
“man-lock” means any air lock or decompression chamber used for the compression or decompression of persons, but does not include an air lock which is only so used in emergency or a medical lock used solely for treatment purposes;
“misfire” means an occurrence in relation to the firing of shots where—
(a) testing before firing reveals broken continuity which cannot be rectified, or
(b) a shot or any part of a shot fails to explode when an attempt is made to fire it;
“mobile crane” means a crane capable of travelling under its own power, but does not include such a crane which travels on a line of rails;
“plant or equipment” means any gear, machine, rig, apparatus or appliance, or any part of any plant or equipment;
“project” means an activity which includes or is intended to include construction work;
“project supervisor” means an individual or a body corporate appointed under Regulation 6(1) and responsible for carrying out—
(a) the appropriate duties specified in these Regulations, and
(b) other duties that are—
(i) assigned to the person by the client at the time of appointment, and
(ii) necessary to allow the client to comply with section 17(1) of the Act;
“QQI” means Quality and Qualifications Ireland;
“road” means a road, as defined in the Roads Act 1993 (No. 14 of 1993);
“roadway” means that portion of a road which is provided primarily for the use of vehicles;
“rolling stock” means a train or any other vehicle with flanged wheels which is designed to operate on rails or a railway;
“safety and health plan” means a plan in writing prepared and developed in accordance with Regulations 12 and 16;
“safety file” means a safety file prepared and completed in accordance with Regulations 13 and 21;
“safety fuse” means a flexible cord that contains an internal burning medium by which fire is conveyed at a continuous and uniform rate for the purpose of firing plain detonators or blackpowder, without initiating burning in a similar fuse that may be in lateral contact alongside;
“shot” means a single shot or a series of shots fired as part of one blast;
“shotfirer” means a person appointed pursuant to Regulation 74 to be responsible for shotfiring operations;
“shotfiring operations” includes—
(a) checking to ensure that the blasting specification is still appropriate for the site conditions at the time the blasting is to take place,
(b) mixing explosives,
(c) priming a cartridge,
(d) charging and stemming a shothole,
(e) linking or connecting a round of shots,
(f) withdrawal and sheltering of persons,
(g) inspecting and testing a shotfiring circuit,
(h) firing a shot,
(i) checking for misfires, and
(j) destroying surplus explosives;
“structure” means—
(a) any building, railway line or siding, tramway line, dock, harbour, inland navigation systems, tunnel, bridge, viaduct, waterworks, reservoir, pipe-line (whatever it contains or is intended to contain), underground or overground cables, aqueduct, sewer, sewage works, gasholder, road, airfield, sea defence works, river works, drainage works, earthworks, lagoon, dam, wall, caisson, mast, tower, pylon, underground tank, earth retaining element or assembly of elements, or element or assembly of elements designed to preserve or alter any natural feature, and any other structure similar to the foregoing,
(b) any formwork, falsework, scaffold or other element or assembly of elements designed or used to provide support or means of access during construction work, or
(c) any fixed plant in respect of work which is installation, commissioning, de-commissioning or dismantling.
(2) Without limiting the application of the definition of “reasonably practicable” in section 2 of the Act in relation to the duties of employers, that definition also applies, for the purposes of these Regulations, in relation to the duties under these Regulations of other persons.
(3) Where, under these Regulations, a person is required to give directions or make rules, such directions and such rules shall be reasonable in the context of the duty with which the person is required to comply.
(4) Taking account of the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Directive 2005/36/EC) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 139 of 2008 ) and in compliance with Directive 2005/36/EC3 , FÁS is responsible for the issue of valid construction skills registration cards, with photographic identification, under Schedule 5 and for the maintenance of a register of the cards issued.
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Keeping records
3. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the relevant contractor shall ensure that the records, reports, certificates and other documents required by these Regulations—
(a) are kept on the site to which they are relevant, or
(b) when no relevant works are being carried out on the site, are kept at an appropriate office of—
(i) the contractor for whom the report was made or the certificate or document was obtained, or
(ii) the owner of the plant or equipment to which the certificate relates.
(2) In the case of a construction site where a contractor has reasonable grounds for believing that the work will be completed in a period of less than 30 working days, the records, reports, certificates and other documents referred to in paragraph (1) may be kept, in lieu of being kept at that site, at an appropriate office of the contractor.
(3) The person having custody of the records required by these Regulations—
(a) shall ensure that the records are open to inspection by an inspector at all reasonable times, and
(b) forthwith shall send to any such inspector such extracts from them or copies of them as the inspector may from time to time require for the purpose of the execution of the inspector duties under the Act.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), where under these Regulations records, reports, certificates or other documents are required to be made and kept, it is sufficient compliance with the requirement if the person concerned—
(a) enters the record, report, certificate or other document in an approved form in a computer, and
(b) duly authenticates it as soon as is practicable afterwards.
(5) Where under these Regulations records are required to be made and kept by designers, it is sufficient compliance with the requirement if the records are kept in a computer.
Application
4. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations apply to and in relation to construction work.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), Schedule 4 applies to—
(a) craft and general construction workers,
(b) persons undertaking on-site security work, and
(c) persons or classes of persons as may be prescribed by the Minister.
(3)Schedule 4 does not apply to a person involved in the installation, commissioning, maintenance, repair or removal of mechanical, electrical, gas, compressed air, hydraulic, telecommunication and computer systems, or similar services, where—
(a) the person is normally domiciled outside the State,
(b) the person’s normal place of employment is outside the State, and
(c) the person has not been working on the project for a period in excess of 20 working days in any 12 month period.
(4) A person mentioned in paragraph (3) shall be in possession of a letter in the English or Irish language from the relevant employer, which letter—
(a) describes the work to be undertaken,
(b) states the competence of the person to undertake that work, and
(c) specifies the commencement date and the anticipated completion date of that work.
(5) An appointment under these Regulations does not operate to affect any duty imposed on an employer before the making of these Regulations by or under any enactment.
Revocations and savings
5. The following are revoked
(a) the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 504 of 2006 ),
(b) the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 130 of 2008 ),
(c) the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 423 of 2008 ),
(d) the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 523 of 2010 ),
(e) the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction)(Amendment) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 461 of 2012 ), and
(f) the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction)(Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 481 of 2012 ),
(g) the Safety Health and Welfare at Work (Construction)(Amendment) Regulations2013 ( S.I. No. 182 of 2013 ).
PART 2
DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT
Duties of clients, appointments of project supervisors
6. (1) Except as provided for in paragraph (5) a client shall appoint, in writing, for every project—
(a) a competent project supervisor for the design process, and
(b) a competent project supervisor for the construction stage,
and the client shall obtain written confirmation of acceptance of each of the appointments.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) prevents—
(a) a client being self-appointed as project supervisor if competent to undertake the duties involved, or
(b) a client appointing one individual or body corporate as project supervisor for both the design process and construction stage if that individual or body corporate is competent to undertake the duties involved.
(3) A client shall appoint the project supervisor—
(a) for the design process at or before the start of the design process, and
(b) for the construction stage before commencement of the construction work.
(4) An appointment under paragraph (1) shall, as necessary, be made, terminated, changed or renewed.
(5)Paragraph (1) does not apply unless—
(a)the work involves a particular risk including but not limited to a risk referred to in Schedule 1,
(b) more than one contractor is involved, or
(c)Regulation 10 applies.
(6) If all of the clients involved in a project agree in writing that one or more but not all of them shall be treated as the client for the purposes of these Regulations—
(a) the client or clients agreed on shall be subject to all the duties of a client under these Regulations, and
(b)after that agreement is made, the others shall not be subject to the duties of a client under these Regulations, except the duties under Regulations 8(1) and (3).
(7) Where a client appoints project supervisors, designers or contractors in relation to construction work on their domestic dwelling and not in the furtherance of a business, trade or undertaking, the project supervisors, designers or contractors must demonstrate to the client that they are competent and have allocated or will allocate adequate resources to enable them to perform their duties imposed under these Regulations or under other relevant statutory provisions prior to any works commencing.
(8) An appointment of a project supervisor under paragraph (1) does not operate to affect any duty imposed on the client before the making of these Regulations by or under any enactment.
Duties to ascertain suitability of project supervisor, designer and contractor appointees
7. (1) A client shall not appoint a person as project supervisor for the design process for a project unless reasonably satisfied that the person has allocated or will allocate adequate resources to enable the person to perform the duties imposed under these Regulations for that project supervisor position prior to any works commencing.
(2) A client shall not arrange for a designer to prepare a design unless reasonably satisfied that the designer has allocated or will allocate adequate resources to enable the designer to comply with Regulation 15 prior to any works commencing.
(3) A client shall not appoint a person as project supervisor for the construction stage for a project unless reasonably satisfied that the person has allocated or will allocate adequate resources to enable the person to perform the duties imposed under these Regulations for that project supervisor position prior to any works commencing.
(4) A client shall not arrange for a contractor to carry out or manage construction work unless reasonably satisfied that the contractor has the competence to carry out or, as the case may be, manage that construction work and has allocated or will allocate adequate resources to enable the contractor to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed on the contractor by or under the relevant statutory provisions prior to any works commencing.
(5)A person to whom these Regulations apply shall not arrange for a designer to prepare a design unless reasonably satisfied that the designer has the competence to prepare the design and has allocated or will allocate adequate resources to enable the designer to comply with Regulation 15 prior to any works commencing.
(6) A person to whom these Regulations apply shall not arrange for a contractor to carry out or manage construction work unless reasonably satisfied that the contractor has the competence to carry out or, as the case may be, manage that construction work and has allocated or will allocate adequate resources to enable the contractor to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed on the contractor by or under the relevant statutory provisions prior to any works commencing.
Duties of clients, safety file
8. (1) A client shall keep available—
(a) any safety file referred to in Regulation 13 or 21, and
(b) any information delivered to a client in relation to the file for inspection by any person who may need information in the file for—
(i) the purpose of compliance by that person with any duties imposed under the relevant statutory provisions, or
(ii) for that person’s own information when carrying out any construction work on the structure to which the safety file relates.
(2) It is sufficient compliance with paragraph (1) by a client and every subsequent owner of a structure who disposes of the client’s or owner’s interest in the structure involved if the client or subsequent owner delivers the safety file for that structure to the person who acquires the interest.
(3)A person to whom a safety file is delivered in accordance with paragraph (2) shall keep the safety file available for inspection in accordance with paragraph (1).
(4) A client shall co-operate with the project supervisor for the design process and the project supervisor for the construction stage, as appropriate, including in relation to the time required for the completion of the project and by providing information to enable the relevant project supervisor to comply with these Regulations.
(5) The information required to be provided under paragraph (4) is information relating to the state or condition of any structure, including information in a safety file that is—
(a) prepared in accordance with the relevant statutory provisions,
(b) relevant to the duties of the project supervisors under these Regulations, and
(c) either in the client’s possession or could be obtained by the client making enquiries which it is reasonable for a person in the client’s position to make.
Duties of clients, safety and health plan
9. (1) A client shall provide or arrange to have provided a copy of the safety and health plan prepared under Regulation 12 to every person—
(a) being considered for the role of project supervisor for the construction stage, or
(b) tendering for that role.
(2)(a) For the purposes of construction work to a domestic dwelling, and when the work is not in the furtherance of a trade, business or undertaking, the requirements of paragraph (1) do not apply.
(b) For the purpose of construction work to a domestic dwelling, the client shall provide or arrange to have provided a copy of the safety and health plan prepared under Regulation 12 to the project supervisor for the construction stage when appointed.
Duties of clients, notification to the Authority
10. If construction work is planned to last longer than 30 working days or the volume of work is scheduled to exceed 500 person days, a client shall promptly give notice in writing to the Authority in an approved form, sent either—
(a) by registered post, or
(b) as may be directed from time to time by the Authority,
of those particulars as are known or can be reasonably known about the appointments made in accordance with Regulation 6.
Duties of project supervisor for the design process, co-ordination and cooperation
11. (1) The project supervisor for the design process shall—
(a) take account of the general principles of prevention during the various stages of the design and preparation of a project, in particular—
(i) when either, or both, technical or organisational aspects are being decided, in order to plan the various items or stages of work which are to take place simultaneously or in succession, and
(ii) when estimating the time required for completion of a project and, where appropriate, for stages of a project,
(b) take account of any safety and health plan or safety file, and
(c) organise co-operation between designers on the same project and, so far as is reasonably practicable, ensure co-ordination of their activities in relation to the design of the project with a view to protecting the safety, health and welfare of persons involved in construction work.
(2)The project supervisor for the design process may appoint a competent person as health and safety co-ordinator for the design process to assist in the undertaking of the duties specified in paragraph (1).
(3) An appointment of a competent person as health and safety co-ordinator for the design process under paragraph (2) does not operate to affect any duty imposed on the client or the project supervisor before the making of these Regulations by or under any enactment.
Duties of project supervisor for the design process, safety and health plan
12. (1) The project supervisor for the design process shall—
(a) subject to paragraph (2), on a preliminary basis and for the purpose of providing information for the project supervisor for the construction stage, prepare a written safety and health plan that specifies—
(i) a general description of the project and of the time within which it is intended that the project will be completed,
(ii) appropriate information on any other work activities taking place on the site,
(iii) where appropriate, work related to the project which will involve particular risks to the safety, health and welfare of persons at work including but not limited to those referred to in Schedule 1,
(iv) the basis upon which the time in subparagraph (i) was established, taking into account Regulation 11(1)(a),
(v) the conclusions drawn by designers and the project supervisor for the design process as regards the taking account of the general principles of prevention and any relevant safety and health plan or safety file, and
(vi) the location of electricity, water and sewage connections, where appropriate, to facilitate adequate welfare facilities,
(b) prepare the safety and health plan referred to in subparagraph (a) in time to enable it to be provided in compliance with Regulation 9 to every person being considered or tendering for the role of project supervisor for the construction stage, and
(c) keep a copy of the safety and health plan referred to in subparagraph (a) available for inspection by an inspector for the duration of the project.
(2)Where notification is not required under Regulation 10, a safety and health plan is required only for sites where the work concerned involves a particular risk, including but not limited to any of those referred to in Schedule 1.
Duties of project supervisor for the design process, safety file
13. The project supervisor for the design process shall—
(a) prepare a written safety file appropriate to the characteristics of the project, containing relevant safety and health information, including any information provided under Regulation 21, to be taken into account during any subsequent construction work following completion of the project, and
(b) promptly deliver the safety file to the client on completion of the project.
Powers of project supervisor for the design process to issue directions
14. (1) The project supervisor for the design process, so far as is necessary,
(a) may give directions to each person who is a designer, contractor or other relevant person, which directions, if carried out, will assist or enable compliance by the project supervisor with the duties imposed by these Regulations on the project supervisor, and
(b) shall confirm the directions in writing, including a time frame for their execution, if the project supervisor considers that the person to whom the directions were given has not carried out the directions.
(2) If, in the opinion of the project supervisor for the design process, a designer, contractor or other relevant person has not carried out directions confirmed in writing under paragraph (1) (b), the project supervisor for the design process shall—
(a) notify in writing the Authority, the client and the person to whom the direction was given of the opinion of the project supervisor, and
(b) include with the notification—
(i) a copy of the written confirmation under paragraph (1)(b), and
(ii) particulars of the response, if any, made by the designer, contractor or other relevant person to the directions.
(3) The project supervisor for the design process shall ensure that—
(a) each confirmation in writing of a direction given under paragraph (1)(b), and
(b)a copy of each associated notification to the Authority referred to in paragraph (2)
is retained with the safety and health plan.
Duties of designers
15. (1) In carrying out work related to the design of a particular project, a designer shall—
(a) take account of—
(i) the general principles of prevention, and
(ii) the relevant—
(I) safety and health plan, and
(II) safety file
prepared in accordance with these Regulations, and
(b) provide in writing to the project supervisor for the design process all relevant information necessary for the project supervisor to carry out the project supervisor’s duties under these Regulations.
(2) In carrying out work related to the design of a particular project, a designer shall—
(a) co-operate with the project supervisor for the design process or the project supervisor for the construction stage, as appropriate, to enable that project supervisor to comply with these Regulations,
(b) co-operate with other designers, as appropriate, to enable them to comply with these Regulations in relation to the project, and
(c) comply with all directions from the project supervisor for the design process or the project supervisor for the construction stage, that are issued pursuant to Regulation 14 or 20, as appropriate.
(3) In carrying out work related to the design of a particular project, a designer shall promptly provide in writing to the project supervisor for the design process or for the construction stage, whichever is appropriate, all information—
(a)about the project that is known to the designer regarding particular risks to the safety, health and welfare of persons at work, including but not limited to the risks referred to in Schedule 1,
(b) regarding the nature and scope of the project to the extent necessary to enable the project supervisor to comply with these Regulations,
(c) about the project that is necessary for that project supervisor to prepare the safety file, and
(d) that is known to that person and is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safe construction of the design for the project.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), if no project supervisor is known to the designer to have been appointed for the project, the designer shall provide the information referred to in that provision to the appropriate contractor instead of to a project supervisor.
(5)If a designer is not aware of the appointment of a project supervisor for the design process, the designer shall promptly inform the client of the client’s duties under Regulation 6.
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Schedule 1
Regulations 12, 15 and 16
Non-exhaustive List of Work Involving Particular Risks to the Safety, Health and Welfare of Persons at Work
1. Work which puts persons at work at risk of—
(a) falling from a height,
(b) burial under earthfalls, or
(c) engulfment in swampland,
where the risk is particularly aggravated by the nature of the work or processes used or by the environment at the place of work or construction site.
2. Work which puts persons at work at risk from chemical or biological substances constituting a particular danger to the safety and health of such persons or involving a statutory requirement for health monitoring.
3. Work with ionising radiation requiring the designation of controlled or supervised areas as defined in Directive 96/29/Euratom4 .
4. Work near high voltage power lines.
5. Work exposing persons at work to the risk of drowning.
6. Work on wells, underground earthworks and tunnels.
7. Work carried out by divers at work having a system of air supply.
8. Work carried out in a caisson with a compressed-air atmosphere.
9. Work involving the use of explosives.
10. Work involving the assembly or dismantling of heavy prefabricated components.
Schedule 2
Regulations 17 and 24
Non-Exhaustive List of Matters to be Considered in Particular as regards the Application of the General Principles of Prevention to Construction Work under these Regulations
1. Keeping the construction site in good order and in a satisfactory state of cleanliness.
2. Choosing the location of workstations bearing in mind how access to them is obtained, and determining routes or areas for the passage and movement of equipment.
3. The conditions under which various materials are handled.
4. Technical maintenance, pre-commissioning checks and regular checks on installations and equipment with a view to correcting any faults which might affect the safety, health and welfare of persons at work.
5. The demarcation and laying-out of areas for the storage of various materials, in particular where dangerous materials or substances are concerned.
6. The conditions under which the dangerous materials used are removed.
7. The storage and disposal or removal of waste and debris.
8. The adaptation, based on progress made on the construction site, of the actual time to be allocated for the various types of work or work stages.
9. Co-operation between employers and self-employed persons.
10. Interaction with industrial activities at the place within which or in the vicinity of which the construction site is located.