1. Editable PowerPoint Slides for Lecturers
By Phil Hughes MBE and Ed Ferrett

2. Construction activities –16
Chapter
Construction activities –
hazard and control

3. Construction activities –
hazard and control
After reading this chapter you should be able to:
identify the main hazards of construction and demolition work and outline the general requirements necessary to control them
identify the hazards of work above ground level, outline the general requirements necessary to control them and describe the safe working practices for common forms of access equipment
identify the hazards of excavations and outline the general requirements necessary to control them
4. identify the hazards to health commonly encountered in small
construction activities and explain how risks might be reduced

4. Co-Figure 1 Secure Construction
site access gates

5. Figure 16.1 Secure construction
site access gates

6. Figure 16.2 Proper precautions must always be taken when working on or near fragile roofs

7. Figure 16.3 Barriers around
excavation by footpath

8. Figure 16.4 Welfare – washing facilities
– large enough to wash forearms

9. Figure Waste removal
at a French quayside

10. Figure 16.6(a)(b) Contractors Working on the public highway
Walkway for pedestrians
Working on pavement with inadequate protection from vehicles
Figure 16.6(a)(b) Contractors
Working on the public highway

11. Figure 16. 7 Ladder showing correct 1 in 4
angle (means of securing omitted for clarity)

12. Figure 16.8(a) - (d) Various
ways of securing a ladder

13. Figure 16.9 Use of a stepladder

14. Figure 16.10(a) Typical independent tied scaffold

15. Figure 16.10(b) fixed scaffold
left in place to fit gutters

16. Figure 16.11 Typical prefabricated tower scaffold

17. Mobile elevating work platform – scissor lift
Truck mounted Mobile elevating work platform
Figure Mobile elevating
work platforms MEWPs

18. Figure 16.13 Timbered excavation (guard removed on one side for clarity)