Health and Safety in the Construction Industry

What is a commercial client?

• A person who directly employs construction workers

• An individual who has construction work carried out for them in connection with a business

• A designer with control over the pre-construction phase of the project

• An organization responsible for planning, managing, monitoring, and coordinating health and safety

Which important document is the Principal Designer responsible for?

• Construction Phase Plan

• Health and Safety File

• Risk Assessment

• Method Statement

What is the designer's role in a construction project?

• To prepare and, if necessary, alter the building design

• To plan, manage, monitor, and coordinate health and safety during the pre-construction phase

• To directly employ construction workers

• To report anything that is likely to cause danger on the construction site

Who is the Contractor?

• A person who directly employs construction workers

• An individual who has construction work carried out for them in connection with a business

• A designer with control over the pre-construction phase of the project

• An organization responsible for planning, managing, monitoring, and coordinating health and safety

Who, on a construction site, is most at risk of injury and illness?

• The commercial client

• The principal designer

• The employees and the self-employed

• The main contractor

What is the role of the main contractor?

• To prepare and, if necessary, alter the building design

• To plan, manage, monitor, and coordinate health and safety during the pre-construction phase

• To directly employ construction workers

• To have control over the whole construction phase of the project

What are the duties of employees on a construction site?

• To prepare and, if necessary, alter the building design

• To plan, manage, monitor, and coordinate health and safety during the pre-construction phase

• To directly employ construction workers

• To report anything that is likely to cause danger on the construction site

What are the duties of self-employed workers on a construction site?

• To prepare and, if necessary, alter the building design

• To plan, manage, monitor, and coordinate health and safety during the pre-construction phase

• To directly employ construction workers

• To report anything that is likely to cause danger on the construction site