Health and Safety Executive

Health and Safety Executive

Construction (Design and

Management) Regulations 2007

July 2010

Key health and safety statistics

• 32% of all worker fatalities (77 killed in 2006/07)

• 15% of all major employee injuries (3677 in 2005/06)

• 7492 over 3-day injuries to employees (2005/06)

• 86,000 suffering from work-related ill health (2005/06)

• 3.2M working days lost per year due to injury and ill health (2005/06)

The objectives of CDM 2007

• Simplify the regulations and improve clarity

• Maximise their flexibility

• Focus on planning and management, not ‘The Plan’ and other paperwork

• Strengthen requirements on co-operation and co-ordination- encourage better integration

• Simplify competence assessment, reduce bureaucracy and raise standards

Structure of CDM 2007

• Five parts– Part 1: Introduction– Part 2: General management duties applying

to all construction projects– Part 3: Additional duties where projects are

notifiable– Part 4: Worksite health and safety

requirements– Part 5: General

• Supported by a CDM 2007 Approved Code of Practice (ACoP)

CDM 2007 – key points

• Regulations apply to all construction work

• Notification triggers appointment of additional duty holders and duties in Part 3 of the Regulations– Principal Contractor (PC)– CDM Co-ordinator– Notification to HSE (F10 Form)– Construction Phase Plan– Health and Safety file

• Most duties remain on clients, designers & contractors regardless of notification

• Greater clarity in relation to competence assessment and new competence criteria in the ACoP

Trigger for Appointments

• Notifiable construction work under CDM 2007 are construction projects with a:

– Non-domestic client

and involve– Construction work lasting longer than 30 days

or– Construction work involving 500 person days

HSE’s expectations on the construction industry• A change in attitude is needed to deliver the

much needed improvements in construction health and safety

• A ‘business as usual’ approach is not acceptable

• Industry needs to take ownership of the management of health and safety risks, show leadership and work in partnership

• Focus on effective planning and managing risk

• Ensure people are competent

• Reduce bureaucracy & paperwork

Duties on the principal contractor

• Client should appoint a PC for notifiable projects and appoint as soon as is practicable

• Principal contractor should ensure that client is aware of duties, CDM co-ordinator has been appointed and HSE notified

• Those they appoint are competent

• The construction phase is properly planned, managed, monitored and resourced

Duties on the PrincipalContractor• Inform contractors of the minimum time allowed for

planning and preparation

• Provide relevant information to contractors

• Ensure safe working, co-ordination and co-operation between contractors

• Construction phase health and safety plan is prepared and implemented – Plan needs to set out the organisation and

arrangements for managing risk and co-ordinating work– Plan should be tailoured to the particular project and

risks involved

• Suitable welfare from the start

Manage health and safety on site, not the paperwork

Duties on the principalcontractor

• Prepare and enforce site rules as required

• Give reasonable direction to contractors including client appointed contractors

• Prevent unauthorised entry

• Provide plan to those who need it

• Promptly provide the CDM co-ordinator with information for the file

• Liaise with CDM co-ordinator in relation to design and design changes

• Ensure all workers have been provided with suitable health and safety induction, information and training

Duties on the principalcontractor

• Ensure the workforce is consulted about health and safety matters

• Display key project information to workers

• Does not have to – Provide training to workers they do not

employ (but contractors do)– Undertake detailed supervision of contractors’

work – Fill the construction phase plan with irrelevant

information or endless generic paperwork

Duties on contractors and self employed – all projects

• Check clients are aware of their duties

• Not start work until they have obtained the pre-construction information from the client (or PC)

• Plan, manage and monitor their own work to make sure that their workers are safe

• Ensure they and those they appoint are competent and adequately resourced

Duties on contractors and self employed – all projects

• Inform any contractor that they engage, of the minimum amount of time they have for planning and preparation

• Provide their workers (whether employed or self-employed) with any necessary information and training and induction

• Report anything that they are aware of that is likely to endanger the H&S of themselves or others

• Ensure that any design work they do complies with CDM design duties

Duties on contractors and self employed – all projects

• Comply with the duties for site health and safety

• Co-operate and co-ordinate with others working on the project

• Consult the workforce

• Not begin work unless they have taken reasonable steps to prevent unauthorised access to the site

• Obtain specialist advice (e.g. from a structural engineer or occupational hygienist) where necessary

Duties on contractors and self employed – notifiable projects

• Check that a CDM co-ordinator has been appointed and HSE notified before they start work

• Co-operate with the principal contractor, CDM co-ordinator and others working on the project

• Tell the principal contractor about risks to others created by their work

• Comply with any reasonable directions from the principal contractor

• Work in accordance with the construction phase plan

Duties on contractors and self employed – notifiable projects

• Inform the principal contractor of the identity of any contractor he appoints or engages

• Inform the principal contractor of any problems with the plan or risks identified during their work that have significant implications for the management of the project

• Inform the principal contractor about any death, injury, condition or dangerous occurrence

• Provide information for the health and safety file

Health and Safety Executive

Health and Safety Executive

Site health & safety

July 2010

Duties to control worksite health and safety

• Part 4 of CDM 2007 contains the duties to control specific worksite health and safety risks

• Equivalent to the duties under the old Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 - which Part 4 replaces

• Applies to all construction sites

• Duties on every contractor & every other person who controls construction work

• The wording and style has been updated and structure altered in parts, but retains most of the basic requirements of the original regulations.

Duties to control worksite health and safety

• There are some changes however:– Good order now requires a site to be

identified by suitable signs, be fenced off or both in accordance with the level of risk

– New requirement to record in writing arrangements for demolition and dismantling

– Excavations, cofferdams & caissons provisions have been extensively rewritten to make them more succinct and cohesive

Duties to control worksite health and safety

– Duties on reports and inspections have been restructured

– Rest facilities, now requires seats with backs (specific requirement of the European directive – only required if replacing existing seating)

– Training and competence, specific requirements covered in the general part of the regulations