Do you run a construction company?
In search of a health and safety risk assessment tailored to your activity?
Do you need a pre-filled assessment to save you hours of work?
Want to be in compliance with Health and Safety at Work Regulations?
 
Our health and safety risk assessment is designed to meet your needs with:
→ A professional risk assessment totally specific to the building trades.
→ A risk assessment specific to the building and public works sector.
→ Risk prevention proposals dedicated to the building and public works sector.
→ Integration of risks linked to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
 
All this in an easily editable Excel format, allowing you to make personalized updates on your own.
 
FEATURES OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
This 5-page Excel file includes:
A Cover Page
A Company Information page
A presentation of the Risk Assessment Methodology used.
An occupational risks assessment tailored to your sector of activity.
A risk prevention schedule with all the different safety measures.

It contains 37 occupational risk situations classified into 4 work units:
On site
Customer contact
Road transport
Secretarial - Administrative
 
☑ Complies with the employer's obligation to assess risks
(Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Adheres to the General Principles of Prevention
(Schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Takes into account good practice and pitfalls in risk assessment
(Report RR151 from the Health and Safety Executive)
 
EXCERPTS FROM THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
The danger of manual handling on construction sites: The building and civil engineering sector is one of the most exposed to the risks associated with manual handling, accounting for 48% of occupational accidents. This is due to a combination of factors: firstly, raw materials are often heavy, not very ergonomic, and present in large quantities. Secondly, site accessibility sometimes makes the use of handling aids impossible. In the building and civil engineering sector, manual handling is an everyday occurrence for site workers. Three factors in particular aggravate handling-related damage: failure to observe proper handling postures, regular lifting of overly heavy loads (over 25kg), and carrying loads over long distances. Manual handling is responsible for muscular pain, joint pain and back pain in the short term. Over the long term, manual handling can lead to Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) in the upper limbs, particularly lesions of the spine, shoulders (tendinopathy) and wrists (carpal tunnel syndrome).
 
Noise hazards on construction sites: In the building and civil engineering sector, employees are particularly exposed to noise hazards. There are many potential sources of noise pollution on the job site: construction machinery (excavators, loaders, backhoes, etc.), demolition tools (jackhammers, concrete breakers, perforators, etc.), cutting and drilling tools (grinders, circular saws, percussion drills, etc.). Noise-related hazards are present as soon as you work near a machine that generates noise. As soon as the noise level exceeds 80dB (based on a working day and an exposure time of 8h per day), it's imperative to protect yourself. In the short term, exposure to noise can cause headaches, tinnitus and fatigue. Over the long term, exposure to high noise levels leads to progressive hearing loss, which most people are unaware of, accompanied by other inconveniences such as dizziness, chronic tinnitus, etc. Deafness accounts for 2% of occupational illnesses reported in the construction sector.
 
The danger of falling from heights: In the building and civil engineering sector, it's not uncommon to have to work at heights, no matter what the trade. To this end, employees working on construction sites can use various means of access to heights, including scaffolding and safe access platforms (ladders, stepladders and steps are prohibited, with a few exceptions). Falls from height account for 17% of workplace accidents in the building and civil engineering sector. The risk of falling is greater when the means of access to height used is poorly stabilized on the ground. If the means of access to height is cluttered, the risk of tripping is greater. Finally, climbing onto an overhead access ladder without a guardrail, using a ladder as a work platform, or jumping to the ground to climb down, all increase the risk of falls from height. Damage caused by falls from height can include impact with the ground, with an object below, or with another person on the site. This can result in bruising, fractures, internal and/or external haemorrhaging, head trauma that can plunge the person into a coma, irreversible damage (e.g. spinal column leading to quadriplegia) or even death.
 
 
A GUARANTEE OF THE QUALITY OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
_ We're registered as Professional Risk Prevention Consultants.
_ Our team comprises graduate safety engineers.
_ Our documents are routinely checked by safety inspectors.
_ We frequently update our Occupational Risk Assessments.
 
RESOURCES 
_ "Construction health risks: Key points" by Health and Safety Executive.