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HSE LAUNCHES WEB GUIDANCE TO HELP THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MANAGE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS:
On Monday, 4 February 2008, HSE launches a new website-based tool to help contractors understand and manage occupational health risks more effectively. The tool is called the Construction Occupational Health Management Essentials (COHME for short).

Over the years HSE and the construction industry have published plenty of guidance on specific risks.
What's new about COHME is that it describes a framework to manage occupational health risks in general.
COHME is intended to assist clients, designers and contractors and deals with 7 priority risks:
• Hand-arm vibration
• Musculo-skeletal disorders
• Dermatitis
• Noise
• Stress
• Respiratory disease
• Asbestos

Construction Occupational Health Management Essentials (COHME)

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007)
The new CDM 2007 Regulations are divided into 5 parts:
     •  Part 1 deals with the application of the Regulations and definitions.
     •  Part 2 covers general duties that apply to all construction projects.
     •  Part 3 contains additional duties that only apply to notifiable construction projects,
i.e. those lasting more that 30 days
or involving more than 500 person days of construction work.
     •  Part 4 contains practical requirements that apply to all construction sites.
     •  Part 5 contains the transitional arrangements and revocations.


To view the CDM Regulations 2007:
On the Web
As a printable PDF booklet (165kb)
An explanatory memorandum by the HSE (pdf, 436kb)

Frequently Asked Questions

Statute Link:
The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007)

Links:
Approved Code of Practice (ACoP)
Clients
CDM co-ordinators
Construction Homepage - HSE
Construction - Trades Union Congress (TUC)
Construction (Design & Management) Regulations Page - HSE
Designers
Electricity in Construction - HSE Page
Electrical standards and approved codes of practice - HSE
Excavations - Hazard Recognition in Trenching and Shoring - OSHA
Excavations - Trenches - Excavation Safety Glossary - trenchsafety.org
Falls - HSE Homepage
Falls Through Fragile Roofs - HSE
Heights - Work at Heights - Construction Industry Council CDM Guidance for Designers (pdf)
Minor Roof Work - HSE
Health and Safety File for Designers - General Guidance Note, courtesy of www.safetyindesign.org
How to notify a project (F10)
What happens if I don't comply with my duties under CDM 2007? - HSE

HandS Confined Spaces Section
HandS COSHH Section
HandS Heights/Scaffolds Section
HandS Musculoskeletal Disorders - Manual Handling Section
HandS Noise Section

Downloads:  (Right-click to "Save Target As" in IE or "Save Link As" in Firefox for PDF files)
Asbestos - A short guide to managing asbestos in premises HSE INDG 223 (pdf, 150kb)
Preventing Falls from Vehicles - HSE INDG 413 (pdf)
Cement - HSE Construction Information Sheet 26 (pdf, 20kb)
Cement: Portland Cement Dust: Hazard assessment document - HSE (2006)
Control back-pain risks from whole-body vibration - HSE INDG 242 (pdf, 353kb)
The Absolutely Essential Toolkit for the Smaller Construction Contractor - HSE INDG 344 (pdf, 668kb - scroll to view)
Crane Cab - Checklist - HSE (pdf)
Crossing high-speed roads on foot during temporary traffic management works - HSE CIS 53 (pdf)
Dust control on concrete cutting saws - HSE CIS 54 (pdf)
Hand/Arm Vibration
Handling kerbs: Reducing the risks of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) - HSE CIS 57 (pdf, 59kb)
Inspecting fall arrest equipment made from webbing or rope - HSE INDG 367 (pdf)
Falls from boom-type mobile elevating work platforms - HSE
Falsework: Safe erection, use and dismantling of falsework
- HSE Construction Info Sheet 56 (pdf, 213kb)
Industrial Lift Trucks: A Survey of Investigated Accidents and Incidents [04/97 to 03/01] (pdf, 550kb)
Isolation: Guidance on Safe Electrical Isolation Procedures (pdf, 500kb)
Manual Handling - Construction Industry Council CDM Guidance for Designers (pdf)
Musculo-skeletal injury - Designing It Out - Construction Industry Council CDM Guidance for Designers (pdf)
Risk Assessment - Crane Lifting Plan Method and Risk Assessment - Mark Sutton via HSfB
Safe Use of Compact Dumpers - HSE Construction Info Sheet 52 (pdf)
Safe Use of Refuse Collection Vehicle Hoists and Bins - HSE (pdf)
Safe Use of Skip Loaders - HSE INDG 378 (pdf)
Safety Harness & Webbing Products Expiry Dates - Jeff Clipston, Hanson PLC
Safety Harnesses and Lanyard Webbing - Assessment of the effects of different types of abrasion on the tensile strength of safety harness and lanyard webbings (pdf)
Safety Harnesses: Issues surrounding the failure of an energy absorbing lanyard - HSE (pdf)
Silica - HSE Construction Information Sheet 36 (pdf, 50kb)  -
See also COSHH Section
Skip and container safety in waste management and recycling - HSE (pdf)
Solvents - HSE Construction Information Sheet 27 (pdf)
Tower cranes: HSE safety alert on the use of tower cranes (pdf, 62kb)
Welfare Facilities Provision During Construction Work - HSE CIS59 (pdf, 28kb)
Workplace Transport Safety - leaflet for employers - HSE INDG199 (pdf)
Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare Booklet - HSE INDG244 (pdf)
Workplace Welfare - Provision of Facilities - HSE INDG293  (toilets, washing, water, changing clothes, meal breaks)

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