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Research Report 458 Global perspective in addressing construction risks
Publication Year
2006
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Global risks are defined as the overall risks resulting from all phases of a construction activity. These will need to be evaluated for each potential construction method in order to select the method with the lowest overall risk in relation to what is reasonably practicable. Delivers a toolkit containing a staged approach to ensure that global risk assessment is proportionate. This is applied to a range of scenarios involving work at height and workplace transport/material movements.
Document History
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Health and Safety Executive
The Health and Safety Executive work to protect the health and safety of people in the workplace by minimising risks. They achieve this through research, information and advice, promoting training, new or revised regulations and codes of practice, inspection, investigation and enforcement.
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