Health & safety bulletin
Line Of Fire
10th June 2010
Recent observations on site have identified that many contractors, including our employees, arrive on a live site, put on their PPE and walk across the forecourt to sign-in.
Whilst wearing a high viz vest and safety helmet makes us more visible and therefore reduces our chances of being run over, PPE should be the last line of defence i.e. if you walk around the site perimeter when navigating a site, the chances of being struck by a moving vehicle are considerably less than cutting across it; walking around the perimeter AND wearing PPE reduces the risk even further and is a policy that we should ensure is implemented at the time of signing-in, and when crossing a live site during the works.
This bulletin will be used as a toolbox talk by our supervisors and the next version of our F1.3.1 site audit form will focus on this area specifically so we can identify whether we have a higher risk of harm and measure any improvement we make in this area.