07.04.2005

HSE Take designers to site

The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) construction inspectors will repeat its 'Take a Designer to Site' programme during April and May 2005, continuing the campaign to
reduce the number of incidents involving falls from height in the construction industry.

HSE construction inspectors will meet designers and planning supervisors on a range of construction sites across Scotland and the North of England.
Designers will be challenged on the way design issues affect the risks associated with work at height during the construction and the future maintenance of a building.

Work at height remains the single most significant cause of fatal incidents on construction sites in Great Britain: responsible for over half of all construction related deaths during 2003/4.