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Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2007
July 2010
Key health and safety statistics
• 32% of all worker fatalities (77 killed in 2006/07)
• 15% of all major employee injuries (3677 in 2005/06)
• 7492 over 3-day injuries to employees (2005/06)
• 86,000 suffering from work-related ill health (2005/06)
• 3.2M working days lost per year due to injury and ill health (2005/06)
The objectives of CDM 2007
• Simplify the regulations and improve clarity
• Maximise their flexibility
• Focus on planning and management, not ‘The Plan’ and other paperwork
• Strengthen requirements on co-operation and co-ordination- encourage better integration
• Simplify competence assessment, reduce bureaucracy and raise standards
Structure of CDM 2007
• Five parts– Part 1: Introduction– Part 2: General management duties applying
to all construction projects– Part 3: Additional duties where projects are
notifiable– Part 4: Worksite health and safety
requirements– Part 5: General
• Supported by a CDM 2007 Approved Code of Practice (ACoP)
CDM 2007 – key points
• Regulations apply to all construction work
• Notification triggers appointment of additional duty holders and duties in Part 3 of the Regulations– Principal Contractor (PC)– CDM Co-ordinator– Notification to HSE (F10 Form)– Construction Phase Plan– Health and Safety file
• Most duties remain on clients, designers & contractors regardless of notification
• Greater clarity in relation to competence assessment and new competence criteria in the ACoP
Trigger for Appointments
• Notifiable construction work under CDM 2007 are construction projects with a:
– Non-domestic client
and involve– Construction work lasting longer than 30 days
or– Construction work involving 500 person days
HSE’s expectations on the construction industry• A change in attitude is needed to deliver the
much needed improvements in construction health and safety
• A ‘business as usual’ approach is not acceptable
• Industry needs to take ownership of the management of health and safety risks, show leadership and work in partnership
• Focus on effective planning and managing risk
• Ensure people are competent
• Reduce bureaucracy & paperwork
Duties on the principal contractor
• Client should appoint a PC for notifiable projects and appoint as soon as is practicable
• Principal contractor should ensure that client is aware of duties, CDM co-ordinator has been appointed and HSE notified
• Those they appoint are competent
• The construction phase is properly planned, managed, monitored and resourced
Duties on the PrincipalContractor• Inform contractors of the minimum time allowed for
planning and preparation
• Provide relevant information to contractors
• Ensure safe working, co-ordination and co-operation between contractors
• Construction phase health and safety plan is prepared and implemented – Plan needs to set out the organisation and
arrangements for managing risk and co-ordinating work– Plan should be tailoured to the particular project and
risks involved
• Suitable welfare from the start
Manage health and safety on site, not the paperwork
Duties on the principalcontractor
• Prepare and enforce site rules as required
• Give reasonable direction to contractors including client appointed contractors
• Prevent unauthorised entry
• Provide plan to those who need it
• Promptly provide the CDM co-ordinator with information for the file
• Liaise with CDM co-ordinator in relation to design and design changes
• Ensure all workers have been provided with suitable health and safety induction, information and training
Duties on the principalcontractor
• Ensure the workforce is consulted about health and safety matters
• Display key project information to workers
• Does not have to – Provide training to workers they do not
employ (but contractors do)– Undertake detailed supervision of contractors’
work – Fill the construction phase plan with irrelevant
information or endless generic paperwork
Duties on contractors and self employed – all projects
• Check clients are aware of their duties
• Not start work until they have obtained the pre-construction information from the client (or PC)
• Plan, manage and monitor their own work to make sure that their workers are safe
• Ensure they and those they appoint are competent and adequately resourced
Duties on contractors and self employed – all projects
• Inform any contractor that they engage, of the minimum amount of time they have for planning and preparation
• Provide their workers (whether employed or self-employed) with any necessary information and training and induction
• Report anything that they are aware of that is likely to endanger the H&S of themselves or others
• Ensure that any design work they do complies with CDM design duties
Duties on contractors and self employed – all projects
• Comply with the duties for site health and safety
• Co-operate and co-ordinate with others working on the project
• Consult the workforce
• Not begin work unless they have taken reasonable steps to prevent unauthorised access to the site
• Obtain specialist advice (e.g. from a structural engineer or occupational hygienist) where necessary
Duties on contractors and self employed – notifiable projects
• Check that a CDM co-ordinator has been appointed and HSE notified before they start work
• Co-operate with the principal contractor, CDM co-ordinator and others working on the project
• Tell the principal contractor about risks to others created by their work
• Comply with any reasonable directions from the principal contractor
• Work in accordance with the construction phase plan
Duties on contractors and self employed – notifiable projects
• Inform the principal contractor of the identity of any contractor he appoints or engages
• Inform the principal contractor of any problems with the plan or risks identified during their work that have significant implications for the management of the project
• Inform the principal contractor about any death, injury, condition or dangerous occurrence
• Provide information for the health and safety file
Duties to control worksite health and safety
• Part 4 of CDM 2007 contains the duties to control specific worksite health and safety risks
• Equivalent to the duties under the old Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 - which Part 4 replaces
• Applies to all construction sites
• Duties on every contractor & every other person who controls construction work
• The wording and style has been updated and structure altered in parts, but retains most of the basic requirements of the original regulations.
Duties to control worksite health and safety
• There are some changes however:– Good order now requires a site to be
identified by suitable signs, be fenced off or both in accordance with the level of risk
– New requirement to record in writing arrangements for demolition and dismantling
– Excavations, cofferdams & caissons provisions have been extensively rewritten to make them more succinct and cohesive
Duties to control worksite health and safety
– Duties on reports and inspections have been restructured
– Rest facilities, now requires seats with backs (specific requirement of the European directive – only required if replacing existing seating)
– Training and competence, specific requirements covered in the general part of the regulations