Managing Health & Safety Risks (No. 19): Temporary works design and management

Drawing on two high profile examples, Sean Brady suggests that attitudes toward near-misses can sometimes result in complacency – with catastrophic consequences.

This article considers the safety issues regarding both visitors to a construction site and staff employed full time on a site concerning vehicles.

All excavation work is potentially hazardous; the collapse of excavation faces can have serious consequences, both for life and purely as an economic loss.