Author: The Institution of Structural Engineers' Health and Safety Panel
28 August 2014
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The Institution of Structural Engineers' Health and Safety Panel
The Structural Engineer, Volume 92, Issue 9, 2014, Page(s) 2
Director of Structural-Safety, Alastair Soane, summarises the latest CROSS Newsletter; alerting readers to examples of failure (or near-miss) including a steelwork truss imported in Australia having to be rebuilt, following the identification of several defects and a lack of compliance with welding specifications.
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.