20th July 2005, 02:06 AM
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All I want is that proper risk assesments are done [u]before</u> a project, including proper contamination surveys, that are then shown to all site staff. I have yet to see this [u]ever</u> done, in 10 years and with 10 employers!
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An utterly reasonable request.
Surely the evidence (paperwork) of employers' risk assessments and contamination surveys (or lack of) will be available for the IFA or HSE to inspect along with all of the other project documentation? I don't mean a standard H&S policy, I mean the actual documents relating specifically to a project. There should be a standard procedure to request these documents. Maybe they should automatically be in the public domain.
Employers should really get site workers to sign the bottom of risk assessments to show that they have been shown them. This seems to me to be a simple way of protecting both parties.
All I want is that proper risk assesments are done [u]before</u> a project, including proper contamination surveys, that are then shown to all site staff. I have yet to see this [u]ever</u> done, in 10 years and with 10 employers!
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An utterly reasonable request.
Surely the evidence (paperwork) of employers' risk assessments and contamination surveys (or lack of) will be available for the IFA or HSE to inspect along with all of the other project documentation? I don't mean a standard H&S policy, I mean the actual documents relating specifically to a project. There should be a standard procedure to request these documents. Maybe they should automatically be in the public domain.
Employers should really get site workers to sign the bottom of risk assessments to show that they have been shown them. This seems to me to be a simple way of protecting both parties.