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2. Construction site safety - Wikipedia

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   Construction site safety is an aspect of construction-related activities concerned with protecting construction site workers and others from death, injury, disease or other health-related risks. Construction is an often hazardous, predominantly land-based activity where site workers may be exposed to various risks, some of which remain ...

3. Competent person - Wikipedia

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   A competent person is designated by a company to ensure that the company's health and safety responsibilities are being met. [1] [2] This may be a legal obligation required of the company, to ensure that the business understands, and can act on, the health and safety risks that might occur during their particular type of work.

4. Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007

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   CDM 2007 was a result of an EU Directive 92/57/EEC (OJ L245, 26.8.92), [3] the 'Construction Sites Directive'. They came into force on 6 April 2007, and replaced a 1994 predecessor as amended in 2000 and 1996 Health and Safety regulations. [4]

5. Buried alive. Electrocuted. Killed in falls. Records shine ...

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   They led to the deaths of more than 140 construction workers in the state during the decade ending in 2023, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the N.C. Department of Labor.

6. General contractor - Wikipedia

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   A general contractor is a construction manager employed by a client, usually upon the advice of the project's architect or engineer. [7] General Contractors are mainly responsible for the overall coordination of a project and may also act as building designer and construction foreman (a tradesman in charge of a crew).

7. Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

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   The regulations stated that all lifts provided for use with work activities should be thoroughly examined by a 'competent person' at regular intervals. [6] Regulation 9 of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations requires all employers to have their equipment thoroughly examined prior to it being put into service and after there ...

8. List of construction trades - Wikipedia

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   Among the construction trades, in most industrialized countries, each has a distinct 2-5 year craft apprenticeship education and usually once started a worker remains in a single craft and progresses through ranks of skill for the duration of their career (pre-apprentice, apprentice, and journeyman; some countries include a post-journeyman ...

9. Construction foreman - Wikipedia

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   A construction foreman is the worker or skilled tradesperson who is in charge of a construction crew. This role is generally assumed by a senior worker who is seasoned and competent in their field, but also capable of project leadership (oversight and control over subordinate laborers). In a military context, a foreman is a non-commissioned ...