Question: I work in construction. What guidelines are in place to ensure the safety of workers ?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Construction and other outdoor work
section_headers: 2. Who should go to work
section_content: In this section

2.1 Protecting people who are at higher risk
2.2 People who need to self-isolate
2.3 Equality in the workplace

Objective: That everyone should work from home, unless they cannot work from
home.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Consider who is needed on site, for example, support staff should work from home if at all possible.


Planning for the minimum number of people needed to be on site to operate safely and effectively, for example, workers deemed necessary to carry out physical works, supervise work, or conduct work in order to operate safely.


Monitoring the wellbeing of people who are working from home and helping them stay connected to those operating in an outdoor environment, especially if the majority of their colleagues are on-site.


Keeping in touch with off-site workers on their working arrangements including their welfare, mental and physical health and personal security.


Providing equipment for people to work from home safely and effectively, for example, remote access to work systems.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has general information about ensuring safety at work, but doesn't specifically address construction work.
This is acceptable and has basic information on what to do to keep people safe. They need to add information about what to do in case some ones does get sick. how long is the down time, when to get tested.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Construction and other outdoor work
section_headers: 7. Managing your workforce
7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
section_content: In this section

7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
7.2 Work-related travel
7.3 Communications and training

7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
Objective: To change the way work is organised to create distinct groups and
reduce the number of contacts each worker has.
Steps that will usually be needed:


As far as possible, where people are split into teams or shift groups, fixing these teams or shift groups so that where contact is unavoidable, this happens between the same people.


Identifying areas where people have to directly pass things to each other, such as shared tools, materials or job instructions, and find ways to remove direct contact, for example by using drop-off points or transfer zones.


For those workers who are required to travel and stay away from home in onsite accommodation, creating fixed groups of workers so that where contact is unavoidable, this happens between the same people.


Minimising worker congregation at bottlenecks such as timeclocks, entrances and exits and maintaining social distancing during shift handovers.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Good answer, it keep and tells information about how to keep people separate, but it needs to add measures on what to do after people get sick and when they get to go back to work.
Has general information on staying safe at work, but doesn't specifically look at construction work.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Could be Improved

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Construction and other outdoor work
section_headers: 2. Who should go to work
2.2 People who need to self-isolate
section_content: Objective: To make sure individuals who are advised to stay at home under
existing government
guidance do not physically come to work. This includes individuals who have
symptoms of COVID-19 as well as those who live in a household with someone who
has symptoms.
Steps that will usually be needed


Enabling workers to work from home while self-isolating if appropriate.


See current guidance for employees and employers relating to statutory sick pay due to COVID-19.


See current guidance for people who have symptoms and those who live with others who have symptoms.


*[COVID-19]: coronavirus

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has general guidance on self-isolation. Doesn't mention construction work at all.
Not really answering the question on what to do for construction. This is just basic information about working from home.

Reviewer ratings:
Bad
Bad