However, lifting operations are not included, and are dealt with separately in the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. The Regulations are aimed at protecting the health, safety and welfare of everyone who carries out construction work. They also give protection to other people who may be affected by the work. This leaflet is for employers, employees and the self-employed working in construction. A guidance booklet, Health and safety in construction decribes practical ways of complying with the Regulations and can be obtained from HSE Books.
Employees too have duties to carry out their own work in a safe way.
Also, anyone doing construction work has a duty to cooperate with others on matters of health and safety and report any defects to those in control. A general duty to ensure a safe place of work and safe means of access to and from that place of work. This Regulation sets out a general requirement which applies to all construction work. It applies equally to places of work in the ground, at ground level and at height. In essence it requires that 'reasonably practicable' steps should be taken to provide for safety and to ensure risks to health are minimised.