A01 For further information on environmental law visit the individual websites for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

• England

• Scotland

• Northern Ireland

• Wales

A02 The regulations are supported by six industry guidance documents, one for each duty holder and an additional one for workers.

A02 A blank F10 form can be downloaded from the CDM section of the HSE website.

A03 For a free guidance document for leaders, owners and line managers on safety management systems, 'Managing for health and safety (HSG65)', visit the HSE's website .

A03 The HSE provides guidance for employers on managing contractors. For further information visit their website.  

A03 CITB's Construction site safety - health, safety and environmental auditing system (SA 03 CD-ROM) contains ready-made auditing forms and is aimed at companies without an auditing system. It is comprehensive and simple to use.

A04 For further information on controlling risks within the workplace visit the HSE website.

A05 For details of courses, training programmes or further information on competency or card schemes visit the CITB website:

• Courses and training

• Card schemes

A05 CITB has developed a handy-sized, ring-bound book titled 'Safety critical communication - Toolbox talks' (GT701). Examples are available on the website.

A06 For further information on health and safety in the construction industry visit the HSE website .

A06 The following HSE publications give clear guidance on managing safety and human factors:

• Reducing error and influencing behaviour (HSG48)  

• Managing for health and safety (HSG65) .

A06 For further information refer to the CITB Achieving Behavioural Change (ABC) course.

A08 There are a total of 27 categories of dangerous occurrence that are relevant to most workplaces. For a full, detailed list refer to the HSE online guidance.

A08  Where an accident or dangerous occurrence has to be reported under RIDDOR, that report should be submitted online, via the HSE website. 

A08  A telephone service remains for reporting fatal and specified injuries only.

A08  Form F2508 can be completed online, via the HSE website.

B09 For further information on dermatitis visit the HSE website.

B09 For further information on alcohol visit the Drinkaware website.

B09 The HSE publication 'Keep your top on: Health risks from working in the sun' (INDG147) provides more advice for outdoor workers. 

B09 Many other sources of help are available. For further information refer to organisations such as Mind, Time to Change and Bipolar UK.

• Mind

• Time to Change

• Bipolar UK 

B09 Training is available in how to help a person who may be developing a problem, experiencing a worsening mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. For further information visit the Mental Health First Aid UK website.

B10 For further information on L74 visit the HSE website.

B10 There is a range of training available, including mental health awareness and mental health first-aid training. For details of training that best meets the needs of your organisation, visit the Mental Health First Aid UK website.

B12 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE ) publishes a guidance note Workplace exposure limits (EH40), which lists the range of substances where limits to exposure have been set and their exposure limits.

B12 For further information on labelling and packaging visit the HSE website.

B12 The HSE's COSHH Essentials web pages provide basic advice on what to do to control exposure to hazardous substances in the workplace. They provide straightforward advice via industry-specific direct advice sheets and generic control guidance sheets.

B12 Find out more about how to protect yourself from lead by downloading the free HSE leaflet Old lead paint (Busy Builder series) (248KB, PDF).

B12 For further information on medical surveillance for lead visit the HSE website.

B13 Under guidance outlined in the HSE publication Asbestos: the survey guide (HSG264), there are two types of survey.

B13 HSE Introduction to Asbestos safety

B13 For further information on Asbestos essentials and non-licensed work with asbestos visit the HSE website. 

B15 For further information on the noise exposure calculator and ready reckoners visit the HSE website.

B15 For further information on the  Buy quiet initiative visit the HSE website.

B15 For information on the hand-arm vibration exposure calculator visit the HSE website.

B16 The HSE has developed online tools to assist employers to carry out manual handling assessments. 

• Variable manual handling assessment chart (V-MAC) tool

• Risk assessment of pulling and pushing tool (RAPP)

• Manual handling assessment chart (MAC)

• Assessment of repetitive tasks (ART)

B16 For further information refer to the HSE Busy Builder series leaflets: Preventing injury from handling heavy blocks and Preventing injury during plasterboard handling.

C17 For further information on what to do when setting up and managing a site refer to the CDM industry guidance documents for contractors and principal contractors.

C17 The following information is available on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) website:

• A video in which children warn about the dangers of playing on construction sites.

• The HSE guidance document Protecting the public: your next move (HSG151).

• Free to download information leaflets: 

• Protecting the public (276KB, PDF) 

• Keeping your site tidy (268.7KB, PDF) 

• Running a small construction site (281.8KB, PDF)

C18 For further information refer to the HSE guidance Fire safety in construction (HSG168).

C19 For further information refer to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publication Maintaining portable electrical equipment (HSG107).  

C19 Visit the HSE website for an Electric shock: first-aid procedures poster that can be displayed at appropriate locations on site. 

C20 The Temporary Works Forum (TWf) consists of several construction organisations and provides guidance and information about temporary works. It has produced a number of publications on a range of related issues, including legislation, design and erection.  For further information visit the TWf website. 

C21: For more detailed information about drones and UAVs visit the Civil Aviation Authority website.

C22 For further information refer to the following Health and Safety Executive (HSE) documents:

• The safe use of vehicles on construction sites (HSG144)

• Protecting the public: your next move (HSG151

C22 Publications are available as free downloads from the CPA website. The most recent is Safe use of dumpers guidance.

C23 Publications are available as free downloads from the CPA website.

C24 For more information refer to the HSE document Rider-operated lift trucks: operator training and safe use. Approved Code of Practice and guidance (L117). 

C24 Also refer to the Strategic Forum for Construction Plant Safety Group's good practice guidance Lifting and travelling with suspended loads using telehandlers and the Safe use of telehandlers in construction. 

C24 For further information download the CPA guidance Lifting operations in construction when using excavators.

D25 For further information on the selection and use of edge protection refer to the Edge Protection Federation's Code of Practice. 

D25 The booklet Health and safety in roof work (HSG33) contains advice from the HSE and is a useful source of further information for companies that carry out roof work. 

D25 The Advisory Committee for Roofsafety (ACR) represents roofing trade associations and provides industry guidance. 

D25 For more information on good practice download the free HSE leaflet Roof repair work. 

D25 Visit the CITB website for a fragile roofs video highlighting the dangers of unsafe working on fragile roofs.

D25 For further information refer to the following HSE publications:

• Working on roofs (INDG284) 

• Fragile roofs. Safe working practices (GEIS5) 

D25 For further information refer to the HSE guidance Safe use of ladders and stepladders (INDG455).  

D25 Podium steps and other low-level access equipment should comply with the standard specification (PAS250/BS 8620), which is available from the British Standards Institute (BSI).

D25 For further information refer to the HSE document The selection, management and use of mobile elevating work platforms (GEIS6).  

D25 The auxiliary controls decal is available to download for free from the IPAF website.

D25 For further information visit the HSE, National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) and Scaffolding Association websites:

• HSE's website

• NASC website

• Scaffolding Association

D25 For further information on safe working at height for scaffolders refer to the NASC publication Preventing falls in scaffolding (SG4). 

D25 For comprehensive information on inspection refer to the HSE publication Inspecting fall arrest equipment made from webbing or rope (INDG367).

D26 You can download the free leaflet Excavation: what you need to know as a busy builder from the HSE website. 

D27 For more information on working near overhead and underground cables, download the free HSE leaflet Avoiding concealed services and overhead power lines (Busy Builder series).  

D27 For further information refer to the HSE publication Avoiding danger from underground services (HSG47).  

D27 Cranes and other items of plant should only pass under live cables where goal posts have been set up, in accordance with the HSE leaflet Avoiding danger from overhead power lines (GS6) or by the criteria set down by the local electricity supply company.  

D27 Information on construction site safety and working near power lines is available on the HSE website. 

D28 For further information refer to the HSE's Safe work in confined spaces (L101), which includes a flowchart to help employers identify if an area is a confined space.

E30 Environmental incidents can also be reported to the Environment Agencies via the Hotline. 

E30 For further information on consolidation centres and construction logistics visit the Considerate Constructors Scheme website. 

E30 Further information on oil storage and pollution prevention regulations can be accessed online:

• The Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001 

• The Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Oil Storage) (Wales) Regulations 2016 

• The Water Environment (Oil Storage) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 

• Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 

• Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 

F32: The Code of Practice can be freely downloaded from the Department for Transport's website.

F33 A card scheme for the Certification of Competence of Demolition Operatives (CCDO) is managed by the National Demolition Training Group. 

F33 For further information regarding DRIDS visit the National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC) website. 

F33 For further information on the disconnection of services visit the NFDC website. 

F34 For further information refer to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) information sheet Preventing falls from boom-type mobile elevating working platforms (MISC614).

I: Introduction

Page 8: Watch the Setting out film

A: Legal and management

A02: page 36: Watch the CDM 2015 video

B: Health and welfare

B11: page 169: Watch an eye protection toolbox talk
B13: page 197: Watch the short film Simon's story - living with an asbestos-related disease
B15: page 223: Access the HSE noise induced hearing loss demonstration

B: Health and welfare

B07: talk

• Watch the ecstasy information film 

• Watch the LSD information film 

• Watch the cocaine information film 

• Watch the heroin information film 

• Watch the cannabis information film 

B16: talk

• Watch Simon’s story – living with an asbestos-related disease