New manual aims to reduce accidents
June 1st 2008

Construction Industry Publications has produced a House Builders Health and Safety Manual aimed at tackling the rising fatality and accident rate in the sector.

The content, monitored by an editorial panel of health and safety practitioners, is endorsed by the HSE and will be updated annually to ensure both accuracy and topicality.

The main aim of the manual is to provide house builders with a useful and pragmatic tool to help them comply with their legal duties and to improve the way health and safety issues are managed.

The manual provides simple guidance on health and safety issues that face most house building and refurbishment projects and the steps that must be taken to ensure compliance with legal duty and, through the application of good practice, to ensure health and safety is adequately protected.

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