Aug 2 2005
To provide safe management control and accurate records the CIOB has launched ‘CIOB Risk Assessor’.
It allows contractors and sub contractors to monitor and manage risk assessments online, and ensures health and safety obligations are met and are seen to be met. Risk assessments are essential in today’s complex construction industry. Not only are they legally required, but there is a moral obligation to keep construction workers and members of the public as safe as possible throughout the build process. New legal and criminal legislation is driving construction companies to take health and safety standards even more seriously. The prospect of massive financial fines and criminal liability is a great incentive to encourage health and safety best practice.
The Health and Safety Commission’s (HSC) recent statistics show that there were seventy two fatal injuries to workers in construction during 2004/05 an increase of one on 2003/04 figures, with a further eight fatal injuries to members of the public from construction during the same period.
John Douglas CIOB director said, “CIOB Risk Assessor produces risk assessments fully compliant with current legislation and just as importantly in the event of an accident provides proof that risk assessments have been maintained and updated. “Health and safety best practice cannot afford to be reactive; the CIOB believes that keeping risk assessments accurate and up to date is fundamental to keeping the construction industry a safe work place. CIOB Risk Assessor guarantees best practice is present on site and complies with directors’ due diligence requirements.”
Further information on CIOB Risk Assessor is available at http://www.ciob.org.uk