Health and Safety
Health and Safety
Executive
Executive
Welfare facilities on small
construction sites
Presenters name in Arial
regular 32pt
Who has to provide the facilities?
• Contractors (including the self-
employed)
• In all cases you should ensure that there
are adequate welfare facilities for workers
under your control.
What facilities have to be provided?
• Clean and working toilets
• Washbasins with hot and cold (or warm)
running water
• Soap and towels
• Sinks large enough to wash face, hands
and forearms
What facilities have to be provided?
• Storage - somewhere to change, dry and
store clothing
• Drinking water and cups provided
• A rest area to sit, make hot drinks and eat
food
• Keep your welfare facilities warm and well
ventilated, with lighting if necessary
Washbasins with hot and cold (or
warm) running water
What does this mean in reality?
Unacceptable:
Dirty and no
hot water
• Unacceptable:
sink too small to
wash forearms
in.
Completely unacceptable washing
facilities
Unacceptable toilets
Not maintained
or cleaned
A rest area to sit, make hot drinks and
eat food in? No
Almost there!
• If this mess
room had been
kept clean and
tidy (and had a
means to warm
food) then this
would have been
OK.
Summary
• Plan welfare in advance of work starting
• Make sure that workers have:
– Drinking water
– Toilets
– Washing facilities
– Somewhere to eat
– Somewhere to change their clothes