Hi All , I am trying to find some information on accidents or incidents whilst operatives and plant operatives are working on construction sites. I am Especially looking for safety alerts or presentations ,to Give to the workforce hopefully with evidence of prosecutions taking place Many thanks Chris

Not aware of any case law involving construction and plant with mobile phones but I suspect there will be some in due course. Banning the use of mobiles on site is difficult when it could be a work related phone call and supervisors use them regularly. That said, anyone using a phone and operating plant would be a no, no. Some sites I believe have a designated mobile phone area in a place of safety.

Thanks gents , we have the usual rules no operating plant whilst using a mobile phone and we also provide a safe area for people to take and make calls I was just looking for a more direct way of getting the message across to the workforce Chris

OK I'm rushing too much to do this properly - but have you seen the video the cost of accidents? You used to able to buy it - but my Google search failed.

Thanks Tec boy I use the DVD on the cost of accidents but was looking for more new material to use to refresh the message Bob I would prefer to change attitudes and behaviour of supervisors as going down the disciplinary procedure will only affect the moral of the workforce .And if the supervisor was removed the problem will only move on with the supervisor change is better than beating people with a big stick, well that’s my thought it would be good to get other peoples insight into this and what they do Thanks Chris