Good afternoon safety professionals! I have a quick question... I'm wanting to educate myself in relation to the possible equipment available to eliminate/reduce the risks of occupational health hazards associated with the construction industry (house building) i.e. Manual handling, HAV and respiratory etc. What equipment is available to contractors such as ground workers, bricklayers, carpenters etc? Due to me being fairly new to the industry and, as we all know, knowledge is power (especially in Health and Safety), I'm looking for a couple of different options available for each. I'm aware I could probably find this information out for myself as a result of hours of searching the web but I thought I'd ask the forum. Thanks in advance. Scott.

Hi Scott

You may like to review the attached link and document as well.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg150.htm