High Risk Work

High risk work includes any of the following types of construction works:-

• construction work involving work at height
• construction work on masts, towers, or pylons, used for telecommunications or for radio or television transmission
• construction work involving demolition
• construction work involving the disturbance or removal of asbestos
• construction work involving structural alterations that require temporary support to a structure to prevent its collapse
• construction work involving a confined space
• construction work involving excavation into a hillside or re-profiling of an existing slope (whether man-made or natural)
• other construction work involving excavation where it is to a depth greater than 1.2 metres
• the construction of tunnels
• construction work involving the use of explosives
• construction work on or near pressurised gas distribution mains or pressurised gas consumer piping
• construction work on or near chemical, fuel or refrigerant lines
• construction work on or near energised electrical installations or energized electrical services
• construction work in an area that may have a contaminated or flammable atmosphere;
• construction work involving hot work
• construction work using pre-cast concrete or other forms of pre-fabricated structural elements
• construction work on or adjacent to roadways used by road traffic
• construction work on a construction site involving mobile plant that is capable of movement through the action of motors or engines
• construction work in an area where there are artificial extremes of temperature
• construction work in, over or adjacent to water, or another liquid, where there is a risk of drowning
• construction work involving diving
• construction work involving lifting operations using cranes
• construction work where a cofferdam or caisson is constructed