Health and safety in workplace

Workplace health and safety regulations specify the regulations for welfare facilities that must be provided for the staff to use on construction sites. Employers must provide welfare units and portable toilets that are: equipped with all sanitation conveniences (hand soap, paper towels, toilet paper) clean and maintained, regularly checked for safety in adequate numbers considering numbers of staff separate for male and female use whenever possible to do so. Changing rooms and lockers for private possessions  Whenever your staff are required to change into specialist uniforms, separate male and female changing rooms must be available (with lockable doors). Appropriate seating must be provided within each unit. Lockable lockers should be available for storage of personal items. Also, drying facilities for work clothing should be found on site. Drinking water As an employer, you are obliged to supply fresh drinking water with cups for your staff. Usually water bowse...

There is an extremely wast array of types of portable toilet units, ranging from single standalone chemical through mains connect mobile toilets to VIP luxury restroom often rented for festivals and wedding receptions. Some of them, like toilet trailers, include hand washing basins within themselves, some require additional external hand wash stations to be delivered to the site as well. Here is a brief overview of typical portable toilets that can be hired for construction projects across Britain. Basic standalone chemical toilet Single chemical toilet is the most standard option, also considered low-cost, comparing to other types of mobile toilets. A standard chemical restroom comes with a non-flush system, instead, there is a waste holding tank or an effluent tank beneath the unit. Usually, the chemical unit will have toilet paper and an urinal. These can be allocated around the site as you wish, as single toilets or put next to each other to create restroom areas. Most popu...

As an employer of site crews, you are obliged to provide adequate welfare facilities and portable toilets for your personnel while they are at work - be it a roadworks project, commercial new build, office renovation or telecom repair works. Regardless of whether these are short term, temporary or multi-month lasting projects, as far as it is reasonable and practicable, you must supply adequate, clean and safe welfare facilities. It must be very costly to do so, or physically impossible, to provide such portable sanitation units for you to be relieved of this obligation. What exactly are welfare facilities for construction sites though? These typically include portable toilets, mains connect or chemical toilets, hand washing facilities, rest and changing space, locker and clean space for food consumption. As long as it is reasonable to do so, there should be separate toilets provided for male and female staff. When it comes to clothes changing area and lockers, these do not...