Pictures booklet about safe and unsafe practices in construction sites

1. Safety and Health
Are Human Rights
Prevention Through
Pictures in Construction

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Prevention through pictures in construction : Safety and health are human rights
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General duties of stakeholders 5
Safety of workplaces 11
Scaffolds and ladders 19
Lifting equipment and accessories 25
Earth-moving & road-works equipment 33
Work at height 41
Excavations and underground works 47
Concrete-related works 51
Electricity 57
Health 63
Personal protective equipment 69
Information and training 79

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General duties of stakeholders

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Safety of workplaces

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Scaffolds and ladders

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Lifting equipment and accessories

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Earth-moving &
road-works equipment

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Work at height

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Excavations and
underground works

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Concrete-related works

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Electricity

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Health

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Personal protective equipment

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Information and training

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