Coronavirus Health and Safety Spot Checks

To all our members,

You may be contacted by external agencies, on behalf of HSE, arranging to carry out Coronavirus health and safety spot checks.

Please see the Guidance from HSE regarding this. This importantly includes the contact number to verify that the inspection is legitimate and some reminders about the type of things that an inspection will cover.

• carrying out a COVID-19 risk assessment
• maintaining social distancing
• keeping your workplace clean, with handwashing and hygiene procedures

This is in relation to members own premises.

Inspections may also be carried out on sites and in those situations, HSE will be looking for the good practice outlined in V7 of the site operating procedures (SOP V7).

For our Scottish Members, slightly different rules apply. CICV Forum has extended its suite of guidance for the Scottish construction industry with its newly designed document to help you prepare for and answer potential questions asked by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) during COVID-19 spot checks of premises.

The CICV Forum: Covid-19 Spot Checks document is in our quick links section and can be found here.