Introduction to Fire Safety Management

15.14.10 Cofferdams 
and 
caissons
These must be suitably designed, constructed and 
maintained and be of suffi cient strength and capacity for 
their purpose. The construction, installation, alteration 
and dismantling must be under the supervision of a 
competent person.
15.14.11 Reports of inspections
Places of work including scaffolds, excavations, coffer-
dams and caissons must be inspected by a competent 
person before persons fi rst use the place of work and at 
scheduled intervals to determine that they are safe.
Reports of the inspections required under the 
schedules must be prepared by the competent person 
who carried out the inspection before the end of the 
working period and a copy provided to the duty holder 
within 24 hours. A copy of the report must also be 
retained on site.
15.14.12 Energy distribution installations
Where there is a risk of contact with power supply 
cables the power supply should be in the fi rst instance 
directed away from the area or isolated; where this 
cannot be undertaken, barriers, signs and rerouting of 
vehicle movements should be considered.
15.14.13 Prevention of drowning
Where any person is liable to fall into water or other liq-
uid with a risk of drowning, suitable and suffi cient steps 
must be taken to prevent, so far as is reasonably prac-
ticable, a person from falling; and to minimise risk of 
drowning if people fall. Suitable rescue equipment must 
also be provided and maintained.
Where persons are conveyed to work by water, 
suitable and suffi cient steps must be taken to ensure 
their safe transport and the vessel used to convey them 
must be suitable, properly constructed and maintained. 
The vessel must be under the control of a competent 
person and not be overcrowded or overloaded.