Safety and Technical Publications

CPA Best Practice Guides cover the essential health, safety and legal requirements for operating plant. The Guides are written with practical experience from the industry, and in many cases have had endorsement from the HSE. There are over 25 Best Practice Guides and more than 20 Technical Information Notes available to Members and the industry, free of charge. Guidance produced by CPA is used by HSE Inspectors - it is the industry standard.

The CPA publishes 105 Safety Leaflets, 3 Operator Safety Guide Booklets and over 50 Best Practice/Safety Guides and Technical Information Sheets on different safety topics.

There are four types:

CPA Safety Leaflets for Users of Small Equipment and Tools

The New Safety Leaflets CD Rom is now available. To order a copy contact the CPA on 020 7796 3366

All 105 CPA safety leaflets were reviewed and amended in 2008 to include general warnings on competence and capability of the operator, as well as revised warnings on noise and vibration.

Adobe Acrobat pdf files for all leaflets are available on the CD-ROM. This will enable hire companies to print leaflets according to their own needs and maximise provision of safety instructions.

The files have been re-formatted to be better suited to printing in small quantities by members.

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998 state in regulation 8 that "every employer shall ensure that all persons who use work equipment have available to them adequate health and safety information and, where appropriate written instructions pertaining to the use of the work equipment".

This applies to the hire situation and in order to help members meet this requirement of the law the CPA publish over a hundred generic safety leaflets that are designed for the user of the equipment or tools.

Safety leaflet

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The following 8 Safety Leaflets are available in a printed format

Portable and Mobile Generators

1.1

Portable Compressors

1.2

Handheld Power Tools

2.1

Small Dumpers

7.1

Mini Excavators

7.2

Plate Compactors

7.5

Pedestrian & Ride-On Rollers

9.1

Submersible Water Pumps

16.2

Best Practice Guides

CPA Best Practice Guides are normally booklets that give detailed guidance on best practice for supervisors and managers on subjects such as risk assessment, thorough examination of lifting equipment, safe use and maintenance of plant.

Title

Description

Publication Date

Trapping & Crushing In MEWPS: Guidance From Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group

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The Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group has published new guidance intended to help industry reduce the risk of trapping and crushing injuries to people working in mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs).

July 2010

CIG 1001

CPA - Best Practice Guide - Maintenance, Inspection and Thorough Examination of Mobile Cranes

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June 2010

CPA/ALLMI - Best Practice Guide - The Management of Lifting Operations with Lorry Loaders

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June 2010

CPA 0902

CPA Best Practice Guide -

Work at Height Whilst Loading/Unloading Transport

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December 2009

BCPG 0401

CPA Code of Practice -

Safe Use of Concrete Pumps

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This Code gives guidance for the safe use of lorry-mounted concrete pumps. Sections are also applicable to static concrete pumps, trailer-mounted concrete pumps and tower-mounted booms.

The Code recommends minimum standards for safe and efficient operations. It covers selection of concrete pumps, travelling to and from the site, the pumping operations, cleaning out the pump, inspection, thorough examination and maintenance.

April 2004

CIG 9801(4)

CPA Best Practice Guide -

Crane Hire and Contract Lifting

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This guidance helps to establish before a contract is drawn up whether the customer or the crane hire company will provide the "appointed person".

It explains the differences between "crane hire" and "contract lifting" and the insurance needs in each set of circumstances.

June 2009

CIG 0701

CPA Best Practice Guide -

Working at Height on

Mobile Cranes

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Where working at height is required as part of the rigging, use, maintenance and thorough examination of mobile cranes, it should be carried out following careful planning, including adequate assessment of the risks involved.

This document provides guidance on the issues.

September 2007

CIG 0201

CPA Best Practice Guide -

Risk Assessment and Method Statement for a Contract Lift

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Guidance for the appointed person on risk assessment and method statements for Contract Lifting.

It also includes forms: Form 1 - Recording, Form 2 - Site Plan Showing Position of Cranes and Loads, Form 3 - Crane Access and Capacity Record for a Crane.

October 2002

CHIG 0201

CPA Best Practice Guide -

Transport Platforms, Installation, Use, Maintenance, Inspection, Examination and Testing

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Transport platforms are temporary lifting machines used on construction sites. With their restricted speed, they are not replacements for fast moving construction hoists.

This guidance clarifies the use for which they are designed as well as giving guidance on risk assessment. The guidance covers the planning, safe installation, use, maintenance, inspection, thorough examination and testing of transport platforms.

August 2002

CHIG 0301 - Rev 1

CPA Best Practice Guide - Construction Hoists Inspection, Thorough Examination and Maintenance

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This provides guidance on daily pre-use checks, inspections, thorough examination and maintenance of hoists.

It also includes check lists and report forms for pre-use checks, weekly inspections and thorough examination. It should be read in conjunction with BS 7212 "Code of practice for safe use of construction hoists".

July 2004

CHIG 0501

CPA Best Practice Guide - Transporting Scaffolding in Construction Hoists

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This booklet gives guidance on hoisting operations when scaffolding is being erected and carried on the hoist. It is the first time that such guidance has been prepared for scaffolders and their hoist operators.

It pays particular attention to risk assessment and inspection by the hoist erectors as the hoist is extended with the scaffolding.

May 2005

CHIG 0901

CPA Best Practice Guide -

Work at Height on Construction Hoists

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June 2009

PAIG 0201

CPA Best Practice Guide -

Mobile Elevating Work Platforms Inspection Thorough Examination and Maintenance

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May 2002

TCIG 0601

CPA Best Practice Guide -

Safe Use of Self Erecting Tower Cranes

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The management of the installation and use of SETCs follows the same principles as other tower cranes.

The purpose of this Guide is to provide guidance on the safe siting, erection, use, maintenance, thorough examination and dismantling of SETCs, together with the management and planning of these activities.

Also applies to truck mounted tower cranes.

May 2010

TCIG 0701

CPA Best Practice Guide -

Safe Use of Top Slew Tower Cranes

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This guide covers the whole of the lifting operation from the tower crane user's perspective.

It sets out to provide guidance in an easily assimilated form, paying particular attention to the duties of the whole lifting team, the hazards involved in tower crane operation and precautions to be taken if accidents are to be avoided.

December 2007

TCIG 0801

CPA Best Practice Guide -

Maintenance, Inspection and Thorough Examination of Tower Cranes

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The purpose of this Guide is to set out, in clear and concise terms, Best Practice for meeting legal requirements.

The document is in two sections - Maintenance, and Thorough Examination, to emphasise that these are separate activities.

It is aimed at tower crane owners, and those managing and carrying out the maintenance and thorough examination. However, the document will also be of benefit to other groups such as tower crane users.

May 2008

All publications can be obtained from the CPA either as a free download in electronic version (PDF) from the CPA website (www.cpa.uk.net) or in hard copy. Telephone: 020 7796 3366.

Plant Operator's Safety Guides

CPA Plant Operator's Safety Guides are booklets written for the plant operator giving very practical guidance on the safe operation of specific categories of plant.

These plant operator guides can be purchased from the CPA in hard copy only. Telephone: 020 7796 3366.

Mobile Crane Operators' Safety Guide

This covers lifting operations mainly from the crane operator's perspective, but it also covers the duties of the whole lifting team. It provides easily understood guidance on the hazards involved in crane operations and precautions to be taken.

Mobile Elevating Work Platform Operators' Safety Guide

This guide covers the operation from the MEWP operator's perspective. It provides guidance in an easily understood form. Managers and supervisors will find it useful to help with the interpretation of their responsibilities for risk assessment and establishing safe systems of work.

Concrete Pump Operators' Safety Guide

This covers concrete pumping from the operator's perspective. It provides guidance and summarises the principal hazards and precautions to be taken. Managers and supervisors will also find it useful with their own responsibilities for risk assessment and safe systems of work.

Tower Crane Operator's Handbook

The tower crane operator plays a vital role in the team and the aim of this guide is to give them essential practical advice to help carry out this role successfully.

Safety & Technical Guidance

These are free leaflets or booklets on specific safety topics of concern to plant hirers. These can be downloaded (below) free of charge. These are frequently added to as more guidance is written for the benefit of both plant hire companies and their customers.


Safety Guidance - Lifting Operations in Construction when Using Excavators (CIG 0801) This document sets out precautions and procedures that should be taken when planning and carrying out lifting operations with excavators and other earth moving equipment (backhoe and loaders) to enable the work to be done safely and in accordance with legal duties. Download CIG 0801 Rev 2 >>	Warning on the Dangers of Lifting of Persons Using Hydraulic Excavators - To be read in conjuction with CIG 0801 - Revision 2. Download - Dangers of Lifting of Persons Using Hydraulic Excavators >>


Safety Guidance - Standards for 'Grey Import' Excavators (SG 002) Based on advice given by the HSE on grey import machines (most of which are excavators) coming into the UK from outside the EU. These machines must meet the "Essential Health and Safety Requirements" within the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992. Download SG 002 >>	Safety Guidance - 5 Steps to Risk Assessment (SG 003) Based on an HSE publication "5 steps to risk assessment" and adapted. A plant hire company is not responsible for conducting risk assessments on their customer's sites when CPA Model Conditions apply. However, they are required to carry out risk assessment in their depots, workshops, offices and any other premises where work is carried out. Download SG003 >>	Safety Guidance on Overturning of Forklift Trucks (SG 004) The Provision & Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 deal specifically with the risk of forklift trucks overturning. This guidance gives information and advice as applied to both trucks with vertical masts and others fitted with ROPS such as rough terrain telescopic handlers. Download SG 004 >>


Safety Guidance - Transporting Diesel by Road (SG 005) This guidance on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods Regulations 2004 provides information which will help plant hire companies understand what containers (or what types of "packages") may be used on roads when carrying red or white diesel. Download SG 005 >>	Safety Guidance - Effects of LOLER on the Inspection and Testing of Lifting Equipment and Cranes (SG 007) (2) In 1998 the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) came into force. These regulations and gave more flexibility to the law covering cranes and lifting equipment in order to accommodate new technology. This guidance outlines the changes, covering inspection, thorough examination and testing (as part of thorough examination). Currently under review. Download SG 007 >>	Safety Guidance - All Round Visibility on Mobile Plant (SG 008) Where the operator’s field of vision is inadequate in the cab of mobile plant, hire companies are required, by law, to provide additional driver visibility aids. The customer has responsibilities for risk assessment and the guidance outlines the problems and solutions available to them in order to select suitable plant. It might be that plant hire companies will need to fit more sophisticated visibility and sensing aids, such as CCTV or radar. Download SG 008 >>


Safety Guidance - Selection of Proprietary Shoring Equipment (STIG 0201) This guidance is aimed at contractors. It describes the most common ground support equipment and gives guidance on its applications. It includes a quick reference chart on the correct selection of shoring equipment. Download STIG 0201 >>	Safety Guidance - The Use of Chains to Support Shoring Equipment (STIG 0202) It is common practice to use chain assemblies to support shoring frames when installed within an excavation. There is often confusion on whether these "hanging" or "restraining" chains should be regarded as lifting equipment. This guidance clarifies and explains that they are not. Download STIG 0202 >>	Safety Guidance - Risk Assessment for Shoring and Piling Operations (STIG 0403) This safety guidance contains a generic risk assessment in relation to the planning and executing excavation and shoring operations. It assists the user of shoring equipment to produce site specific risk assessments. Download STIG 0403 >>


Safety Guidance - Safeguarding Requirements for Landing Gates of Goods only Construction Hoists (CHIG 0401) This document provides guidance on compliance with a grey area in LOLER 1998, Regulation 6(2) relating to full height and half height landing gates on construction goods-only hoists. The guidance sets out the different requirements for interlocking of base enclosure gates, landing gates and hoistway protection for new hoists, older hoists and swivel hoists. Download CHIG 0401 >>	Technical Guidance - Excepted Vehicle Permitted to Use Red Diesel (TG101) Changes to the list of “excepted vehicles” in Section 12 of Schedule 1 of the Hydrocarbon Oils Duties Act 1979 are coming into force in two stages on the 1st April 2007 and the 1st April 2008. Vehicles and mobile plant on the excepted vehicles Schedule are permitted to use red diesel on roads. All other vehicles not on the Schedule must use white diesel. The changes will mean that a few vehicles previously able to use red diesel will now have to use white. Download TG101 >>	Technical Guidance - London Low Equipment Zone (LEZ) (TG 102) The Greater London Authority’s LEZ is an area inside the M25 covering most of Greater London, within which some plant and vehicles with diesel engines driving on the roads must retro-fit diesel particulate filters (DPFs) or partial flow DPFs. This guidance sets out the rules and gives details of plant categories that are exempted from retro-fitting DPFs. Download TG102 >>