An HSE Inspector on Site: What They Can Ask For, and What Your RAMS Has to Survive
An inspector can require production of your documents and answers to their questions before they have decided anything. What they ask for, what an improvement or prohibition notice does, and why section 40 puts the burden of proof on you.
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RAMS and Permit to Work: Which Document Does What
A RAMS plans the work before it starts. A permit authorises one task, in one place, for a stated period, and is closed when it ends. Getting the boundary wrong produces a document that names a permit nobody issues.
Who Writes a RAMS and Who Approves It? CDM 2015 Duties, Plainly
The contractor carrying out the work writes the RAMS, and in law nobody approves it. What the principal contractor is doing when they say approved is coordination, and CDM 2015 is precise about where one duty stops and the next begins.
Competent Person Sign-Off for RAMS: What the Law Actually Requires
Nothing in CDM 2015 or the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires a signature on a risk assessment or a method statement. So what is a competent person asserting when they sign one, and what should they have read first?
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