Sectors

Construction and service



The Construction and services sector is subdivided into two categories as follows:

A. Areas covered by the heading Construction:

  • preparing sites for building work (incl. demolition, asbestos disposal, earthmoving)
  • civil construction and utility construction (incl. infrastructure construction)
  • installation sector
  • completion work on buildings (plasterers, glaziers etc.)
  • leasing machines with personnel.

B. Areas covered by the heading Services include:

  • commercial services (office cleaners etc.)
  • storage, transportation and communication
  • hotel and catering industry (incl. hotels, holiday parks, camping grounds)
  • environmental services (waste cleaning, soil sanitation)
  • sport (swimming pools, outdoor sport, water sports)
  • daytrips (events, multi-purpose buildings, playgrounds, amusement parks etc.)
  • wholesale and retail sectors (incl. petrol stations)
  • other services (chemical washing plants, beauty industry etc.).

Within this broad field of operations, there are five basic safety issues that we must distinguish between. These are:

  • work safety (risk of industrial accidents)
  • fire safety (risk of fires and explosions)
  • structural safety (risk of building collapse and of falling sections)
  • safety of products and services (risks for chance passersby, customers or users)
  • environmental risks

The investigations in this sector are carried out by the Board’s own in-house investigators, with a specialist guidance committee advising this sector on the basis of the results of the investigation.

Reporting an incident

If you want to report an incident to which you were a witness, please call 0800 MELDOVV or 0800-6353688.

Current investigations

Completed investigations