Help cutting concrete pavers!

[GB_Groundworks]

it is against the law for a employer to make you or fail to provide wet cutting if he's a joe bloggs at home then the coppers are not going to kick his door down and arrest him, even if it is silly to dry cut with all the particulates.

and while your at it, dont forget your risk assessment and get yourself signed off that your trained on said tool. then abide by the vibration regulations so you can only use it for 9 mins then have to have a 40 min break away from it. maybe got my timings wrong.

[rab1]

sean works for lr, i used to work for cht and safety with them was extreme. you made one mistake regarding safety and they want to burn you and your family on stakes as a warning to all others. i`m not kidding but if sean needs a dump he had better follow the risk/method statement on how to do it with this mob. ???

[seanandruby]

Correct rab. I've just completed a contract for CHT and won the safety award for making sure i switched on my hot works permit every morning and switched it off an hour before going home, to allow an hours firewatch. Had to ,wear mask, gloves, ear plugs, task specific goggles, have a man watching in case of fire, four extinguishers, fire blanket etc. dry cutting a complete no no, on concrete etc: Your not wrong about having a dump, have to clock out now and do it in your own time. :laugh:

[ilovesettsonmondays]

one of the older guys at our firm (67 yrs old still laying york stone as if he was 40) come up with a good idea for wet cutting.got a 5 gallon water container with screw top .cut out and fitted a tap at bottom of container. then cut out more ooff top of container ,so that water easier to pour in by bucket .now we dont have to have anyone pumping water bottles .just tie container with rope high up on blok and mesh.clip hose to tap and onto saw and away you go

[maggot]

Erm, thanks for all the info lads.....

Seems like cutting the pavers may require some more thought, definitely want to do it though or I will end up with big gaps that need to be filled with mortar which I'm not keen on...

[Tommy]

Seen some contractors on Campus today. One lot widening a footpath using the pressured water bottle, and another lot laying Fibre optic cables, cutting across the road with no water or PPE.
Dust was so bad, that when they finished the cut, they emptied half a dozen containers of water over the surrounding cars