Stop work authority poster
Stop work if you feel unsafe
A site safety reminder to stop, tell your supervisor and report concerns when a task feels unsafe.
Free download · A4 poster
Free mental health awareness poster for construction sites
A wellbeing poster for the site cabin and welfare unit: three things that help, and the numbers to call or text when someone needs to talk now. A4 PDF to print, and a PNG image for screens. Free to use and reuse.
- Format
- PDF and PNG
- Prints at
- A4 or A3
- Built on
- HSE Management Standards
- Cost
- Free, always
What the mental health awareness poster says
One pageYour mental health matters
The headline, with the line that looking after mental health at work is as important as physical safety. How are you? Ask twice.
Three things that help
Talk about it, take a break, and support each other.
Need to talk now?
The Construction Industry Helpline on 0345 605 1956, 24 hours a day; text HARDHAT to 85258; and Samaritans on 116 123, free, day or night.
The duty behind it
Checked against the sourceStress is a risk to assess
Employers must assess the risk of work-related stress as they would any other risk to health, and act on what they find.
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3The six areas HSE looks at
HSE’s Management Standards cover demands, control, support, relationships, role and change: the six areas of work that, if not managed, cause stress.
HSE Management Standards for work-related stressWorkers are consulted
On a construction project the principal contractor must consult and engage with workers on their health, safety and welfare.
CDM 2015, regulation 14How to use it
Put it where people stop
The welfare unit, the drying room and the back of the toilet door, where someone can note a number without being seen to.
Brief it as a talk
The mental health toolbox talk covers the same ground, with a signed record that it was given.
Check the numbers when you reprint
Helpline numbers rarely change, but check them against the charities’ own sites each time the poster is reprinted.
Asked most often
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Is this mental health poster free?
Yes. It is free to download, print and reuse, including on paid work and for clients, with no sign-up and no email address.
Which helplines are on the poster?
The Construction Industry Helpline on 0345 605 1956, the HARDHAT text line on 85258, and Samaritans on 116 123.
Is mental health part of health and safety law?
Yes. HSE expects employers to assess the risk of work-related stress under regulation 3 of the Management Regulations, using the Management Standards as the guide.
Can I use the poster image on our intranet?
Yes. The PNG is free to use in inductions, toolbox talks, presentations and on your intranet. No conditions, no credit needed.
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Next step
The briefing behind the poster,
The briefing behind the poster,
signed on the phone.
On the platform a RAMS is read on the operative’s own phone, in their own language, and signed against the revision. Toolbox talks are signed on the phone too, so the office can show who was briefed, on what, and when.