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 mobile phone safety poster for site
A site poster on walking and scrolling: what a worker is reading, the four hazards he walks into, and five steps for using a phone on site. A4 landscape 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
- CDM 2015, regulation 27
- Cost
- Free, always
What the mobile phone safety poster says
One page3 new messages. 4 hazards missed.
The headline: walk and scroll, and your eyes can land on a hazard while your brain misses it.
What he is looking at, and what he is walking into
A phone screen of group chat beside the four hazards ahead: plant reversing, a moved barrier, uneven ground and an open excavation.
Need your phone? Do it in this order
Stop, step aside, use it, look up, walk on.
The rules behind it
Checked against the sourcePedestrians and vehicles kept apart
A construction site must be organised so that pedestrians and vehicles can move safely, with traffic routes suitable for the people and vehicles using them.
CDM 2015, regulation 27Phones are a hazard to assess
Phone use around plant, edges and traffic is a foreseeable risk. The assessment of risk must be suitable and sufficient, so it covers phones.
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3Never while driving
Using a hand-held phone while driving a vehicle on the road is an offence.
Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, regulation 110How to use it
Put it where phones come out
At the gate, the welfare unit door and the edge of the plant compound.
Mark a phone point
Give the team a safe place to take a call, away from plant, edges and traffic, and say where it is at the induction.
Pair it with the briefing
It works alongside the focus on the job poster and the driving for work toolbox talk.
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Is this mobile phone safety 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.
What are the five steps on the poster?
Stop, step aside, use it, look up, walk on. In that order, so the phone only comes out when you are out of the way of plant and traffic.
Can workers use phones on a construction site?
Yes, where the site rules allow it and in a safe place, away from plant, edges and traffic routes. The poster sets the order to do it in.
Can I use the poster image in our induction?
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.