Equipment

• Cease crane/piling activities
  
• If possible, lower the booms and masts of cranes and piling rigs
  
• Make sure you are not near fences, construction hoists, scaffolds, lighting columns and other metal objects
  
• Cease work on metal conductive parts (gas, electricity, water and central heating pipes, air ducts, etc.) and stay away from these objects 
  
• Stay in your car or cabin and keep the doors and windows closed
  

Personal measures

• Make sound agreements with employees when working in a noisy environment and inside. Those who can keep an eye ‘and ear’ on the weather, could end up playing a crucial role
  
• Leave workplaces at height (scaffolds; decks and wall formworks)
  
• Leave workplaces in open areas
  
• Do not stand in front of an open window
  
• Do not stay together as a group but spread out
  

If you are unable to reach a safe place in time, proceed as follows:

• Do not stand under trees
  
• Do not lie down
  
• Crouch to make yourself as small as possible
  
• Wrap your arms around your knees
  
• Keep your head down
  
• By keeping your feet together, there is only a small chance that the electricity will pass through your body
  
• Avoid using your mobile phone