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December 11, 2018

Keep your workers safe with these 7 construction site safety tips

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The safety of your workers should be one of your top concerns, and you can improve construction site safety by implementing these 7 tips. By implementing these tips, you will be reducing the risk of your workers getting hurt on the job. This will allow your team to stay on schedule and get the job done on time.

In 2016, 5,190 workers were killed due to on-the-job accidents. One in five or 21.1 percent of these deaths were in the construction field. As you can see, there is a huge risk just working in the construction industry.

If you own a construction company or manage a construction site, safety is paramount. If you want to ensure your workers are safe and avoid injuries, you need to have a plan. While using specialty construction software to help you develop a plan can be beneficial, there are some other steps you can take as well.

To help you get started with a construction site safety plan, use the tips here. Who knows, you may just save a life.

1. Teach your workers the proper way to get on and off equipment

Did you know that getting on or off a machine is the top cause of injuries to truck drivers, forklift drivers and equipment operators? To ensure these accidents don’t occur on your job site, you need to make sure that your workers understand what they should or should not do.

The first step is to clean any mud or dirt off before climbing into a machine and use “high-grip” gloves to get a secure hold. Avoid using a finger-hold or toe-hold grip and if there is no hand or foot holds on the equipment, use a step ladder for easier access. Make sure your workers never try to carry items with them as they get into or out of equipment.

When exiting machines, there is  proper way to do it, as well. For example, workers need to do this in a controlled manner, rather than jumping from the machine.

2. Ensure proper face and eye protection

Construction job sites are dirty, loud and hazardous. There are countless ways someone may injure their face or eyes, from flying wood or metal, welding arcs, splashing chemicals or grit and dust – all of these things can damage your eyes.

In addition to ensuring face and eye protection and conducting a hazard analysis to see what type of protection is necessary – employers need to make sure any worker wearing prescription lenses has the ability to put the prescription into safety glasses or that they use safety eyewear that fits over their glasses.

3. Avoid allowing people to crowd around a work area

Have you ever operated a backhoe, or know someone who has? If so, you have likely heard about or experienced an issue with people crowding around the machine. People love to gather around the edge of a hole being dug and watch the dirt being moved out of it. There’s absolutely no reason for them to be there – and this creates a potential for serious injuries.

It’s important that you create a policy that people on the ground stay away from the area where any heavy machinery is being operated. Be sure to review this at safety meetings and have foremen enforce this – not the machine operator.

When work is about to begin, make sure the operator knows to use the horn to warn people to stay away and always check before backing up.

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