Basic Safety
Construction workers may be exposed to many safety and health hazards while on the job site. These include chemical hazards, fire hazards, electrical hazards, confined space hazards, height hazards, etc. Basic Safety Training for Construction should present an overview of some basic workplace hazards and how employees can protect themselves from them, and when work practice controls alone are not sufficient personal protective equipment must be used and provided. Basic safety training would cover basic behavioral safety techniques, preplan the project and the daily work, identify unsafe behaviors and conditions in the work place, conducting quality safety inspections, root cause analysis (why your employee is working unsafe), taking corrective action, and hazard analyses (do’s and don’ts).
Clic para leer en espanolBasic Safeties are also known as Safety Technicians, Safety Trainers, Safety Specialists, Construction Healths, and Safety Technicians
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Worker Safety on the Jobsite: Who’s Responsible?
Source: Construction Citizen
“I think the contractors are in the best position to perform risk assessment on the job site,” Williams said. “We do have four fulltime safety professionals that are there to help when needed, but I think it’s important for contractors at the job site because the worksite is changing and dynamic.”
New York City Adopts New Construction Safety Training Law
Source: Engineering News-Record
The New York City Council adopted on Sept. 27 a municipal construction safety law requiring workers on many projects to have 40 to 55 hours of safety training, well above the minimums required by federal law. The unanimous vote concluded months of conflict that pitted the city’s building trades unions, which supported the law, against developers, who have claimed that the early versions and final version of the law favor union construction workers and contractors and create obstacles to employing minority group members and day laborers.
Six ABC Chapters Renew OSHA Partnership Agreement with OSHA Region VI
Source: Construction Citizen
On July 21, six Texas Chapters of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and its member companies renewed their partnership and established a two-year agreement with the Texas offices of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor (OSHA), in order to recognize the importance of ensuring a safe and healthy work environment in the construction industry.
ABC’s STEP Helps Contractors Build Better Safely
Source: Construction Citizen
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) have developed an amazing tool which enables contractors to build safety programs to ensure that their employees remain safe on their jobsites. ABC’s STEP program, which stands for Safety Training Evaluation Process, is available free online at the basic levels of Bronze, Silver and Gold; and offers additional levels of credentialing for those wishing to apply for either Platinum or Diamond status.
Fatal Fall Facts
Source: Construction Citizen
According to the same stats, the construction worker who fell was between 45 and 54 years old. That stat makes me wonder whether the more experienced construction workers think that they are immune after so many years on the job and take unwarranted risks that lead to a fall to their death. Doubly concerning is that, according to BLS and AGC, the average age of skilled construction workers today is 49 years old making them more likely to fall.
AGC Unveils New Steps to Improve Worker Safety in Construction
Source: Construction Citizen
"The bottom line is the best safety programs are grounded in hard data and good research, not bad assumptions and exaggerations designed to support a particular political or social agenda," Sandherr said. "No wisdom or insight should be proprietary when it comes to the safety of construction worker," he said. "We all share a common goal: getting to zero construction fatalities."
New York City Council Moves to Crack Down on Construction Site Safety
Source: Construction Citizen
After an increase in construction related deaths, the New York City Council is poised to consider a raft of proposals aimed at increasing safety on jobsites throughout the largest city in America. Crane safety is on the minds of council members as is the oversight of smaller jobsites. If this package is passed, there would be stricter monitoring of “troubled actors” and increased penalties for lawbreakers.
Report: The Taller the Building, the Safer the Jobsite
Source: Construction Citizen
“From 2010 to 2015, there were 1,446 accidents on construction sites, resulting in 40 deaths, and 75 percent of those fatalities happened in buildings with less than 10 stories, according to a 2016 report by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY)”
