How to Ensure Health and Safety in Construction Site

Safety on the worksite is not only essential; in many cases, it is a requirement of Occupational Health and Safety laws.

Keeping a worksite safe will ensure everyone will return home to their families at the end of the day.

On a big worksite with many different trades, materials and pieces of equipment, it can be challenging to make sure everything is safe. We’ve put together a few quick tips to help you ensure the safety of your workers and make your worksite more reliable.

Risk Management

Assessing the work site for risks and managing the risks is the first place to start.

Your risk management processes should include:

1. Identifying hazards
2. Assessing risks, including the type and level of harm that could be caused.
3. Controlling risks
4. Reviewing control measures

A risk management assessment and process will not only help you reach safety compliance, but it will also keep the work site clean and clear, which will lead to an increase in productivity.

Understand your legal requirements

There are many different safety legal requirements and codes of conduct to follow within the construction industry.

Always know your legal requirements to provide a safe work site. Speak to government agencies and complete regular training to ensure you’re still up with the latest changes to Occupational Health and Safety laws.

Requirements of the Project Manager

The project manager is responsible for many different areas of a build, including regular safety audits of the worksite.

Safety audits should include:

• Equipment inspections,
• Reviewing emergency procedures,
• Marking materials that may present risk,
• Ensuring signs and barricades are in place where necessary.

Ensure trades, contractors and employees are aware of their responsibilities

Train your employees to be mindful of their role in keeping your work site safer and make sure contractors have completed necessary training as well. Train all trades, contractors and employees on your requirement - what you expect from them and their conduct while they are onsite.

Please make sure all trades, contractors and employees are equipped with the necessary safety gear to carry out their responsibilities.

Offer rewards and incentives for clean worksites and always prohibit the use of drugs and alcohol.

A safe work site will not only keep your trades, contractors and employees safe while they carry out their jobs; it will also lead to an overall increase in productivity.

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