Risks Involved In Construction Site Accidents

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• RISKS INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS

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• Any type of workplace involves the risks of
  anunexpected accident.
• Responsibility of employers to lower the risks.

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Safety Practices

• Provide a reasonably safe job site.
• Warning of all dangers inherent at the job site
  and the work.
• Hire skilled workers.
• Provide job safety training. Conduct job safety
  drills.

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Safety Practices

• Supervise compliance with safety specifications.
• Train workers properly in the operations of all
  machinery.

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• Construction Site Hazards
• The top six construction site hazards identified
  by
• the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  (OSHA)

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1. Electrical

• Greatest hazard either at home or work.
• Keep a safe working distance from the power
  lines.

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2. Excavation and Trenching

• Most hazardous construction site operation.
• Both employer and employee must follow safety
  standards.
• Use protective equipments to minimize hazards
  while trenching and excavating.

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3. Falls

• Most common construction site hazard.
• The usual cause is slipping, tripping and using
  unstable ladders.

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3. Falls (Continued)

• Workers should be trained
• to identify and evaluate fall hazards.
• to be fully aware of how to control exposure to
  such risks.
• to use fall protection equipment properly.

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4. Stairways and Ladder

• Major sources of injuries and fatalities.
• Employers and employee must comply with the rule
  for the safe use of ladders and stairways. 

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5. Scaffolding

• The potential risk of scaffolding is due to
• moving scaffold components
• scaffold failure due to damage to its components
• loss of load
• being struck by suspended materials
• electrical shock
• improper set-up

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6. Heavy Construction Equipment 

• The main causes of such accidents include
• Ground workers struck when a vehicle that is
  backing up or changing direction
• equipment rollovers that injure the operator

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6. Heavy Construction Equipment

• Mechanics run over when brakes are not properly
  set
• Ground workers crushed by falling equipment from
  backhoes, buckets, and other moving construction
  vehicles.

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• Avoid Accidents
• Save lives
• Save cost

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• Construction site accidents are unavoidable
• Educate workers on how to identify the hazards
  that might be present at the work-site.
• The employer must establish proper safety
  standards.

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