WORKPLACE / SITE SAFETY TIP Vol 1
INTRODUCTION
Some of our Workplace environments are Field Sites for
various Construction Works including those for new Roads, Bridges, Buildings,
Structures and various Industrial Facilities. All or most of which constitute
potential society hazards for workers on site, passersby, visitors to site,
unguided neighborhood kids, project contractors, clients and other potential
stakeholders.
Specifically, many construction site workers end up killed,
maimed, and very sick owing to activities in their workplaces. Their tasks expose
them to dangerous chemicals/substances i.e. dust, radiation and noise resulting
into deaths and ill health conditions such as dermatitis, deafness and
deformities.
Interestingly most of
these accidents could be prevented or at least controlled through inclusion of
proper safety orientation training programs in workplaces, schools and
seminars.
Given the present anxiety to provide for self and family
from a stock of very few job openings many young men and women fresh out of the
training schools and inexperienced on relevant job safety soon end in avoidable
critical health conditions.
It is important therefore for every construction site
workplace stakeholder to understand and comply strictly with prescribed
workplace Safety Standards & Measures. Tremendous benefits are directly
linked to applying relevant workplace safety control measures with respect to
low cost of production and accident prevention.
Safety Policy Regulators and Mangers under Health Safety
Executive (HSE) regularly review and update provided guidance documentations in
relation to Construction Activities.
Health and Safety Laws (arising from years of study of
construction site accident investigation and reporting) have been put together
to offer helpful guidance and protection to various stakeholders in the site
and susceptible members of public. Every site stakeholder is by this
consideration expected to report every accident for proper examination,
recording, analysis and control procurement. Then the following duty calls
arise:
- Employers duties to other Employees
- Of any major Stakeholder of a Construction Work
- Individual Workers to their Workmates
- Of Clients
- Of Project Designers i.e. engineers and architects
For detailed documentation on Site
Health & Safety Guidance you can see the publications by Health and Safety
Commission (HSC) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
In our next consideration we will
take a look at some common Construction Site hazards our loved ones and us are
exposed to.
Teasers…. Falls, Falling objects, Electrical Sources, Backbreaking
Lifting, etc, are common culprits.
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