Safety tips in Building Construction

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Building construction is not easy. It requires security and proper management to the site and to the personnel's as well. The construction site must be free from any error or violation of rules and the personnel's must understood that every now and then a safety construction site must be observed. Thus safety precautionary measures must be followed by everyone, working in the Construction site.

Here are Safety Tips in Building Construction:

1.) Put barricades around the working area or your construction site.

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This is important in order to prevent non-workers to enter the site that is full of danger. It also prevents non-workers to steal something from it, and to destroy it.

2.) Put a signage which states "Construction is Going On" or anything similar to that.

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This will make non-workers to notice the site and prevent them from dangers present in construction site (since their were people entering other sites without this sign and thought it's okay to do so).

3.) Put safety signs, cautions, or reminders all over the construction site.

 

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This signs/symbols (beware of falling debris, danger electric shock risk, etc.) will keep all those present in and out the construction site to be safe from all dangers.

4.) Wear safety gears, gloves, goggles, covers, helmet, harness, hard shoes, and any other necessary things inside the construction site.

           

5.) The foreman or civil engineer must always conduct "Safety Toolbox Meeting" to all workers everyday.

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Safety Toolbox meeting is a short safety talk, normally delivered at the workplace (not a training room) and on a specific subject matter. It should be short ( 5 – 10 minutes) and too the point with a specific safety message.

The objective is to raise awareness of a particular aspect of the work but to do it on a regular basis so that the good safety message is reinforced. Attendance should be recorded. *

6.) The Construction Site must have safety nets around the building, whenever their are debris falling, the net will catch it and none will be hurt.

7.) Construction materials must be turned off when not in use.

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* is from http://toolboxtalks.ie/.

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