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Ways To Promote Construction Safety

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Promoting construction safety is important for maintaining an accident free job site and in many cases is legally required. It involves education and changing unsafe habits to safe ones. Despite precautions and safety equipment, construction accidents are still a regular occurrence on job sites. Many workers feel that accidents will not happen to them and they are too good at their job to have an accident. No matter how much experience or how focused a worker is, accidents can still happen.

Safety Classes & Training

The training and safety practices among workers varies. As a result, uniformed safety training and injury prevention classes ensure that all workers have received the same level of workplace safety training. Safety classes provide workers with a chance to ask questions. Even seasoned veterans may learn that some of the habits they have are unsafe.

Speakers

You can hammer home the seriousness of construction safety by bringing in those affected by unsafe construction practices to talk to your workers. Workers who sustained injury on the job can tell their story about how simple mistakes cost them dearly. Family members of construction workers who have died or sustained serious injuries on the job can also be very compelling speakers.

Contracts

Have each worker sign a workplace safety contract. The contract should list the mandatory workplace safety practices that each worker must follow. The contract should also outline the punishment for failing to follow the safety rules. An understanding of the consequences if they fail to act accordingly will help motivate workers to follow the regulations.

Supervision

Having a safety supervisor on site overseeing the construction can help remind workers to keep the job site safe. Train the supervisor not only individual worker safety but overall safety, such as the safe operation of equipment like cranes. Having a safety supervisor on site may also reduce builder insurance costs.

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