Construction Safety
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Construction Safety
Job Site Safety
Hazards Highlights Control
1. Falls Leading causes of worker deaths in Assess job site and install fall Protection system
construction accounting for nearly wear hard hats
40% of all worker deaths. install toe boards, screens or guardrails, erecting
canopies or barricading the area to keep workers
out
2. Scaffolds Approximately 65% of all Wear hard hats
construction workers perform work Wear sturdy non‐skid safety shoes
on scaffolds and are exposed to falls, Use tool lanyards when working on scaffolds to
electrocutions and falling objects prevent slips and falls and to protect workers
below.
Never use boxes, ladders or other objects to
increase working height when on a scaffold
3. Stairways Improper ladder use is one of the Always maintain three points of contact while
and Ladders leading causes of falls for ascending and descending a ladder, that’s both feet
construction workers resulting in and at least one hand.
injury or death. Reasons for ladder Portable ladders should be long enough to be
falls include incorrect ladder choice, placed at a stable angle extend three feet above the
failure to properly secure the ladder work surface.
and attempting to carry tools and Workers should tie ladders to a secure point at the
materials by hand while climbing top and bottom to avoid sliding or falling.
Tools and materials should be carried up using a
tool belt or a rope to pull things up once you’ve
stopped climbing.
Never load ladders beyond their rated capacity,
including the weight of the worker, materials and
tools.
4. Eye and Required when there are eye or face When flying object hazards are present, eye
Face hazards present from flying particles, protection must be equipped with side protection
Protection molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or be fitted with detachable side protectors.
or caustic liquids, chemical gasses or
vapors, or potentially injurious light
radiation. These hazards are present
when doing a variety of task on the
job site such as welding, chipping,
grinding, masonry work, sanding,
woodworking and drilling.
5. Head Hard hats are commonplace at the
Protection construction site. They protect
workers a number of hazards such as
falling and flying objects, electrical
shock and other impacts.
Term Definition
1. Confined A space that has the following criteria:
Space 1. Large enough and so configured that an employee can physically enter
2. Limited or restricted means for entry or exit
3. Not designed for continuous employee occupancy
2.
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Description Purpose
1. Work Permit 1. Identify the scope of a specific task and where the work will be conducted.
2. Communicate activities throughout the facility through a PTW review meeting that is held
daily.
3. Identify hazards and controls associated with the work task
4. Identify the personnel who have oversight responsibility
5. Identify the personnel performing the work
6. Assign responsibility for various tasks
7. Identify potential issues with other work activities through the PTW review meeting
8. Identify energy isolations/lockout/tagouts that will be in effect for the work that is being
conducted
9. Verify adequate control over the return to normal operations
2. Tool Box 1. Ensure that all other persons involved in the task fully understand the scope of the work,
meeting the identified hazards and associated controls
3. Job Safety 1. Identify hazards and provide actions to mitigate all known hazards with a particular task.
Analysis (JSA) 2. It is usually a Level 1 Risk Assessment performed by a single Authority. Level 2 Risk
Assessment is performed by a team.
Types of Permits
Permit Purpose Examples/Notes
1. Hot Work required for work involving the use Electrical welding and use of welding machine,
Permit of a flame or other sources of Flame cutting,
ignition Grinding (produces sparks)
2. Cold Work required for potentially hazardous Chemical cleaning or use of solvents,
Permit work not covered by other types of Handling of hazardous substances (e.g.
work permits toxic/corrosive chemicals, asbestos, etc),
Any painting activity,
Heavy lifts
Erecting or dismantling scaffolds,
Any non‐routine and potentially hazardous
activity,
Any activity requiring specific control measures to
confirm safety
3. Electrical required for work on electrical Work involving the installation or repair of
Permit systems where there is a possibility electrical conductors,
of contacting energized electrical Connection or disconnection of electric motors,
conductors Reaching into any panel, transformer or other
electrical enclosure which may have energized
circuits, capacitors, wiring, etc.
Work on instrumentation, instrument panels, or
telecom equipment,
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Permit Purpose Examples/Notes
Where removal of a part of the circuit takes place
outside normal operating conditions
4. Confined required to allow personnel to enter A confined space entry permit allows access and
Space Entry a confined space such as a trench, inspection only.
Permit tank, vessel, etc. When hot work, cold work, electrical work, and/or
energy isolation work is carried out in a confined
space, an additional permit(s) (as required by the
type of work) must be applied for and cross
referenced to the confined space entry permit
5. Excavation required for any excavation or If ground disturbance will be conducted utilizing
Permit ground disturbance activity that mechanical equipment such as trenchers,
involves digging, trenching, backhoes, bulldozers, etc. a designated spotter
excavating or removing soil or will be added to the permit to confirm that
ground adequate observation is being conducted to
prevent contact with overhead power lines and to
observe for any unusual objects or sounds from
the excavation. This person will be dedicated to
this purpose and listed by name of the permit
Procedure
1. A Work Permit must be filled out and approved at the beginning of each workday before work commences. The
work permit is a daily permit and will need to be signed off at the end of each workday with comments related
to the day’s progress.
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