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Top 8 Construction Health and Safety Hazards — and Ways to Protect Your Jobsite

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Hazardous conditions can have both short-term and long-term financial consequences along with the possibility of work-related illness or injury. . Establishing and enforcing these guidelines as part of your daily operations can significantly reduce the number of falls on the job. . Getting caught in or between. Struck-by accidents.

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Top OSHA Violations in Construction (2021)

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OSHA averages more than 30,000 inspections annually , including many unscheduled visits arising from employee complaints or injuries. OSHA Standard 1926.1053 sets load limits, clearance guidelines, and other safety requirements for ladders on a jobsite. The much bigger cause for financial concern is workers’ compensation insurance.

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What Happens When You Don’t Wear Safety Glasses?

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Did you know that eye injury at the workplace is fatal? If you don’t wear safety glasses, it can cause permanent loss of vision, eye injuries that might leave you unfit to carry out your work anymore, and hefty medical bills that’ll be too hard to settle. . ANSI sets prevention guidelines for safety glasses at work.

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Examining OSHA’s Pending IIPP Standard

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OSHA is directing its efforts toward enforcing a standard in which employers nationwide will be required to establish a thorough, written injury and illness prevention program (IIPP). This standard, however, will make it a requirement as well as set guidelines for what must be included in the program.

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Work Safe BC details sea lion and lemur and bear attacks oh my!

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WorkSafe BC, Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia, has released information about the number and type animal attacks from 2005 to 2011. From 2005 to 2011, WorkSafe BC accepted: 13 claims, including 1 fatality, for injuries caused by direct contact between a bear and a worker.

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YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR WORKPLACE SAFETY

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It was designed to provide a set of broad guidelines which employers must follow to achieve maximum safety compliance. Damaged reputation, reduced moral, Workers’ Compensation premium increases, lost time, backlogged productivity, and possible litigations make failing to enforce safety a catastrophic shortcoming.

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From Zero to Hero: Construction Risk Management

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Safety risks can include injuries, fatalities, and illnesses brought upon by employee negligence, equipment failure, weather, or other external factors. Also known as management risks, project risks involve hazards like mismanagement of funds, inefficiency, and lack of proper operational guidelines. Project Risks. Legal Risks.

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