Three Main Construction Site Dangers

Safety is number one concern for most of us and with good reason. Even though it's pointless to worry about them, there's a large number of dangers in our everyday lives which can be harmful to our well being. One place in particular where a lot of dangers exist are construction sites. For this reason today we're gonna be talking about top 3 danger hotspots on construction sites which are sometimes overlooked. By doing that you put both yourself and your workers in a position where you can be seriously harmed and bad things can happen to you.

Danger number 1: workers themselves

It goes without saying, but we're gonna say it anyway, the greatest threat on construction sites is ignorance. Even if you setup the safest possible environment for your workers to work in, if they aren't instructed about proper ways how to operate machinery and tools, well then all the efforts spent in securing the construction site would have been in vain.

Make sure that every one of your workers knows about the dangers associated with the use of all the tools and machines on the construction site, or even when just being around them.

Every time that you hire a new worker, make sure that they are familiar with all the do's and don'ts of working on a construction site. Even if they say that they are properly instructed, don't take their word for it, because they might be trying to sugarcoat their resume to get hired. Keep an eye on new employees for the first few days or even weeks of hiring them to see how they've fitted in, and more importantly, to see if they know their way around the construction site.

Danger number 2: construction site

Once that you're certain that workers won't be a problem, you can start working on securing the construction site. Things that are frequently overlooked on the construction site are as follows:

Improperly positioned machinery on the site

Nothing can bring down both your construction site safety and efficiency like having machinery and tools that're scrambled all over the construction site. Make sure that you properly plan equipment layout on the site for each phase of the construction work. You workers won't have to risk going from one place to another and that way bring down risk of injury.

Unnecessarily long work area distances

This point is very similar to the previous one that we made but it's so important that it bears repeating. Make sure that your entire construction site is setup in such a way that your workers don't have to walk long distances. That way you don't expose them to having to go up and down the latter to fetch tools, for example.

Forcing to much strain on the equipment

We've all seen that situation when either too much load is put on equipment or when a tool is being stressed too much to the point of it breaking down. Don't do that to your equipment because in case that something does fail, and pieces of equipment start flying around, lives of your workers might be at risk.

There are of course a lot of other things that have to be taken into account. Keep thinking along this line of small, trivial, but in the grand scheme of things very important safety tips for constructions, like the long work area distances, and you'll bound to think of some other way how your construction site can be optimized and made more secure.

Danger number 3: You

With "you" we're here referring to you in the role of a boss. We've covered the construction site and workers up until now, so it's only fair that we go over danger hotspots of you as a boss.

First and foremost, don't force your workers to do double shifts, extreme overtime, etc. They're gonna get tired, and tired people make mistakes which might end up being life threatening. Secondly, it's your job as a boss that points number 1 and 2 from the list above are taken care of. Don't get too relaxed thinking that everything is gonna be OK on it's own. Be involved with what's going on on the construction site and take proper steps to protect your workers. That way not only that you prevent them from being harmed, but you also prevent possible lawsuits and fines from the authorities for doing shoddy work in securing your construction site.