Why You Need A Construction Safety Checklist
One of the most important things to have on any worksite is a Construction Safety Checklist. It is considered an easier way of verifying whether the worksite complies with Workplace Health & Safety legislation. At the same time, it must not be forgotten that the legislation vary from state to state and territory to territory. Nevertheless, there are far more similarities than differences between them.
What a Checklist Contains
A checklist contains a list of necessary conditions to ensure Construction Safety for all personnel on the worksite. There are many checklists offered by both organisations and governments alike.
You can a list of the most important things a Construction Safety Checklist should contain below.
? Is the worksite fenced off?
? Is the public protected from any hazards that the site may present?
? Have all electrical power tools and equipment been tested and approved?
? Make sure all electrical leads have been successfully tested and tagged?
? Do you have adequate first aid facilities on site?
? Are the construction signs on the site sufficient?
? Are all workers fitted with protective clothing and equipment when required?
? Are all workers trained and knowledgeable enough to understand the work that they are undertaking?
Don’t forget that the list presented above is only a guide and one can add more things to the list if necessary. Nonetheless, it’s a good way for a beginner contractor to start assessing Construction Safety.
Construction Safety Plan
Perhaps you would prefer not to worry about a checklist and ticking off each point. There?s nothing wrong with having a Construction Safety Checklist, however, one gets the impression that it just serves to cover bases. You tick all these things off and you?re covered because you?re complying with the legislation. That?s great but it?s a bare minimum. Why not provide your workers with an extremely safe and assuring work environment?
A Construction Safety Plan becomes useful in such a situation. And it can?t be just any plan written up in half an hour. If you want to ensure the best working conditions for workers on the site, then you need a site safety plan that is professionally written and structured.
You have to do much more than just a checklist if you aspire to provide the best possible working conditions for your personnel. If safety is the number one concern on a worksite, then you can’t settle for second best and just use a construction safety checklist.
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What’s the difference between a contractor who cares about his workers and a contractor who doesn’t? There’s a good chance that the contractor who doesn’t care about its workers, also isn’t interested in developing a good safety program. Successful contractors care about their employees and people in general. Creating a safety program for your construction company could reduce your insurance payments for workers compensation and general liability.
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Managing the Project: All the Construction Buffs – Rate 1 to 10?
Managing the project.
1. Project Manager is a person who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in one month.
2. Construction Manager is one who thinks single woman can deliver nine babies in one month.
3. Controls Manager is one who asks if the baby is in the budget (and if it saves money to adopt).
4. Project Engineer is a person who thinks he can deliver a baby even if no man and woman are available.
5. Section Engineer is a person who thinks it will take 18 months to deliver a baby.
6. Client is the one who doesn’t know why he wants a baby.
7. Engineering are still figuring out how to produce a baby.
8. Contracts and Procurement buys condoms by mistake.
9. Planning Team think they don’t need a man or woman; they’ll produce a child with zero resources.
10 DCC Team thinks they don’t care whether the child is delivered, they’ll just document 9 months.
11. Quality Auditor is the person who is never happy with the Process to produce a baby.
12. Site Engineers don’t care… they just want the woman.
13. HSE Team think… why condom not been worn properly or if baby born why without helmet, safety glasses, overall, safety pull-on boots and ear plugs!!!
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Ensafe Planning Solutions provides a downloadable construction safety plan for construction contractors who do not the knowledge, money or time to come up with their own. The plan complies with current Australian OHS legislation and can be quickly and easily customised to any site in Australia.