Site Safety Management Session 4

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Site Safety Management Session 4
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Performance Objectives

• Understand the roles and responsibilities of a
  site supervisor
• Plan for specific safety hazards
• Use safety audits
• Identify hazards that create the highest number
  of deaths and injuries in construction

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Focus Four

• Four most common sources of accidents in
  construction
• Falls
• Struck-bys
• Caught-in-between
• Electrical hazards

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Falls

• In the last 5 years, statistics show that falls
  account for 33 of construction fatalities
• Causes?
• Remedies?
• Passive systems
• Active systems
• Alternative systems

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Struck-bys

• Statistics show that struck-by accidents account
  for 25 of construction fatalities
• Causes?
• Remedies?

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Caught-in-between

• Statistics show that caught-in-between accidents
  account for
• 20 of construction fatalities
• Causes?
• Remedies?

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Electrical

• Statistics show that electrical accidents account
  for 12 of construction fatalities
• Causes?
• Remedies?

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Other Hazards

• Health Hazards
• Chemical exposure
• Old building materials
• Ergonomic Issues
• Repetitive injury
• Soft-tissue injury
• Confined Spaces
• Lockout/Tagout

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Session 4 Summary

• Perform site safety audits to avoid hazards
• Focus on Focus Four
• Falls
• Struck-by
• Caught-in-between
• Electrical
• Avoid other health hazards