There is unnecessary exposure to hazards for workers across the country every single day. The list of
possible unsafe actions and unsafe conditions employees deal with in their work can be limitless.
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Good Enough Mindset
For most of us, we have been doing our jobs long enough to know what the right way is to do something and what falls short to “good enough.” When it comes to workplace safety, “good enough” does not cut it. When addressing hazards, having this mindset will lead to exposure to risk that will eventually result in incidents and injuries occurring.
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Nine Basic Construction Safety Rules
1. Always wear your seatbelt when in a vehicle or heavy equipment. Seatbelts are critical to preventing
serious injuries and death while driving or operating. Motor vehicle crashes are still the number one cause
of fatalities on the job in the United States.
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It’s The Little Things
When planning work tasks for the day and addressing hazards, it is easy to get caught up on
the big hazards. We focus on risks such as falls from heights, electrocution, and chemical
asphyxiation during a confined space entry when they are present. While these hazards
need to be taken seriously and be properly mitigated, the bigger hazards can be responsible
for taking almost all of the attention from the “little things.”
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Changes in the 2025 California Building Codes
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Achieving Safety Goals
Any company that focuses on improving workplace safety aims to get their employees home in the same health they came into work or better every single day.
For many companies, there are larger expressed goals attached to this effort. Often the main goal for many worksites or companies as a whole is to make it an entire year without any injuries. For other companies, it may just be no lost time injuries in a year.
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How Your Choices at Home Can Affect Safety on The Job
There are many choices we make at home that can have major effects at work. Whether it is safety-related or lifestyle choices, many of these choices have repercussions that carry over from home into the workplace. It is important to realize how closely connected our personal and professional life can be.
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Seatbelt Use Safety
Everyone has heard that seat belt use is crucial for saving lives on the road, but not everyone wears one.
The National Highway Safety Traffic Administration (NHSTA) reports that about 1 in every ten people did
not wear their seatbelt in 2024. There are many reasons why people do not wear seatbelts, but the facts
are that they save lives.
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Four Focus Items for Work Area Inspections
Work area inspections are important basic safe work practice that should be done before
beginning a task. In the construction industry, there are many work areas that remain the
same day in and day out. On the other hand, there are areas that we work in that are
constantly changing.
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Battling Complacency on the Job
Complacency is often a focal point when discussing workplace safety at many companies.
For the most part, we understand what complacency is and what areas of work or life it
affects us in.
However, even though we may acknowledge it, we may not fully grasp the consequences it
can have or what we need to do to overcome it.
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