Job sites are dangerous places and can have numerous hazards at any given moment. As employees, it is important to know how to protect yourself from these hazards by using controls.

There are typically multiple safeguards available at your disposal to control a single hazard, ranging in effectiveness.

To help evaluate these safeguards, in this toolbox talk we will discuss a safety mechanism known as “the hierarchy of controls” and provide an example of using it on the construction site to evaluate and mitigate risk.

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“Leave Yourself an Out” Leaving yourself an out is exactly what it sounds like, never have yourself in a situation without a way out of danger.

When you are on a worksite, there are many scenarios that can happen to put you in harm’s way, the line of fire. When you are working in an area, you should always be aware of your surroundings and know what you would do in case of an emergency.

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We all know that there must be a cause for an accident to happen. In order to avoid accidents, we must remove the cause. Every cause is a result of an unsafe act or unsafe condition.

By recognizing the unsafe act or condition, we can effectively remove the exposure to them.

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While the initial reason for improving construction safety may be to comply with workplace safety and health
regulations, there are many other benefits to prioritizing construction safety, such as lessening the number of safety
hazards and incidents.

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“Situational awareness is an on-the-job safety skill that is critical for hazard identification, effective decision making, and accident prevention.”
Situational Awareness means paying attention and being aware of what is going on around you.
No matter what your role is at work, situational awareness is an important key to keeping everyone safe.
When you practice situational awareness at work, you remain alert and aware of things like:

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Here are some of the safest and most conscious ways to operate a front-end loader:

• Using your seatbelt is mandatory when operating your car, and using the front-end loader is no different. You must always wear your seatbelt when operating this type of machinery.
• Have someone available when you are using the front-end loader that can watch the surroundings for you. It is so easy to back into things or strike things due to blind spots. Having a spotter can really save you from causing damage to things around you.

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Shift work is becoming more common in the construction and trade fields. Industries have included shift work for decades as a means of increasing production.

Construction fields are also benefiting from shift work schedules and night shift work for reasons like:

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There are many safety hazards that can be found on a construction site. Not because anyone is doing anything wrong, but because there are many things that can be dangerous.

The number one goal on a construction site is to ensure that everything is being done as safely as possible.

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Most of the time, a foreman or supervisor has already organized a laydown area and has it
set up the way it will work for the job site. However, it is essential that all the workers
maintain the organization.

Laydown yards can be small and house a lot of materials, tools, equipment, and vehicles.
There are constantly things moving in and out and around so at times it is hard to see how
to set the area up to help everyone.

Some of our best practices for staying organized are:

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OSHA’s Focus Four are the four hazards that form the basis for the majority of
workplace incidents.

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