“What to Wear” Checklist:
• Wear safety glasses or face shields, whichever fits best, to protect your eyes from harmful exposures such as dust, chemicals, flying particles, smoke, and other things, especially if your job involves welding, cutting, grinding, nailing, concreting and activities related to chemical products. plays.
• Wear suitable, insulated, waterproof and non-slip boots, whichever protects you best. Proper footwear protects you from slipping, crushing your feet, and being electrocuted.
• Gloves are essential for safely handling sharp objects and toxic substances. Put on the ones that fit you: welder’s gloves for welding, heavy-duty rubber gloves for concrete work, and insulated gloves and sleeves that expose you to electrical hazards.
• Head injuries are one of the most dangerous deaths and a proper helmet must be worn to prevent them. Have a periodic check for teeth or decay and replace it as soon as you find any.
Scaffolding Checklist:
• Perform a daily check on scaffolds to ensure they are stable and strong with a high weight capacity. Inform the elderly and correct it if it is damaged or weakened in any way.
• Never use uneven surfaces and unstable objects (loose bricks, barrels, or concrete boxes) as a base for scaffolding.
• Avoid using scaffolding in bad weather: be it rain, snow or hail.
Electrical Safety Checklist:
• Check all electrical tools and equipment regularly for defects and wear. Replace those that are defective in any way.
• Only qualified and designated operators should have access to electrical equipment.
• Keep building materials, workers, and equipment at least 10 feet from power lines.
• Use electrical equipment with double insulation. Ground them if they are not. Chorus of the use of multiple plug adapters; it is dangerous!
Dangerous communication:
• Workers should be notified of hazardous areas and materials by marking them as such: post signs, signage, and barricades as necessary. Heavy electrical equipment, suspended loads, toxic chemicals, wet and slippery patches, etc. Few hazards of this type need to be flagged.
Crane, Lifting Equipment and Rigging Safety Checklist:
• Barriers/turning areas within the turning radius of the crane.
• Make sure load and speed limits are never exceeded.
• Carry out daily safety and maintenance inspections of crane machinery and other rigging equipment before putting them into use.
• Only properly trained and qualified operators should have access to cranes, lifting equipment, and hoists.
• Keep these machines away from electrical equipment and power lines.
There is another checklist that I have saved for last: verifying that each person entering the site, worker or visitor, is carrying a valid CSCS card. This is a great way to reduce deaths, especially those that result from a lack of awareness or care. Do you have workers without proper CSCS Cards? Get them the right cards by booking a CSCS test online.
