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SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST
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SAFETY BULLETIN / January - March 2006 |
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Daily Job Safety Inspections; Making Zero
Accidents a Reality - by John Webb, Safety Specialist
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Although zero
injuries on a construction job-site are
difficult to accomplish, it is not impossible.
With use of the right safety tools zero
accidents can be a reality.
One of the most valuable safety tools to use is
the daily job-site safety inspection. The daily
job-site safety inspection will help you
discover safety violations and potential hazards
that could endanger employees.
The first thing to remember when conducting
daily safety inspections is to be impartial.
Don’t overlook small violations or violations
that will take to long to fix. Just remember the
smallest of violations can cost you more in the
long run with OSHA citations, lost production
time, and insurance premiums.
The next thing to remember is to do a complete
inspection. This includes all of your employees
and any subcontractors that you might have. Be
sure to document and inform your subcontractors
of any violations that you have noticed.
Always inspect the area that you are working in,
and the equipment that is being used. For
Instance: If you are using a stairway to get to
and from your working area and the stairway has
a violation (i.e. a missing handrail), then your
company as well as any other company that uses
the stairway can all be cited by OSHA even
though it wasn’t your responsibility to install
or maintain the stairway.
The next thing is the follow-up inspection. The
reason why a follow-up inspection is necessary
is to ensure that all of the violations are
being corrected. If the violations are not being
corrected then you need to decide on what action
is necessary in order to ensure the violations
are corrected.
The daily job-site safety inspections reports
can also be used as a good training source. If
you are noticing a trend in improper fall
protection, then you know that maybe fall
protection training is necessary. Training your
employees on the necessary subjects can help
reduce the number of accidents that are
occurring.
By conducting daily job-site safety inspections
and training your dreams of zero accidents, and
saving time and money can come true. |
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