- What are the hazards in construction?
- Fall of person from top and getting injured
- Fall of objects from top and below person injury
- Fall of materials from the top and damage
- Person falls into excavated pit
- Collapse of soil and below-person injury or
- Damage to UG cables and sewage pipe
- Collapse of scaffolding and person falling from height, getting injured
- Electrical shock
- Fire and explosion
- Burn injury
- Health and lung problems
- Snakes bite
- Poisonous gas
- Foreign body in eye
- Cause of accident in construction?
- Erection equipment failure
- Falling of persons from height
- Electrical shocks
- Improper lighting
- Nonstop working by the worker
- Unsafe work methods
- Collapsing of earth during trench excavation
- Failure of use safety equipment
- Working at a height without a safety belt
- General safety precautions in construction?
- Adequate first aid equipment should be kept ready
- Adequate firefighting equipment should be available
- All general electrical rules should be followed
- Suitable lighting arrangements should be necessary at night work
- Workmen at height should wear safety belts
- Workmen handling cement should be provided with goggles, rubber gloves, and rubber boots with a nose mask.
- The moving parts of grinding machines used on construction sites should be covered with guards
- The moving parts of grinding machines used on construction sites should be covered with guards
- Excavated material should not be kept near the excavated
- Very short duration of work: red flags must be hoisted, and longer duration red banners must be stretched
- Defective tools should not be used
- The worker should not carry tools in his hands when climbing a ladder
- Excavation should be guarded by suitable fencing
Magazine : Workplace Safety Rise/Tales/IQA

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