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    Ways to acquire Safety of workers

    • Posted by Hany Ismail, MSC, PMP
    • Categories Project Management
    • Date May 7, 2014
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    With the vast majority of people in the construction business, news of many grave injuries that follow the construction sites worldwide have become somewhat of an expected effect. Construction workers were rated second by the amount of danger they are exposed to, right after police officers. These people work with heavy machinery and they often work in great heights. It is natural to expect that they would be eligible to the largest number of injuries imaginable. Still, to prevent this from happening, or at least to minimize it, the leaders of construction groups created various worker safety measures. Managing safety of the workers is the main priority of any employer of that branch, therefore, safety on site has been established on nearly every area of the construction worker’s job, to make sure they will have less of a chance to get injured. One of the common methods is equipment safety. Employers need to assign someone who will constantly maintain the equipment workers use on a daily basis and replace the worn out pieces of equipment

    to avoid injuries based on faulty tools.

    While the equipment is constantly being inspected, always make sure that your workers do a double check before they begin with their work. That way you can be absolutely sure that they will stay safe. Next on the managing safety list is falling off heights. This is, by far, the most common injury a construction worker can suffer, and it has a fatal outcome more often then not. As always, inspecting the tools before the work begins can prevent a gruesome accident from happening, but to ensure absolute worker safety in these situations, make sure they always use a tether whenever they are working on scaffolding. Note that sometimes the surface they are using might be slippery. Make sure you provide them with special footwear that will prevent slips and falls, or at least to fortify the footwear they already have with a slip – proof material. Construction workers, depending on the type of the work they do, often suffer from sensory organ injuries.

    The eyes and the ears are first on this list. Ear plugs and safety goggles are obligatory, as well as a helmet. Proper maintenance of the construction site is a must as well. Keeping it in good condition increases the safety on site. It must be cleaned on a daily basis. Another issue that arises quite often within the circles of construction workers is the repeated motion injury. When they have to perform the same motion with their hand many times in a row, this can cause muscle cramps and grow into further injuries. To avoid this injury as much as possible it is advised to let your workers have a break that will help them recover and get them plenty of rest before they continue working. You can unlock numerous methods to make sure the safety of workers and staff. The worker training is best to get this type of goal and objective.

    Tag:managing safety, safety on site, worker safety

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    Hany Ismail, MSC, PMP
    Hany Ismail, MSC, PMP

    Hany Ismael is the founder and CEO of Planning Engineer Est. in Egypt. He has started his career back in 2003 as a site engineer, technical office engineer, planning engineer, planning manager, and finally planning department manager where he has been involved in several mega construction projects in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. In 2016, he established his own company in Egypt “Planning Engineer Est.” Hany gained his MSc degree in project management from Liverpool University-UK 2013-2016, PMP certified from PMI-USA 2010, and BSc Civil Engineer Tanta University-Egypt 2003. Hany provided more than 3,500 hours of planning and project management training on his website planningengineer.net, YouTube channel, and offline courses since 2011. He enjoys teaching project management in simple and practical way, and he developed several planning tools, techniques and courses.

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