{"id":626,"date":"2013-09-18T11:49:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T11:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsiserver.website\/elite\/?p=626"},"modified":"2013-09-18T11:49:11","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T11:49:11","slug":"safety-tips-15-steps-site-superintendents-can-take-to-prevent-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eliteconstruction.ca\/2013\/09\/18\/safety-tips-15-steps-site-superintendents-can-take-to-prevent-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety Tips: 15 Steps Site Superintendents can take to prevent falls"},"content":{"rendered":"There’s lots to remember on a construction site, and safety is paramount for all! If we separate all the information into different categories, it will make it easier to retain. This quarter’s focus is fall prevention, which we can further break down into 3 sub-categories to make it easier for site superintendents to remember.\n\nFive things to do today\n1. Ask workers one question…do you know how many workers died in 2012 from construction falls in Ontario?\n2. Check for missing guardrails\n3. Look our for ladders\n4. Check for floor and roof openings\n5. Give a safety talk\n\nFive things to tell workers\n6. Do it right every time\n7. Look out for other workers\n8. Use the right equipment\n9. Tell me about the hazards you see\n10. Know your rights\n\nFive ways to supervise\n11. Show that you mean it\n12. Plan your work\n13. Train and inform your workers\n14. Enforce the rules\n15. Reward good behaviour\n\nAdapted from article \u201cFifteen Steps Supervisors can take to prevent falls\u201d as published in IHSA\u2019s Magazine – Vol. 13, Issue 2\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There’s lots to remember on a construction site, and safety is paramount for all! If we separate all the information into different categories, it will make it easier to retain. This quarter’s focus is fall prevention, which we can further break down into 3 sub-categories to make it easier for site superintendents to remember. Five […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,31,28],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n