| If you want to see whether your worksite | | | | serve as a guide and can be added to according |
| complies with workplace health and safety | | | | to the needs of each site. Nonetheless, it's a good |
| legislation, then a good idea would be to use a | | | | way for a beginner contractor to start assessing |
| Construction Safety Checklist. While legislation | | | | Construction Safety. |
| varies in each state and territory, they are all | | | | Construction Safety Plan |
| more similar than different from each other | | | | Perhaps you would prefer not to worry about a |
| What a Checklist Contains | | | | checklist and ticking off each point. There's nothing |
| A checklist contains a list of necessary conditions | | | | wrong with having a Checklist, however, one gets |
| to ensure Construction Safety for all personnel on | | | | the impression that it just serves to cover bases. |
| the worksite. There are many checklists offered | | | | You tick all these things off and you're covered |
| by both organisations and governments alike. | | | | because you're complying with the legislation. |
| You can a list of the most important things a | | | | That's great but it's a bare minimum. Why not |
| Construction Safety Checklist should contain | | | | provide your workers with an extremely safe and |
| below.o Is the worksite fenced off?o Is the public | | | | assuring work environment? |
| protected from any hazards that the site may | | | | A Construction Safety Plan becomes useful in |
| present?o Have all electrical power tools and | | | | such a situation. And it can't be just any plan |
| equipment been tested and approved?o Make | | | | written up in half an hour. If you want to ensure |
| sure all electrical leads have been successfully | | | | the best working conditions for workers on the |
| tested and tagged?o Do you have adequate first | | | | site, then you need a site safety plan that is |
| aid facilities on site?o Are the construction signs | | | | professionally written and structured. |
| on the site sufficient?o Are all workers fitted with | | | | You have to do much more than just a checklist |
| protective clothing and equipment when | | | | if you aspire to provide the best possible working |
| required?o Are all workers trained and | | | | conditions for your personnel. If safety is the |
| knowledgeable enough to understand the work | | | | number one concern on a worksite, then you |
| that they are undertaking? | | | | can't settle for second best and just use a |
| Bear in mind that the above list is only there to | | | | construction safety checklist. |