| If you work on any construction site, you need | | | | tool. Even the smallest trip over an electrical wire |
| to meet Civil Construction Safety requirements. | | | | can lead to catastrophic accidents. It's worth |
| This is an essential part of any job, and demands | | | | noting that the nature of electricity means that |
| training and awareness right across the industry. | | | | it's not always too easy to identify as a hazard. |
| Let's have look at how you can become more | | | | Not all workers on site are trained to understand |
| involved in your on-site health and safety. | | | | the full dangers of electricity, so it's down to |
| Courses in civil construction safety are the most | | | | correct procedure, signage and communication to |
| important aspect of this by far. Keeping up to | | | | ensure maximum awareness on site. |
| date with what your country demands in terms | | | | Remember, just because your employer gives |
| of health and safety legislation is, obviously a key | | | | you a piece of protective equipment, that doesn't |
| point in maintaining on-site safety. In Australia, this | | | | mean that it necessarily increases your safety. In |
| is mostly dealt with by Worksafe, and further | | | | fact, the failure to use PPE, or personal protective |
| details can be found on their website. | | | | equipment correctly is one of the main causes of |
| Noise levels are a particularly pertinent aspect of | | | | accidents on site. If you, for whatever reason, fail |
| civil construction safety, and as anyone who has | | | | to use equipment in the way you were trained to, |
| been woken up by builders in the morning will tell | | | | you are unlikely to receive any kind of |
| you, the rules aren't always followed. Both social | | | | compensation at all. If you think about that a |
| and legal issues can arise from this. It isn't simply | | | | minute, you can see the implications: namely that |
| a question of ensuring you keep to specified | | | | your livelihood could be in danger as a result of |
| levels though. The times at which you create | | | | PPE. |
| noise, is a key issue, as well as the calibration of | | | | The key thing about civil construction safety is |
| your equipment. | | | | that being aware of the dangers around you and |
| As we all know, electrical accidents are amongst | | | | using the equipment given to you is as much a |
| the most common on any site. Remember that | | | | part of your job as erecting a wall, or laying |
| power tools should be equipped with grounded, or | | | | foundations. None of us want to be seen to be |
| three-pronged plugs, and work should not be | | | | bad at our jobs, so make it your priority to |
| carried out in a haphazard manner. Remember to | | | | ensure you have the utmost safety on your site. |
| use the appropriate work station for the right | | | | |