A 30 Second Safety Check-up: Falls could be your next injury.

Here is your Safety 30 Second Check-up!

What is the greatest safety risk to your company? 

If you’re in construction, you need to be aware that falls have the greatest potential to bring your business to a halt. 

What are you doing to ensure safe production is sustainable at your business? 

Have you done a risk analysis of the potential fall hazards — like a Job Safety Analysis or JSA? It is a pretty simple document to identify and mitigate known fall hazards before the work starts. 

Your employees can also complete a last minute risk assessment just before commencing work. Construction is an ever-changing environment with new risks appearing quickly. The last minute risk assessment document identifies the risks at the workface. 

Your employees need the tools to do it safely and not just completing a form because that’s what expected. Get them involved in the process. Get them to understand the risk of falls.

And train your managers and frontline supervisors on the fall hazards of the workplace. They have the biggest impact on business sustainability. 

Your supervisor is required to know working at height hazards of the workplace and coach workers to safely mitigate them. 

Your employees should know to stop the work when fall hazards are not corrected. Do they feel confident to tell you about safety problems? Engaging your workers throughout the safety process positively impacts your “bottom line."

Running a business requires a lot of skill-sets. Safety, quality, and production are values you need to know about. Know the costs of a fall before it occurs and take action to prevent them.  

Contact me to learn more about working at height risks and how to save money at: roger.belair@onsitehse.com

 And that’s your 30 Second Safety Check-up.

Presented by Roger Belair, CRSP and Trace Lane, CRSP.