A Lean Journey 
any team leader in the construction industry, mainly because accidents in a
construction site can be severe and life-threatening.
making the demand for new and modern buildings also go up. To optimally benefit
from this market growth, a construction leader must make sure that his or her
employees are safe from any safety hazard and that they have all their
concentration on the job. Here are five ways construction company leaders can
safeguard their staff members:
1.
Be Proactive and Where Called Upon to Act, Do It Swiftly
A good leader does not wait until a safety hazard occurs in order to act.
Instead, she or he proactively anticipates future hazards and solves them
beforehand. If you visit the construction site regularly, you will be able to
tell which working areas need to be improved upon as a precautionary measure.
Better still, workers will share with you on their safety concerns, and yours
will just be to make the necessary amends.
In some rare cases, however, neither you, nor your workers will be able to get
their assessments right and end up ignoring a potentially high-risk area. The
danger of that is that an accident may just occur out of the blue and injure
some of the employees.
it is your duty as a leader to move swiftly and take the necessary steps.
Having a rescue vehicle and a first aid kit at the ready will help you respond
promptly to emergency safety concerns.
2.
Have Proper Machinery and Equipment in Place
Some security concerns can be addressed by having the right equipment for the
right job at the construction site. Well-maintained
machinery reduces the probability of workers injuring themselves on
duty to almost zero and improves efficiency in a big way.
provide non-construction resources such as water is a sure way of showing how
much you care about your workers’ safety and comfort. In this particular case,
water reduces dehydration amongst the workers thus improving their
efficacy.
Prioritize Employees’ Concerns about Their Safety
Incidents in a construction site cause injuries that can at times cost a
fortune to treat. Now forget about that and think about what you stand to gain
by maintaining high levels of safety standards for your workers. Consider these
three benefits:
• Having basic safety regulations in place gives employees peace of mind and
minimizes their turnover rate.
• Whenever employees complain about their safety, they are passing a message to
you as their leader that you do not appreciate them enough. Granting their wish
improves their perceptions towards the job.
• Employees become more engaged when they have no safety concerns to worry
about. Statistics show that engaged
employees are more innovative and productive.
4.
Regular Inspections and Safety Training
Even when it’s a sure thing that a building has a strong foundation, a good
leader will have experts inspect it on a regular basis and get a report on the
same. While sharing the contents of the report with your staff members, have a
trainer with you to shed light on the various safety concerns the report could
have and most importantly, give solutions to some of them. Retraining is also
necessary just to be sure that everybody is conversant with the safety
situation at the site.
For Your Employees
While working on the site, always ensure that your employees wear the right
personal protective
equipment (PPE) from top to bottom. You
must ensure that whenever the workers do some grinding, cutting, or welding
works, they all have face shields and safety glasses.
protection, ensure that the workers wear slip-resistant, puncture-resistant,
and safety-toed boots. When working with concrete or electricity, ensure that
all workers put on protective gloves. Most importantly, ensure that all workers
including yourself have hard hats at all times for head protection.
Many people consider construction sites as the riskiest place to work in.
Potential workers are most often than not taken aback by cases of environmental
and human-made disasters that claim lives and cause permanent injuries.
Construction company leaders have the responsibility of looking into the matter
and changing this general public perception.
practical, ergonomic and balanced, Vince is the brains behind WorkBootCritic.com. He has been researching construction
safety gear on his own for a while now.
spread the word on what he has learned and continues to learn through practice
and thorough research.
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