Having written safety policies is important, but how those policies are organized matters just as much as having them in the first place. When safety documentation is scattered across multiple folders, shared drives, email attachments,…
Providing personal protective equipment (PPE) is an important part of protecting workers, but simply handing someone a pair of gloves, safety glasses, or a dust mask does not necessarily mean the hazard has been adequately…
Excavation inspections can be easy to overlook because the excavation may appear unchanged from one day to the next. A crew may inspect a trench on Friday afternoon, leave the site for the weekend, and…
When I visit a construction site, there are many things I look at to understand how safety is being managed. I may review documentation, observe work practices, talk with employees, and walk the site with…
Safety committees are intended to give employees and management a structured way to discuss workplace hazards, identify opportunities for improvement, and help prevent injuries. When they work well, they can strengthen communication between workers and…