Understand and Satisfy Your Safety Needs



Your jobsite is unsafe if it is plagued with scraps and garbage lying on the ground. Unsafe conditions on your site puts your employees and others at risk for injuries such as tripping, falling, scrapes, punctures, bone breaks, and head wounds. Certain construction materials leave injured people at risk for infection and tetanus. Remove the following types of debris from your site by placing it in a storage area, dumpster, or other contained place:

+ Excess Lumber ? may cause falls, splinters, & blunt force trauma

+ Drywall material ? eye injuries, cuts, scratches, etc

+ Nails, Screws, brackets ? punctures, scrapes, abrasions

+ Metal scraps ? punctures, scrapes, abrasions (tetanus, infection)

+ Piping

+ Brick/Cement

+ Insulation ? allergies, skin rashes, microscopic cuts

+ Wire, Mesh, Electrical Components ? tetanus and infection

Know Your Liability and Practice Precaution

According to most state and local governments, construction companies and property owners conducting construction projects must provide a safe environment for employees and anyone who enters the property.

It is a violation of most state and local laws to leave construction materials lying around on the job site. Such practices pose a safety risk to everyone. It is your duty to quickly and efficiently remove all dangerous material and scrap from your site. You have to keep up on the debris removal efforts on your site or you will face severe financial penalties and possible criminal charges for safety violations. If you violate safety regulations and an injury occurs on your site, you are responsible for damages and may face fines and an increase in insurance premiums.

Choose Proper Debris Removal Methods

If you wish, you can choose to store and remove debris from your site yourself, but it is costly and time consuming. If you do not have a dumpster on your site, you generally have to remove debris from your jobsite on a daily basis. The optimal solution for construction projects is renting a dumpster for the full length of your project. Having a dumpster on site allows you to put your debris in the dumpster throughout the day. You won't have to remove it from the site until the dumpster is full or the job is complete.

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