Construction
Examples of safety hazards that can harm construction workers include:
- Heavy lifting, awkward postures, repetitive motion, overexertion, and other physical stressors
- Working at heights
- Confined spaces
- Hazardous chemicals and materials (e.g., silica dust, asbestos, lead fume or dust, solvent-based adhesives, carbon monoxide in exhaust gas from fuel-powered equipment)
- Heavy machinery and powered tools with dangerous moving mechanical parts
- Flying debris and falling objects
- Harsh weather (e.g., heat, cold, wind)
- Slips, trip, and falls
Rules
- Safety Standards for Construction Work (296-155, WAC)
Enforcement Policies
- General or Upper-Tier Contractor (DD 27.00)
Videos
- Accidents Aren't Just One of Those Things (English/Spanish)
- Common Sense Construction Safety
- Competent Person & Soils Testing
- Contractor Safety: It's Everybody's Business (English/Spanish)
- Eye Safety in Construction Environments
- First Aid in Construction Environments
Training Materials
Self-paced
For Groups
- Construction Self-Inspection Guide
- Hard Hats training kit
- Lead in Construction training kit
- Roofing Fall Protection training kit
- Silica in Construction training kit
Publications, Handouts, Checklists, Sample Programs
- Carpenter Falls from Beam while Setting Rim Joist
- Competent Person Evaluation - Excavation & Trenching (F417-104-000)
- Construction Checklist - Safety (F418-055-000)
- Construction Ergonomics
- Construction eTool
- Danger, Construction Area Authorized Personnel Only (FSP1-013-000) (poster)
- Driving Safety
- Fall Hazards: Standing Walls (F417-252-000)
- Fall Protection Work Plan (F417-272-000) Spanish (F417-272-999)
- Hazards to Truck Drivers and other Workers while Loading and Unloading Trucks and Trailers
- Painter Falls from Stepladder
- Physicians' Alert: Pregnant Construction Worker Safety and Health
- Simple Solutions Ergonomics for Construction Workers (CDC)
- Standard Hand Signals for Cranes (FSP0-910-000) (poster)
- The ABC's of Construction Site Safety
- Verify a Contractor, Tradesperson or Business Tool