Eliminating unsafe conditions and behaviors will go a long way
toward eliminating incidents and accidents on the job site. The
construction site is a dangerous place. Much has been
accomplished in recent decades to make it a much safer
environment, but due to the work’s nature, construction always
will be dangerous. Dangerous equipment operates on any
construction site, and hazardous substances are stored and
handled there. On most jobs, working conditions involving being
high in the air, beneath others, on the ground or in confined
spaces exist. And there always are distractions. A recent study
concluded that even with all the mitigations, construction
workers operate in a dangerous environment and, therefore, must
be constantly attuned to working safely. Of fundamental
importance is that each worker take responsibility for their own
safety and the safety of others. Eliminating job site hazards is
best approached through a three-step process: recognition,
identifying the hazard; evaluation, analyzing the haz