workplace hazard
Hazards & Risk In The Construction Industry
Dustin Denton
HST 1213
4-23-15
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforces regulations that aim to keep workplaces safe for employees and to also provide a safe and hazard free worksite. When you go to work each day, you should be able to trust that your work environment is safe and that you will not suffer harm. According to OSHA some jobs are more dangerous than others; however, this means that certain types of workers sustain injuries on the job on a regular basis. More than not, most work-related injuries are recorded and considered to be minor, even though sometimes they may be catastrophic or even fatal. In fact, OSHA reported that 4,405 employees were killed at work in 2014, which translates that approximately 12 workers died each day in the construction industry which translates into around 144 deaths yearly. As we are educated in SH&E training, it’s understood that one death or fatality is one to many; this number of 144 deaths per year needs to and can be drastically reduced by understanding the injuries and illnesses that frequently occur on construction job sites. Some of the most dangerous jobs are ones in the construction industry. Referring to OSHA recordkeeping an estimated 20 percent of all workplace fatalities involved construction workers. Also additional data shows that around about four out of every 100 workers in the construction industry suffers a non-fatal injury on a yearly basis. At times, these injuries occur merely due to accidents that have arose from numerous possibilities from experience, bad communication, improper training, taking short cut, using improper tools etc… these causes have been identified after countless incident investigations and educational awareness about safety. However, there are occasions in which preventable injuries are suffered due to dangerous conditions on the locations of the job site. In most situations, injured workers will have the
Dustin Denton
HST 1213
4-23-15
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforces regulations that aim to keep workplaces safe for employees and to also provide a safe and hazard free worksite. When you go to work each day, you should be able to trust that your work environment is safe and that you will not suffer harm. According to OSHA some jobs are more dangerous than others; however, this means that certain types of workers sustain injuries on the job on a regular basis. More than not, most work-related injuries are recorded and considered to be minor, even though sometimes they may be catastrophic or even fatal. In fact, OSHA reported that 4,405 employees were killed at work in 2014, which translates that approximately 12 workers died each day in the construction industry which translates into around 144 deaths yearly. As we are educated in SH&E training, it’s understood that one death or fatality is one to many; this number of 144 deaths per year needs to and can be drastically reduced by understanding the injuries and illnesses that frequently occur on construction job sites. Some of the most dangerous jobs are ones in the construction industry. Referring to OSHA recordkeeping an estimated 20 percent of all workplace fatalities involved construction workers. Also additional data shows that around about four out of every 100 workers in the construction industry suffers a non-fatal injury on a yearly basis. At times, these injuries occur merely due to accidents that have arose from numerous possibilities from experience, bad communication, improper training, taking short cut, using improper tools etc… these causes have been identified after countless incident investigations and educational awareness about safety. However, there are occasions in which preventable injuries are suffered due to dangerous conditions on the locations of the job site. In most situations, injured workers will have the