Construction Safety Report: Analyzing & Mitigating Fall Hazards

This report addresses the critical issue of fall hazards in the construction industry, highlighting their significant impact and potential for harm. It notes that falls contribute to a substantial number of fatalities and injuries in the U.S. construction sector. The report identifies the primary causes of fall hazards as unsafe acts, communication problems, unsafe working conditions, and lack of management commitment. It recommends enforcement of regulations, fall protection systems, safety awareness campaigns, workplace inspections, and effective safety management systems. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of training, enforcing building laws, fall protections, and creating safety awareness campaigns to curb fall hazards, referencing the Occupational Safety and Health guidelines. This document, available on Desklib, provides students with a valuable resource for understanding and addressing safety challenges in construction.

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CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
SAFETY MANAGEMENT

CAUSES OF HAZARDS
There four paramount causes of the overall fall hazards
in the construction industry.
Firsts and foremost, the term fall hazards mainly defined
using the concept of the OSHA as the makeable
downward movement recording in the building site and
entails all the movement from the top sections of the
house to the parametric floor in the long run.
The study indicated that the fall hazards mainly
demarcated as all the related risks which can cause most
of the workers to loss the overall body balance when
they working in the construction site.
The four main causes of the fall hazards include unsafe
act, communication problems, unsafe working conditions
as well as management commitment.

RECOMMENDATIONS
Enforcement of acts, regulations and
guidelines
Fall protection system
Safety awareness and fall prevention
campaign
Workplace inspection
Effective safety management system

MEASURES FOR CURBING FALL HAZARDS
According to the Occupational Safety and Health (2014)
typical measures are essential to be employed in
handling the various norms and the overall fall hazards
as well as related issues.
Some of the issues to be considered in the process
include training, enforcements of the building laws, fall
protections as well as the creation of the overall safety
hazards and awareness campaigns.
 Marín, Luz S., and Cora Roelofs. "Engaging small
residential construction contractors in community-based
participatory research to promote safety." Annals of
work exposures and health 62, no. Supplement_1 (2018):
S72-S80