FAQ Construction Safety and First Aid, Best Answers

FAQ Construction Safety and First Aid, Best Answers

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Safety and First Aid Best Answers

Due to answering so FAQ about my Occupation, here are the FAQ Construction Safety and First Aid, Best Answers . What notices do I need to post on a safety board? What should a site safety and first aid professional bring for supplies? How do I keep a logbook? Most look at me with a little fear in their eyes when I give them my lists. Consequently, I bring a lot of my own extras to the site. As a result of the job, You could have some very long days. As well, experience has taught me site trailers are always lacking in supplies. Bring your own and charge accordingly.

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  1. What Notices and Documents to Post on a Construction Site Safety Board
  2. How to Fill Out your Daily Log Book
  3. The Extras you'll need to bring as a Construction Site Safety and First Aider
  4. What does a First Aid and Safety Professional do during a day on a Construction Site?
  5. What are the Duties of an On-Site Construction Safety Coordinator 

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Safety and First Aid Best Answers

List 1:  What Notices and Documents to Post on a Construction Site Safety Board 

  1. A copy of the Notice of Project
  2. Notice to Workers 
  3. Notice to Workers (Act and Regulations)
  4. Three Basic Rights of Workers with RTR Flow Chart
  5. Current Inspection Documents from WSBC
  6. Any Orders from WSBC
  7. Any Responses by the Construction Site on Compliance of Said Order 
  8. A Semi Detailed Map of the Site (All access and egress, location of safety station, first aid, bathrooms, etc)
  9. Company Safety Policy Statement
  10. Construction Site Safety Rules
  11. Management, Site Safety/First Aid, Tradesperson Labours and Subcontractors Responsibilities  
  12. Emergency Response Procedures 
  13. Emergency  Horn Signals & How to Summon First Aid
  14. If more then One, a list of First Aid Attendants with Phone Numbers and their Picture
    Construction Site Notice Board, 4' high by 8' long, Safety and First Aid Best Answers

    Construction Site Notice Board 4' high by 8' long,

  15. Emergency Phone Number List
  16. Map and Directions to the nearest Hospital and Clinic
  17. Harassment Policy
  18. Workplace Violence Policy
  19. Impairment Policy
  20. Hazard Reporting Policy
  21. Mandatory and Secondary Personal Protective Equipment List PPE
  22. WHMIS List
  23. Confined Space List (this could also be detailed on the site map)
  24. Daily Site Safety Inspection Form
  25. JHSC Minutes, Letter to the Superintendent, and any Response
  26. Copy of the Last Full Site Safety Meeting and sign in list

One notice that NEVER gets published is one that states "How many Days Incident and Accident-Free"

The higher the number, the less likely somebody who is hurt will not report the injury for fear of knocking that number to ZERO.  

List # 3: The Extras you’ll need to bring as a Construction Site Safety and First Aider

  1. Laptop Computer 
  2. Safety and First aid extra gear Portable Printer
  3. Laminator 
  4. Set of 4 Two-Way Radios
  5. Office Supplies (pens, paper clips, tacks, stapler, etc)
  6. 1 or 2 FA Bags to strap onto your belt with supplies:
  7. Bandages, 2 compression bandages, Med. gloves, Tape
  8. Med. scissors, Tube of Polysporin, Gauze, 90ml bio wash
  9. A pocket mask, Crepe bandages
  10. Power cords and  a Tablet
  11. Cell Phone with Bluetooth
  12. Log Book, Flash Drives, Cam for Recording
  13. Personal Fall Protection Harness, Lanyard, LifeLine, and various anchors
  14. Note Pads, binders, sleeves for file separation
  15. Might even need to bring your own padded executive office chair and a table/desk
  16. Cordless screw and impact guns with bits
  17. Tool backs with carpentry tools, circular saw, levels, and squares
  18.  Staple gun and hammer stapler
  19. Complete spare change of clothes
  20. PPE- Vest, Boots, Hard Hat, Glasses, ear muffs and plugs
  21. Fit Tested 1/2 mask, gloves, High Vis Leg straps or pants 
  22. Miners light or LEDs for your hard hat, TCP paddle, Flashlight
  23. Long term jobs, I've brought in my own fridge
  24. Microwave, small toaster oven, a mini BBQ 
  25. Extra Food. You'll have some long days 

List  4: What did one of my days look like as an On-Site Construction Safety Professional and First Aid Attendant 

If I am 100% given full authority for the OH&S program on a construction site, my day would look like this.

  1. Arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the crew. 
  2. Open up the site and conduct a pre-shift informal inspection for any leftover Hazards from the day before.
  3. At the same time, I'm packing out fresh drinking water to 7-gallon water jugs deploy around the site
  4. As the crew arrives I make sure all have their PPE
  5. For the next 30 minutes, I'm walking around talking to the crew Say Good Morning to them all.
  6. Go see the Superintendent before Site Orientations begin  at 7:30 am
  7. New and Young Orientations from 8:15 to 10:00 am (7 Pages) 
  8.  Between 10:00 am and noon, I am constructing guardrails and covering any holes in the building
  9. As I eat my lunch I am prepping for the 1:00 pm Full Site safety Meeting (Once a Month)

Full Site Safety Meeting

    1. At the Full Site Safety, the site superintendent and I discuss with the whole crew any safety issues at hand and new hazards are coming up
    2. t the end, it's graduation for a few "Green Hands" 
    3. Lead into the middle of a circle by their foreman, surrounded by everybody as they glare at them intensely.
    4. I then start asking them questions about the site safety program and the regulations. 
    5. After they answer (hopefully correctly) I ask their foreman if they are worthy of joining the rank and file of the crew. 
    6. As they make it look  like the young workers will be denied, I am reaching for their prize
    7. With a laugh, the foremen shout "Yes they are worthy"  I then tell the new graduates to rip that green hand stick from their hard hats.
    8. I then present them with another sticker of my choosing and give them a new set of 50/50 half mirrored safety glasses
    9. Concluding this event is the entire crew clapping and yelling words of "Right On" and "Congrats"

Other Duties Await

  1. 2:00 pm now and I've got administration work for the safety program. 
  2. A Daily Full Site Safety Inspection, and preparing a new Site Specific Fall Protection Plan for the roofers coming in. 
  3. Finishing off the day. I collect everybody's FLHAs (Field Level Hazard Assessments) and Check on the guys doing Hot Works.
  4. A tiered  crew fill past my office on the way to the gate and home I hear "see ya tomorrow man" 
  5. As I say goodbye, I am still 9 inches deep in the paper that needs to be filed. 
  6. I am the last one out locking the gates up and leave for home. As the OFA III, I am always  the First to Show * Last to Go 

List 2: Construction Safety Daily Log Book, How to Fill it Out

  1. Your Construction Safety Daily Log Book has to be a hardbound notebook with page numbers Pre Printed. (Accounts Book by Blueline # A7963.o1 works just fine)
  2. Date Each new day at the top
  3. Log the time when you start your shift and immediately take down the weather report for the day. This information should be:Safety Professionals Log Book
  4. Where you copied the weather information from. What website
  5. Sun, Clouds, Partial clouds, Light out or dark
  6. The temperature at that time and what if Feels Like
  7. Wind Speed and direction
  8. Wind Gusts  
  9. Humidity %Hum
  10. Percent of Precipitation %POP
  11. Rain or Snow amounts as reported
  12. Visibility in Distance
  13. Sun Rise and Sun Fall
  14. Air Quality, UV Rating, and Pollen Count
  15. What is Forecasted for the afternoon?
  16. What is happening right now outside your office door

Finally, from here on and throughout the day, always make notes on every conversation reference back and to CYA

  1. Any directives to trades and sub-contractors
  2. Consulting with managers and WSBC members
  3. There responses 
  4. Meetings
  5. Opinions of situations
  6. Comings and Goings of site
  7. Incidents
  8. Accidents
  9. Injuries
  10. All situations
  11. Always note  the time of each event
  12. Also, never scribble out any mistakes of spelling or other. One line only through it and initial. 
  13. Above all, your log can be used as evidence in court and the judge along with others needs to read the mistakes as well. 
  14. Hence the hard-bound book, never rip out a page.
  15. At day's end, after your closing comments, draw two lines from the last word to the opposing corner.  
  16. The next day, you start again with the weather at the top of a fresh page.
  17. Certainly remember, as the safety professional, every time you put pen to paper it can be designated as a document.  

 

The reason why we start each day by taking down the weather exactly.

View this video below

Supervisors Log Book A YouTube Video 

Gary Leblanc's true-to-life account of a workplace accident that led to the death of a young worker.

His story covers:

- The time he spent at the worksite

- The ever-changing environmental conditions

- The workforce

- The accident and investigation process

- How he was able to cope with the tragic event, media, and

- The importance of maintaining a current (up-to-date) logbook 

 

Supervisors Logbook

List  5: What are the Duties of an On-Site Construction Safety Coordinator 

The list may differ from employer to employer and not limited to Safety and First Aid Best Answers

  1. Conduct new site personnel orientations
  2. Maintain an Accurate Count Of Everybody On-Site.  
  3. Consistent informal Site-Wide Safety Inspections and a Formal Inspection Daily
  4. Develop, Promote, Practice and Instill, Safe Work Practices (SWP) and Safe Job Procedures (SJP)
  5. Hazard and Risk Assessments
  6. Incident and Accident Investigations
  7. Take Corrective Action for all Safety Violations 
  8. Liaison between Site Management and any WorkSafe BC Safety Officers
  9. Create and keep updated Information on the Main Safety Notice Board (List #1)
  10. Provide Training or with permission, Contract Outside Resources for Worker Training
  11. Consult and Advise Management of Improvements Needed for Safety 
  12. Conduct Full Site Safety Meetings
  13. Coordinate Site-Wide Practice Drills ie. Evacuation and Rescues
  14. Record Keeping (SDS list, Reports, JHSC minutes, Worker Training, etc.) 
  15. Stay Up o Date on all Regulatory Changes 
  16. In most cases, be certified for and conduct the duties of the appropriate level First Aid  Attendant 
  17. Take Personal Upgrading and Certification in OHS Training 

 

 

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