HOW TO MAKE A WORK A SAFER PLACE FOR WORKERS?

There are many risks for people working in the construction industry. Regardless of the position he plays in the work that is being developed, this wonderful profession has its moments where you have to be more alert to avoid major setbacks.

Below, we leave you a series of recommendations to take into account when you are doing work within a work. There is nothing more gratifying than being able to see the end of a project safe and sound.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Inquire or find out about the risks at work.

• Provide the necessary training to carry out each task.

• Surround the work to avoid access to it by people who do not work on it.

• Put in all accesses to the work placards with the personal security equipment required within it

• Indicate the whole work indicating the traffic routes of people and vehicles. Mark on the ground the areas of passage of the same and the tracks of the pedestrians maintaining, if possible, a physical separation between the two.

• Indicates and delimits "safe" spaces around cargo vehicles and excavating machinery. The limits are given by the maximum range of these and the displacement that will come to have the material with which you are working.

• Keep track of each person and vehicle entering the fenced area of ​​the work, so in an accident you can see if someone is not in the safe zone.

• Use the mandatory safety devices of the machines (sound and protective signals) and check their proper functioning.

It is estimated that 80% of accidents are due to disorganization. Take into account these recommendations, as well as the expert advice, to build an environment of prevention, well-being and security for all.