Builders should always take the correct precautions to ensure their safety on building sites. This article includes a few guidelines which you should follow as a builder to ensure your safety on a construction site. Please note that this article provides some general guidelines only and are simply recommendations from the author. For more comprehensive safety guidelines you should consult your building company.
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Head Injury protection
It is a common criterion of building companies working on large sites to have all their builders wearing hard hats at all times. However on small sites it is rare to find even a single hard hat available, let alone a builder wearing one. The main reason for this is that most builders working on small sites feel that hard hats are for the ‘big boys only' who work on larger developments on and hence shun them at all times. However smaller sites are no less dangerous than larger ones and therefore it is certainly worth making the effort. At very minimum they should be available on the site so that they can be utilised during works where there is a risk of obtaining a head injury.
Steel toe-cap boots
Broken or bruised toes can be easily avoided by wearing toes with steel caps. Most builder merchants offer a variety of steel cap shoes which should be an essential part of any builders working outfit.
First aid kit
All builders should have a first aid kit available on site. Most injuries received on a building site are thankfully minor and can usually be fixed with some TCP and a bandage.
At Apple Construction we specialise in both residential and commercial building works. For more information we can be contacted on 0845 224 9214.
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