Construction Site Safety, Part 2

Construction sites are inherently dangerous. These practices will help keep you safe.

• Operate only the equipment you are authorized to operate on that site. Authorization on other jobs isn’t relevant. There may be site-specific safety considerations you don’t know about.
• If you spot unauthorized operation, ask the person to stop immediately.
• Don’t “borrow” equipment from other crews or trades. You have no idea if the “borrowed” equipment has been mishandled or damaged.
• Don’t “loan” equipment to other crews or trades. They may not know how to use it safely, and the next time you use it could end badly for you.
• When checking equipment out from a tool crib, perform your own inspection before signing for it.
• If someone outside your crew uses your conduit bender, take it out of service until a determination can be made regarding the bending shoe integrity. At one site, an electrician from another crew tried to bend conduit in an EMT shoe and cracked the shoe.
• Inspect equipment before and after use.