Common Construction Worksite Hazards

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration warns that common hazards include:

• Falls from heights such as ladders
• Being struck by an object
• Trench collapse
• Scaffold collapse
• Electric shock and arc flash/arc blast
• Failure to use proper personal protective equipment
• Repetitive motion injuries
• Lack of respiratory protection
• Powered industrial trucks
• Unsafe or improperly used equipment
• Being caught in or between (such as being caught in equipment or between equipment and a wall)
  

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