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Construction Management: Safety & Health

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Learn about common types of workplace injuries and measures that can be taken to prevent them, as well as proactive management of safety, quality, and productivity.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Safety is everyone's job
  • Is safety really number one?
  • Why is safety in construction so hard?
1. Recognizing Safety Hazards in the Industry
  • The Focus Four deserve your attention
  • Diving into the Focus Four
  • Trip and fall hazards
  • Falls from heights
  • What's overhead?
  • What's underground?
  • Traffic, traffic, traffic
  • Navigating the job site
2. Recognizing Health Hazards in the Industry
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Noise
  • Working in the heat
  • Respiratory hazards
3. Safety and Health Management Systems
  • It's time to evolve
  • Start looking for leading Indicators
  • JHAs
  • PTPs
  • Communicating safety
4. Leveraging Technology
  • Banning cell phones is a mistake
  • Identifying hazards on digital drawings
  • Using BIM to identify hazards early
Conclusion
  • What to watch in the future of safety
  • If you want to learn more

Taught by

Jim Rogers

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