OSHA CONSTRUCTION SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Construction is a high hazard industry that has a wide range of activities involving alteration, and/or repair. Examples include residential and commercial building construction, bridge erection, roadway paving, excavations, demolitions, and large scale painting jobs.

Construction workers engage in many activities that may expose them to serious hazards, such as falling from rooftops, unguarded machinery, being struck by heavy construction equipment, electrocutions, silica dust, and asbestos.

This course is an introduction to Construction Safety and Health Management.

Course Highlights / Benefits

The information, tools, and resources provided in this course are designed to you, whether you're a worker or an employer, to identify, reduce, and eliminate construction-related hazards.

Like all construction companies, you need to tailor your construction safety management system (CSMS) to your own specific work operations and work environments.

An effective CSMS has five primary elements:

• the safety culture
• involvement
• worksite analysis
• hazard prevention and control
• education and training

The standards apply to:

• All contractors who enter into contracts which are for construction, alteration, and/or repair, including painting and decorating.
• All subcontractors who agree to perform any part of the labor or material requirements of a contract.
• All suppliers who furnish any supplies or materials, if the work involved is performed on or near a construction site, or if the supplier fabricates the goods or materials specifically for the construction project, and the work can be said to be a construction activity.