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Safety 109
Exhibit 5-29B
Safety netting.

REDUCING ACCIDENTS ON THE URBAN JOB SITE

In order to maintain a safe environment on the job site, the following critical elements
must be established:
1. Review the drawings for potential safety concerns.
2. Upper management must be totally committed to safety.
3. Learn to communicate safety to all workers on the job site.
4. Provide a safety manager and/or director on the job site.
5. Make sure that the site is clean with no debris scattered around.
6. The safety manager and PM must constantly walk the job site.
7. Enforce OSHA standards.
8. Have weekly toolbox meetings with all trade foremen.
• Review any current problems.
• Request ways to improve safety on the job site.
• The meeting should be of short duration but cover critical issues.
9. Make sure all trades are using safety equipment prescribed by OSHA.
10. Listen to all the workers and make safety modifications as suggested.
11. Have special safety meetings with all “new” workers. (Approximately 25% of the
accidents occur with workers working less than one month on the job site.)
12. Review all building codes to make sure all safety requirements are being met.
13. Listen to weather reports to make sure all equipment and material will be secured
in case of high winds.
14. Make sure that certain trades do not work during inclement weather (i.e., iron workers).