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If you’re a young worker new to working on a construction site, it can be intimidating if you don’t have a lot of experience. You may also feel nervous to speak up about workplace safety hazards.
However, it’s important to talk about safety at work, ask for health and safety training, and speak up if your gut is telling you something isn’t safe. It could save your life or the life of your co-worker.
It’s your employer’s responsibility to provide adequate training before you start work, and to ensure that occupational health and safety regulations for the construction industry are being followed. Proper health and safety training and orientation about safe work practices helps to ensure that everyone stays safe on the job. Whether it’s ladder safety, electrical safety, or using power tools or mobile equipment, it’s important to speak up if you’re not clear on how to do something safely in your construction job.
Speaking up about your concerns shows that you respect your work and the health and safety of others. You can start by speaking with your supervisor, mentor, or joint health and safety committee rep if you have any concerns or require more health and safety training.
Some quick facts about young workers in construction:
Did you know that over 28,000 young workers are involved in construction projects across British Columbia? And that 23 percent of injuries have involved young workers, resulting in five deaths over the last five years? Falls, being cut or hit, and overexertion are the main causes of injury for young workers in construction, and it’s important that you speak up if something doesn’t feel safe.
#ConstructionSafety
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We’re working to make a difference in workplace health and safety in British Columbia, Canada. By partnering with workers and employers, we help British Columbians come home from work safe every day.
Find us on social media:
#WorkSafeBC #workplacehealthandsafety
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However, it’s important to talk about safety at work, ask for health and safety training, and speak up if your gut is telling you something isn’t safe. It could save your life or the life of your co-worker.
It’s your employer’s responsibility to provide adequate training before you start work, and to ensure that occupational health and safety regulations for the construction industry are being followed. Proper health and safety training and orientation about safe work practices helps to ensure that everyone stays safe on the job. Whether it’s ladder safety, electrical safety, or using power tools or mobile equipment, it’s important to speak up if you’re not clear on how to do something safely in your construction job.
Speaking up about your concerns shows that you respect your work and the health and safety of others. You can start by speaking with your supervisor, mentor, or joint health and safety committee rep if you have any concerns or require more health and safety training.
Some quick facts about young workers in construction:
Did you know that over 28,000 young workers are involved in construction projects across British Columbia? And that 23 percent of injuries have involved young workers, resulting in five deaths over the last five years? Falls, being cut or hit, and overexertion are the main causes of injury for young workers in construction, and it’s important that you speak up if something doesn’t feel safe.
#ConstructionSafety
__________________________________________________________
We’re working to make a difference in workplace health and safety in British Columbia, Canada. By partnering with workers and employers, we help British Columbians come home from work safe every day.
Find us on social media:
#WorkSafeBC #workplacehealthandsafety
Legal terms:
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