COSH

CONSTRUCTION
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY &
HEALTH COURSE
Construction Site Premises
Construction Site Premises
 Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, participants should be able to:
• Identify the hazards in a typical construction workplace;
• To show to other that these dangers exist to list ways to keep the
workplace clean, safe and healthy;
• To provide guideline for all employees to follow,
• And to safely use heavy equipment in the construction site.
 Accident Prevention:
• Real factor in the economic success of any construction job
• Methods of prevention
• Ample evidence
• Profitable
• Lower Cost and greater efficiency
General Construction Site Requirements
• Accident prevention is a legal requirement
• Complete understanding between
• Practical experience in running construction jobs
• Accident prevention as part of advance planning
• Protection of workers and the public:
• Applicable gov’t standard regulations
 Construction Hazards
• Open excavation
• Falling objects
• Welding operations
• Dust and Dirt
• Temporary wirings
• Temporary overhead electrical lines
 Construction Site Requirement
Construction premises shall have adequate signs for fire,
emergency or danger, and safety instructions of standard colors and
sizes visible at all times.
Construction safety signage: must be provided to warn
workers and the public of hazards existing in the
workplace:

• Areas where there is potential risk from falling objects

• Tripping or slipping hazards
• Periodic update of man-hours lost Standard Color of
Signs For Safety:
RED – Fire protection
• To call attention to fire
protection equipment
apparatus and facilities

GREEN – Designating Safety,

First Aid
WHITE, BLACK, or a combination of
these, are the basic colors for the
designation of traffic and
housekeeping marking.
YELLOW - CAUTION.
• For marking physical hazards, such as
striking, against stumbling falling,
tripping and “caught in between.”

ORANGE – WARNING
• To designate dangerous parts of
machines energized equipment.
Electrical hazards. (Yellow-Gold)
BLUE – NOTICE
• To designate caution, limited to
warning against starting use of or
the movement of equipment,
which is under repair.

PURPLE – Radiation
• To designate hazards. Yellow is
used in combination with purple
for markers, such as tags, labels,
signs.
Other signs:
• Men at Work
• Slippery when wet
• Deep Excavation
• One Way
• No Entry
• Sorry for the inconvenience
• No Parking
• STOP
• Elevator Under Repair
 Worker’s Welfare Facilities

Employer Shall provide for adequate supply of safe drinking water, adequate
sanitary and washing facilities in order to ensure humane conditions of work.
Any questions?
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH!
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