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Worksite safety keeps your costs low, jobs efficient, and employees free of harm, protecting your business and reputation. It’s something that can always be improved to minimize everyone’s risk. From safety meetings to material hauling, here are a few steps to take to make your worksite a safer place.

How to Improve the Safety of Your Worksite

1. Provide Hauling Vehicles

Construction work involves a lot of heavy equipment, materials, and movement, which can cause muscle injuries, falls, and accidents. Avoid taking on this risk by instructing employees to use material hauling vehicles to move items across the worksite. For large loads that will take time to move, even with a vehicle, hire heavy equipment hauling services, so your employees can work on other aspects of the project.

2. Keep the Site Clear

material haulingKeep the ground and high-traffic areas free of obstructions and tripping hazards, like tree stumps, piles of gravel, and loose materials. If stumps or large boulders are scattered throughout the site, you may need to hire a land clearer to remove them. Make sure the company you hire also provides material hauling, so they can take the debris out of the worksite.

3. Delegate Work to Others

Partner with other professionals that are trained in specific tasks, like heavy equipment hauling or land clearing, since they know what they’re doing. Your employees may injure themselves or create hazardous situations if they try to figure out how to perform these actions themselves. This will also waste precious time, as they may spend hours trying to learn a new technique or piece of machinery.

4. Conduct Regular Safety Meetings

Hold meetings regularly to review proper safety practices and address any recurring issues or concerns you’ve seen around the jobsite. These meetings can also be an opportunity for employees to suggest ways to enhance existing safety practices or voice their concerns.

 

Sanford’s Service Center in Pahoa, HI, can simplify your worksite safety by handling all of your material hauling and land clearing tasks. These professionals have provided Big Island businesses with reliable aggregate delivery and heavy hauling services for over 40 years, and their fleet includes a wide variety of trucks that will meet your project’s needs. Browse their services online, or call (808) 965-8144 for a free estimate.

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