Construction

Inspectors will be looking for hazards around excavations during this May inspection blitz.

Resources

Fact Sheet | Backgrounder

• Beam Clamps (Lever-Action)
• Constructor Guideline
• Construction Safety: Excavation Hazards
• Hazards in Hardwood Floor Installation and Finishing
• Heat Stress
• Preventing Infectious Diseases on Construction Projects
• Prevent Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) at Construction Projects
• Shepherd's Hook
• Struck by Objects: Construction Traffic Hazards
• Supervisory Engagement in Construction

Access Equipment

• Elevating Work Platform Safety in Construction
• Ladder Safety in Construction
• Suspended Equipment Safety in Construction

Concrete Forming, Masonry, Siding, Framing and Roofing

• Concrete Forming on Low-Rise Residential
  Construction Projects
• Framing and Roofing at Low-Rise Residential
  Construction Projects
• Concrete Forming, Masonry, Siding and Built-up Roofing Trades

Fall Prevention

• Class Frontal – Fixed Rail Ladder (FRL) Fall Protection System
• Prevent Slips, Trips and Falls in all Workplaces
• Prevent Falls on Construction Projects
  Fact Sheet | Safety Tip Card: Available in other languages
• Worker Falling Through Skylight
  Information Bulletin | Alert

Hazardous Substances

• Asbestos: FAQs
• Asbestos on Construction Projects and in Buildings and Repair Operations
• Lead On Construction Projects
• Silica On Construction Projects

Manholes, Pipes and Sewers

• Air Pressure in Water Pipe Systems
• Manhole And Pipe Installation Using Backhoes
• Explosion–Sewer Construction Using a Laser Device

Mobile Equipment

• Guideline for the Safe Operation and Maintenance of Powered Lift Trucks
• Operating Construction Equipment in Reverse

Scaffolds

• Guidelines for Multi-Point Suspended Scaffolds
• Suspended Work Platform Safe Use, Maintenance & Inspection

Tower Cranes

• Safety of Mobile Cranes in Construction
• Safety of Tower Cranes in Construction

Workers must be trained in the safe operation of construction equipment.

• Foundation Drilling Equipment

Health and Safety Contact Centre

Toll-free: 1-877-202-0008
TTY: 1-855-653-9260

• Report incidents, critical injuries or fatalities.
  If this is an emergency call 911 immediately.
• Workplace health and safety inquiries.
• Report unsafe work practices.

Other ways to contact us

 

 

Traffic Control During Road Construction

 

 

Construction Project Supervisors 

 

 

Tower Crane Safety 

More Videos

• Notice of Project
• Registration of Constructors and Employers Engaged in Construction
• Notice of Diving Operations
• Notice of Trench Work

• Notice of Window Cleaning Work
• Notice of Asbestos Removal Work
• Asbestos Work Report
• Notice for Tunnels, Shafts, Caissons and Cofferdams

• The Construction Sector

• Construction Sector Plans
  • 2012-2013  [ 662 Kb ]
• Inspection Blitzes

• View CSA Standards
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
• Infrastructure Health & Safety Association
• Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

• Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act
• Workplace Safety and Insurance Act

Regulations

• Asbestos on Construction Projects and in Buildings and Repair Operations (O.Reg. 278/05)
• Construction Projects (O. Reg. 213/91)
• Critical Injury Defined (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 834)
• Roll–Over Protective Structures (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 856 )
• Window Cleaning (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 859)

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