Construction sites are inherently dangerous. These practices will help keep you safe.
• Eat and drink only in designated areas. Undesignated areas may present hazards such as airborne particles or poisons that you ingest along with your food. These areas may contain slipping hazards, falling object hazards, or other hazards you wouldn’t be exposed to if you were in a designated area. Also, control of rodents, insects, and disease is made easier when eating and drinking are restricted to specific areas.
• Don’t be there unless you have to. Many places on construction sites get used as break areas, even though they contain energized equipment, toxic chemicals, or other hazards. Stay away from outdoor transformer pens and transformer vaults unless you have work-related reason to be there; this minimizes your exposure to arc blast in the event of a fault.
• Dispose of food and beverage waste into designated containers. To prevent rodent and insect problems, food waste must be first properly contained and then removed often. These containers facilitate that.
