Common Construction Hazards
What is consistently one of the leading causes of death on Australian construction sites?
- ALoud music
- BSlippery floors only
- CFalls from heightCorrect
- DPaper cuts
Why: Falls from height are a leading cause of construction fatalities. Controls include edge protection, guard rails, safe scaffolds, and fall-arrest systems when higher-order controls are not reasonably practicable.
Hazard Identification & Risk Control
In the hierarchy of control, which measure is the most effective way to deal with a hazard?
- APutting up a sign
- BTelling workers to be careful
- CWearing PPE
- DElimination: removing the hazard completelyCorrect
Why: The hierarchy of control ranks elimination as most effective, followed by substitution, isolation and engineering controls, then administrative controls, with PPE as the least effective, last line of defence.