Construction Safety – Can We Make It Better?
Learning Objectives:
- Identify ways to prevent injury and citations on construction sites.
- Develop ways to keep construction sites safe and profitable.
- Debunk myths that are prevalent on construction job sites with relation to safety.
- Explore options that are available to everyone in the organization that will lower incident rates.
Credits:
Course may qualify for BCSP recertification points.
This course may qualify to be self-reported to ICCP for professional development credits toward CBIP recertification.
Construction is a high-risk occupation for all crafts. Sadly, the year to year statistics keep repeating. The issues are wide ranging, but all can be successfully addressed. Year after year, the injury and citation statistics remain almost constant for the top 10. That is the problem. Our goal is to find ways to stop this trend and develop ways to keep construction sites safe and profitable.
We will:
- Debunk myths that are prevalent on job sites
- Explore options that are available to everyone in the organization that will lower incident rates, some almost overnight
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A retired Naval Officer, Larry Curtis has over 30 years EHS experience including aviation, general industry and construction activities. Curtis has taught hundreds of classes on every aspect of safety. He has concentrated on the management aspect of safety and how that function must be part of a company’s business decision process. Currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Safety and Health Management (ISHM), Curtis enjoys working with safety professionals as they advance their career by obtaining an accredited certification. Prior to ISHM, he was founder and manager of Construction Risk and Safety Management Associates, a risk management consulting business established in 2003. His concentration was in EHS Management and lifting activities. Curtis started this business after several years as a senior risk specialist with a major insurance company, which he joined after many years as a project safety manager for a large construction company in the southeast US. |
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