"Your consultant's diligence and positive "can do" attitude greatly contributed to our success in working 345,000 plus man-hours without a recordable injury."
Project Manager
Electrical Contractor
Site Safety Management for Construction Projects
Amerisafe Consulting and Safety Services leads the industry in Construction Safety Management by providing experienced “hands on” Site Safety Management - utilizing proven tools, techniques, training programs and incorporating "Best Practices" of the industry.
How is this accomplished?
Site Safety Observation Reports:
Safety Observation Reports are used as an informal way to conduct observations of the job site to identify not only the negative but the positive acts or conditions as it relates to construction site safety. Completion of these forms is typically a responsibility of all front line leadership and employees involved with the project.
By completing these reports it creates a useful tool to identify the safety trends and determine where the client is doing well and where there is a need for increased job site safety focus. By requiring management to complete Safety Observations it ensures that safety is a key part of daily activities.
Amerisafe Construction Site Safety Consultants utilize proven techniques to coach and train all parties involved to insure that Safety Observation Reports are a key tool to improve workplace safety.
Construction Safety Management - Job Safety Analysis:
Our Construction Site Safety Management Consultants will manage the Job Safety Analysis Program (JSA). The JSA is an effective tool used to promote safe work planning for every task. Most employees are excellent at planning the manpower, tools, equipment and time necessary to compete each task, but often do not take the necessary time to plan for job site safety. This is where the JSA can be an effective tool in bridging that gap.
The JSA is a simple form that is completed by the worker or group of workers prior to conducting a task. The form allows the workers to break the task down into steps, identify the associated hazards, and the corrective actions taken to either eliminate or protect themselves from the identified hazards. Our Safety Consultants will evaluate and train individuals and crews who need guidance to improve on the JSA process. By improving the JSA process it often leads to a positive change in construction site safety culture.
Construction Site Safety Orientation:
Amerisafe Site Safety Consultants will provide pre-job orientation to all Managers, Contractors, and Sub-contractors conducting work on the construction site project. Orientations will include Site Specific Safety Rules and Procedures, JSA Training, Safety Observation Training, Pre-Employment Drug Screening and any additional information that the owner or client wishes to convey to all employees.
Construction Site Safety - On-Site Drug Testing:
In order to ensure a drug free work place, Amersiafe Consulting and Safety Services can conduct pre-employment and random on-site drug testing. On-site instant testing offers the advantage of a drug free workplace at the start of and for the duration of the project.
Conducting the tests on-site saves time and money by keeping worker "down time" for the actual testing to a minimum. Testing also allows us to see instant results for non-negative tests, ensuring that a worker who is not fit for duty is immediately removed from the project. This prevents him or her from continuing to work and potentially create a risk to other employees while waiting up to 3-5 days for outside laboratory results.
Amerisafe Consulting and Safety Services has trained and authorized DISA personnel that can provide collection services. DISA is a leading provider of full-service Employee Screening Services: administering drug and alcohol testing policies for U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Corporate Entities, and Contractor Consortia Programs.
Construction Site Safety - Contractor Requirements:
Amerisafe Consulting and Safety Services has developed a system for owners and general contractors to establish specific guidelines that must be met by Contractors and Sub-Contractors to ensure a consistent approach to Contractor Safety Management on site. In addition to these key qualifications, our Construction Site Safety Consultants can provide additional resources to ensure an appropriate pre-qualification process that is conducive to the client and operations of the site.
Construction Safety Management Meetings:
Project/Hands Meetings
The function of these site safety management meetings is to give workers and management a chance to discuss any pertinent safety items and communicate issues and/or corrective actions. It also gives management a chance to report on the success or failure of the current program and listen to the workers recommendations for improvement. These construction safety meetings increase involvement and ownership by participants and demonstrate top management support for programs and procedures. This also ensures that all safety and health items are appropriately discussed and focus is placed on necessary topics.
Safety Committee Meetings
The overall purpose of a Safety Committee is to promote worker ownership and involvement in the safety program. These teams can be made up of representatives from each contractor and or craft and a construction management representative. These teams function as a positive way to conduct job site audits, promote safety with each craft, identify hazards and recommended corrections, complete Safety Observation Reports and most importantly provide communication from workers to management and management to workers.
Site Safety - Case Management:
In the event of a work related injury Amerisafe Construction Safety Consultants have the expertise to manage the situation thereby reducing the possibility of OSHA Recordable and Lost Work Day cases. This is done by utilizing a panel of physicians for non-emergency treatment of injured workers and carefully monitoring the employee’s treatment. Most panel of physician doctors are used to working with companies concerned about reducing OSHA recordable and lost time injuries and will work with the patient as much as possible without denying necessary treatment if properly managed. In addition, Amerisafe Consulting and Safety Services will ensure all injured workers are tested for illegal drugs and alcohol at the time of treatment or as soon as feasible.
Site Safety Training:
ACSS Consultants have the ability to train all functions of management and crafts on a vast array of safety and health topics. Our Site Safety Consultants like to take a "hands on" approach with many of these topics and is experienced in adult learning techniques to keep the audience attention. Sessions and classes can be designed for craft-specific, job specific and project specific applications or developed for a general audience. Please refer to our Safety Training page for additional information on the numerous training classes that we offer both in-house and at the job site.
