Helping you establish effective construction safety programs

The construction industry is one of the most hazardous in the nation, consistently facing some of the highest rates of workplace fatalities and injuries. For Colorado businesses, managing the vast array of risks associated with residential home building, roofing, carpentry, electrical, and plumbing is an enormous undertaking. Our resources are designed to help you navigate these complexities, ensuring that every project—from a single-family home to a large-scale development—is completed without compromising worker safety.

OSHA's Regulatory requirements and the "Fatal Four"

Construction safety is governed by a comprehensive set of regulations known as OSHA's Construction Industry Standards (29 CFR Part 1926). These rules govern nearly every activity on a job site, with a heavy emphasis on mitigating the "Fatal Four"—the leading causes of industry fatalities: falls, struck-by, caught-in/between, and electrocutions. Collectively, these hazards account for over 60% of all construction worker deaths.

1. Falls

2. Struck-By objects

3. Electrocutions

4. Caught-In/Between

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To stay ahead of these risks, we recommend integrating the Daily Construction Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) into your morning tailgates. This proactive tool allows teams to identify site-specific dangers before work begins. For ongoing compliance, our Comprehensive Construction Safety Inspection Checklist and Construction contractor weekly safety inspection checklist provide a structured framework for supervisors to audit the site and correct hazards in real-time.

Targeted Hazard Prevention

Workers must be protected from the dynamic movement of the job site. Our guides on How to prevent struck-by injuries and How to Protect Yourself From Caught-in or Between Hazards offer practical strategies for maintaining safe distances from heavy machinery. Additionally, with elevated work, falls and falling tools become major liabilities. Our Dropped Object Prevention Sample Plan helps you implement tethering and exclusion zone protocols to protect ground-level workers and our Scaffold Safety Checklist and Ladder inspection checklist will protect employees working at height.

Building a Safety Culture from Day One

Safety starts with the first hour on the job. Our onboarding suite helps you set high expectations for new hires through resources like Safely onboarding employees in construction and the New-hire safety checklist. To verify that the message is sticking, utilize the Employee safety orientation quiz for construction and the Safety check-in for construction to maintain an ongoing dialogue about risk.