A lot of people get hurt and killed on construction sites every year. The reality is that there are few hazards that only occur on construction sites, but the problem is that due to the nature of activity control.
The things that happen to people include:
* They fall off things
* They fall into holes
* They trip over things
* Things are dropped on them
* They are squashed by moving equipment and vehicles
* They are exposed to hazardous substances (especially asbestos, dust and solvents in adhesives and paints)
* They come into contact with electricity
* They get hurt during manual handling
One crucial difference is that the quality of an individuals work can impact on someone else's health and safety, possibly sometime after the construction work is complete. This may be during use of the building, maintaining or even demolishing it. For this reason the the way buildings and other structures are designed and constructed needs careful consideration.
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