Course Overview
Workers in the construction industry face a number of health and safety hazards in their worksites every day, including exposure to materials that can cause serious illness and affect the health of a worker in the long term. This course was designed to provide awareness of the potential dangers of some common materials to which construction workers may be exposed. Ideal learners are all construction employees.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define the term health hazard
- List the major health hazards you may be exposed to at a construction site
- Identify work activities that may expose you to each of these hazards
- Identify work activities that may expose you to each of these hazards
- Give examples of what you can do to prevent or limit exposure to each of the hazards discussed