This document provides guidelines for construction workers to protect public safety. It emphasizes using proper traffic control, signage, barricades, and permits to isolate work sites and reroute pedestrians and vehicles. Workers should also keep work areas clean and well-lit, secure tools and materials, and escort any members of the public who enter sites. Following these guidelines helps construction workers fulfill their role of protecting the public from hazards.

1. 1. Protecting the
Public
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2. Protecting the
Public
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 Introduction:
 As professionals, our job is to
protect the public from the
hazards of our work
 Most people are unaware of the
hazards of construction sites,
and must be protected by those
of us who know.

3. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 Any work performed on a public
thoroughfare must have proper
traffic control measures
provided to keep motorists and
pedestrians separated from
work area.

4. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 Use signs and barricades to
keep work site isolated from the
public.

5. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 Many construction jobs are
performed at night. Use proper
lighting, signs, and barricades

6. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 Obtain proper permits and close
off the walkways to reroute foot
traffic around work zone.
 Keep open walkways near job
site clean, free of debris, and
well lit.

7. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 While working at heights,
protect opening with covers,
toeboards, or nets to prevent
tools and debris from dropping
on public or co-workers.

8. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 Excavation work near roads or
walkways, fence off material
piles to prevent material from
rolling into traffic.

9. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 Any walkways over an
excavation must be provided
with guardrails.

10. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 Never leave tools or material
unattended around children at
any time
 If you spot children or any
pedestrian on, or passing
through, a job site, immediately
intercept them and escort the

11. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 Ensure that material handling
operations such as crane
hoisting, unloading trucks, and
material stockpiling, etc. are
performed away from the public.

12. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 Ensure that all tools, equipment,
and materials are secured
before traveling on public
thoroughfare.
 Post No Smoking signs around
fueling operations and areas of
work with flammable material

13. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 When operating trucks and
heavy equipment, always give
the right-of-way to the public.

14. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 After work hours, ensure all
tools, equipment, etc. are
securely stored.
 Walk the job-site after quitting
time and check that all
barricades, and warning signs
are in place and secure. Check

15. Protecting the
Public
 Guidelines to help protect the
public:
 Conclusion:
 You attention to the public’s
safety on the job is the only
thing protecting the public from
the hazards of construction
sites.