Construction jobsites can be very dangerous and the workers can get seriously injured or
even worse, death. In the building of the U.S. Bank Stadium, a worker fell off the top of the roof
and fell to his death. Regulations and requirements are pretty strict these days and yet serious
injuries still happen every year. Just think, every building or every road that people use in
everyday life was once under construction at least at one point in time. People think that injuries
will always happen just because of people not paying attention on the jobsite. Injuries should
never happen at jobsites, it is just unacceptable to put people’s lives in danger to build a building.
With injuries occurring at jobsites, these regulations and safety requirements still need to
improve.
First thing is to define who is technically in charge of the safety on the jobsites.
According to Construction Management JumpStart (2006), “Project managers and
