Out of all the sub categories of safety talks published here on Safety Talk Ideas the construction industry has the largest amount of topics available. The safety talk ideas posted below are the ones from our list of all of the talks posted on the site that apply to the construction industry in some way.
Unlike some general industry operations, the construction industry is often ever changing and with that change brings new and unique hazards to address. Using the talks below can give your work crews guidance on many different topics they could deal with. Spending time on holding useful safety meetings in the morning before work begins is an effective way to reduce the chance of employees being injured on the job.
Browse all of the free safety talks below relating to construction. Visit our members talks page to see what additional talks are offered as part of being a paid member of the site. Spanish versions of some of our more popular construction safety talks will be added to the members area soon. Check back to see what is added and in the meant time you can email [email protected] with any questions!
- Alcohol Use
- Allergies
- Amputations
- Annual Checkup
- Asbestos Dangers
- Automated External Defibrillators
- Back Injuries and Prevention
- Backing Up (Motor Vehicle Safety)
- Battling Complacency
- Bees and Wasps
- Being Client-focused (Construction Industry)
- Benzene
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Burn Severity
- Burns
- Carbon Monoxide Safety
- Carcinogens
- Chainsaw Safety
- Clothing
- Cold Stress
- Common Cold
- Communicating Issues
- Communication and Safety
- Communication Tools and Safety
- Concrete Burns
- Concrete Work
- Costs of Drugs on the Job
- Dangers of Excessive Sitting
- Dealing with Stress from Home
- Diesel Exhaust
- Distracted Driving (Cellphone Use)
- Distracted While Walking
- Distractions Created by Smartphones When Not in Use
- Doing Work Tasks Wrong the First Time
- Dropped Objects
- Drowsy Driving
- Drug Abuse
- Dump Truck Operation
- Dump Truck Overturns
- Dust (Construction)
- Easy Way Instead of the Right Way
- Electrical Injuries
- Electrical Safety
- Elimination of Hazards
- Excavation Safety
- Excavator Quick Coupler Device Safety
- Eye Damage Due to Sunlight
- Eye Injuries and Prevention
- Fall Protection
- Falls (Construction Industry)
- Falls on the Same Level
- Fatal Four Hazards (Construction)
- Fatigue
- Fire Extinguishers Use and Inspection
- First Aid Preparedness
- First Day Back to Work
- Five Common Contributing Factors
- Five Reasons to Work Safe Today
- Fixed Objects (Motor Vehicle Safety)
- Fixed Open Blade Knives
- Flu
- Forklift Fatalities and Injuries
- Four Focus Items for Work Area Inspections
- Front End Loader Safety
- Gasoline Safety
- Ground Personnel and Mobile Equipment
- Habits and Safety
- Hand Safety and Injury Prevention
- Hand Tool Inspections
- Hazardous Chemicals- Four Routes of Entry
- HDPE Pipe Welding
- Health is Everything
- Heart Attacks
- Heat Stress
- Heat Stroke
- Heavy Equipment (Four Other Hazards)
- Heavy Equipment (Two Major Hazards)
- Heavy Equipment Operation
- Helping Out
- Hierarchy of Controls
- High Wind Dangers (Construction)
- Housekeeping in the Construction Industry
- How Observant Are You?
- How What We Do at Home Affects Work
- Human Performance
- Hydration: The Importance of Water
- Hydrogen Sulfide
- Importance of Mentoring
- Importance of Organized Laydown Yards
- Insect Sting Allergies
- Involve the Right Person
- Knowing What to do in an Emergency
- Lack of Time
- Ladder Safety
- Lawn Mower Safety
- Lead Paint
- Leave Yourself an Out
- Lifting and Rigging
- Lightning Safety
- Line of Fire Hazards
- Lyme Disease
- Manual Handling Injury Prevention
- Mosquitos
- Muddy Work Areas
- New Employees
- New Equipment
- Nine Basic Construction Safety Rules
- Noise at Work and Home
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
- Not My Problem
- Occupational-related Cancer
- Office Safety
- One Billion Dollars Spent on Injuries a Week
- One Safeguard Doesn’t Make it Safe
- Opioid Abuse
- Organization of Work Areas
- Orthostatic Intolerance
- Pinch Points and Hand Injuries
- Poison Ivy
- Pressure Washing
- Preventing Equipment Damage Incidents (Construction)
- Radio Communication
- Ready For Work
- Recognized Versus Unrecognized Hazards
- Relying on Memory
- Report All Injuries
- S.O.R.T Tool
- Safety Can Be Redundant
- Safety Related Paperwork
- Seatbelts
- Securing a Construction Site
- Selective Attention at Work
- Severity and Frequency
- Shift Work Dangers
- Shoveling Snow
- Silica Dust
- Silicosis
- Skid Steer Safety
- Skin Cancer Due to Sun Exposure
- Sleep
- Slips
- Slips, Trips, and Falls
- Snakes in the Workplace
- Spiders
- Spotter Safety
- Stopping Work
- Stretching Pros and Cons
- Strokes- Signs and Emergency Response
- Struck-by Incidents (Construction)
- Surveying (Construction)
- Taking Action to Work Safe
- Taking Ownership of Safety
- Taking Shortcuts
- Task Planning
- The Little Things
- The Negative Side of Quick Reactions
- The Ripple Effect of Safety
- Theft from a Construction Site
- Think of the Next Person
- Three Self-Centered Reasons to Work Safe
- Three Types of Poor Housekeeping Hazards
- Three Way Communication
- Ticks
- Tornado Safety
- Train Safety
- Trip Injuries and Prevention
- Truck Driving
- Two Types of Workplace Stress
- Types of Fire Extinguishers
- Underground Utility Strikes
- Unloading Trailers (Construction)
- Unsafe Conditions
- Utility Vehicle Safety
- Vehicle Inspections
- Verbal Communication and Workplace Safety
- Verifying Safeguards
- Weed Wacker Safety
- West Nile Virus
- Which Safeguard Makes the Difference?
- Wildlife in the Workplace
- Wind Chill Index
- Winter Weather
- Winter Weather Driving
- Wood Dust
- Work Area Best Practices
- Working Alongside Subcontractors
- Workplace Inspections
- Workplace Shootings
- Workplace Suicides
- Workplace Violence
- Zero Injuries in the Workplace
