WHAT’S AT STAKE

A structural steel worker is a metal worker who is engaged in building metal structures, esp. in high-rise buildings, where a worker joins together steel beams, columns, and surfaces, and creates a metal skeleton. Structural steel workers could also perform other tasks involving metal construction building sites.

WHAT’S THE DANGER

DANGERS OF WORKING/TRAVELLING ON SKELETON STEEL

• Hazard of falling from considerable heights, while joining metal components of a building; and/or when the work is done while standing on a ladder or at an elevated surface.
• Being hit by falling objects (falls of heavy loads on the feet or on other […]

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