Construction Safety Week focus on the ‘nuts and bolts’ #CIFSafety22

Construction Safety Week 2022 sees the Construction Industry Federation calling for a renewed focus on the ‘nuts and bolts’ of construction safety.

Construction Safety Week is a national awareness campaign aimed at promoting positive safety and health across the country’s 159,000 construction workers, clients and related industries.

The five themes Key diary dates for Construction Safety Week 2022 are as follows:

1. Monday 17^th Safe access and egress,
2. Tuesday 18^th Safety by example
3. Wednesday 19^th Safe working at height
4. Thursday 20^th Safe use of mobile equipment
5. Friday 21^st Safe control of hazardous energies

According to the latest Health and Safety Authority figures, there were 794 people injured across the construction industry in 2021. This is a 4.3% increase in injuries on the previous year.

From 2017 to 2021, the top three causes of construction-related accidents were:

• Slips, trips and falls (702 incidents)
• Lifting and carrying (560 incidents)
• Falling from height (519 incidents)

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