Demolition and Cleanup

 Fact Sheet

Demolition and Cleanup

Before starting a demolition, the person or persons in charge must adequately prepare for the task with regard to the health and safety of the workers. These preparatory operations involve the overall planning of the demolition job, including the methods to be used to bring the structure down, the equipment necessary to do the job, and the measures to be taken to perform the work safely. Before doing demolition work, inspect available personal protective equipment (PPE), and select, wear and use the PPE appropriate for the task.

Demolition work involves many of the same hazards associated with construction work. However, demolition also poses additional hazards due to unknown factors such as: deviations from the structure's original design, approved or unapproved modifications that altered the original design, materials hidden within structural members, and unknown strengths or weaknesses of damaged materials. To counter these unknowns, all personnel involved in a demolition project need to be fully aware of these types of hazards and the safety precautions available to control these hazards

Glosary:

Regard:  Recomendações

Overall: Totálitário, Inteiro

Planning: Planejamento

Task: Tarefa

Hidden:  Escondido

Counter: Balcão

Involved:  Involvidos

Need: Necessita

Aware: Alerta/ciente/

Availabel: Disponível