Safety curfew at the construction sites in the south (Photo: Negev Contractors' Organization)
The Negev Contractors Organization in cooperation with the Safety Headquarters of the Haaretz Builders Contractors Association issued an emergency order last Thursday (2.3) to implement a "safety curfew" at construction sites.
In this framework, the construction sites stopped their work and held briefings and discussions on construction site safety with the workers and contractors at the various sites, where the briefings were carried out in three languages: Hebrew, Arabic and Chinese.
The decision on the emergency decree occurred following the increase in the number of fatal accidents in the construction industry in Israel.
In 2022, 23 fatal accidents occurred and since the beginning of 2023, 7 workers have died during construction work.
Safety curfew at the construction sites in the south (Photo: Negev Contractors' Organization)
Besides the workers who lost their lives, many workers were injured during the construction work.
As a result, the "safety curfew" is a first step in restoring control, management, work and proper construction, and this is to stop the phenomenon of accidents that can be avoided in advance by conducting briefings and refreshing the instructions that may save lives.
During the "Safety Curfew" activity, the management of the organization led by the chairman of the organization and the president of the Haaretz Association of Builders, Eli Avisror and the organization's CEO Elad Dadon, went on a tour of the various construction sites to meet the workers, supervisors and safety inspectors at the various sites up close and to stand together with them on The importance of things and to hold professional discussions to improve safety.
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Eli Avisror, the chairman of the contractors' organization and the president of the Haaretz Association of Builders, explained: "We do not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. Every day workers are injured and killed at the construction sites, something that hurts not only the workers but also their families. In 2023 we want to strive and improve and of course reduce this horrible phenomenon. Our goal is for our employees to return home safely to their families and these safety instructions are intended to refresh and remind the safest work procedures to prevent the next accident."
The CEO of the Contractors Association in the Negev, Elad Dadon, added: "The accidents and safety incidents in the industry are not decreed from heaven, it is our power and our responsibility to prevent them.
Preliminary planning, strict briefing, disclosure of personal and professional responsibility and involvement of all officials in the industry, are the basis for reducing the probability of an accident happening and even preventing it.
The association, the management and the members of the organization attach great importance to quality and excellence, and safety is an integral part of this."
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