Working Safely

Safety should be a priority whether you are doing the work yourself, or you are paying someone else to do it.

Obviously, you don't want to be hurt in the process of building your log home and, if you hire others, you have a certain responsibility to provide a safe working environment for those who you hire.

Where your own safety is concerned, it is important that you understand the kinds of hazards that will be present on your job site and learn how to protect yourself from those hazards.

Doing that - leading by example - is one of the first steps to providing a safe working environment for others who are working on your project.

Some of the areas we will be discussing in the future are:

• Tool safety
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) including:
- Eye protection
- Hand protection
- Foot protection
- Head protection
• Fall prevention
• Weather hazards:
- Heat stress
- Cold stress

… and more.

If you have questions as we go along, jump to the Thistletop Forums and post your question in the Working Safely Forum.