THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING WITH A CONSTRUCTION SAFETY HARNESS
If you own a construction site and have a large number of people working on it for you then having the right of construction safety harnesses deployed at the construction site should remain of prime importance to you as you certainly do not wish to have unwanted accidents and injuries at the workplaceDo you know what is the most common type of injury that happens at the construction sites? According to several studies, most of the workers reported injuries due to falls at the construction sites, which is also one of the major causes of deaths at the construction site. It is important for a construction site owner to provide adequate safety harness to its employees. It is mandatory to provide personal protective equipment that prevents falls if the workers are working at sites where structures are being built...
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AKUFFO-ADDO’S 9 DIRECTIVES FOR LPG SAFETY IN GHANA
President Akufo-Addo in the aftermath of a horrible gas explosion at Atomic Junction in Accra on October 7, 2017 and on the advice of cabinet has directed that henceforth the Cylinder Recirculation Model of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) distribution be implemented. According to a statement signed by the Minister of Information, Hon. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid this model means that LPG Bottling Plants will be sited away from congested commercial and population centers and will procure, brand, maintain and fill empty cylinders to be distributed to consumers and households through retail outlets. The statement added that low-risk stations will be designated for the supply of gas to vehicles and the “whole exercise must be completed within one year”. In the interim, the President has directed that the following steps be taken to give comfort to and ensure the safety of our...
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SEVEN DEAD AND 68 INJURED IN GAS EXPLOSIONS IN GHANA
A tanker explodes near a petrol station in Accra, sending a huge fireball high into the sky and causing scores of people to flee. Two huge explosions sent a giant fireball high into the sky above the city at around 7.30pm on Saturday. Scores of people ran from the scene. Some 68 people were treated in hospital for their injuries. “There was some panic and we all just moved away from the scene,” said eyewitness George Agbey. “It was like refugees moving away from a war-torn zone.” Ghana’s deputy information minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah said people with “various degrees of injury” were being treated in hospital. In May, an explosion at a factory in the port city of Takoradi occurred as a tanker was discharging liquefied petroleum gas at the Ghana Household Utilities Manufacturing Company factory. SOURCE: Skynews.com DATE: Sunday...
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GHANA PETROL STATION INFERNO KILLS ABOUT 150 IN ACCRA
Some 150 people have died in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, officials say. The fire on Wednesday night started as people in the city were trying to cope with two days of heavy rain, which has left many homeless and without power. The flooding hampered rescue efforts and may have led to the fire, the BBC’s Sammy Darko reports from Accra. President John Dramani Mahama has announced three days of national mourning to begin on Monday. It is thought that people were in the petrol station sheltering from the downpours when the fire broke out, our correspondent says. A further 25 people have died in the floods, officials say. President Mahama visited the burnt-out petrol station and described the deaths as “catastrophic” and “almost unprecedented”. He vowed to take tough measures to stop people...
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PASSENGERS URGED TO BE ACTIVE ROAD USERS
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has launched the Passenger Empowerment and Easter Campaign dubbed “Passengers, Speak Up! Don’t Get Killed on the road”. The campaign is a prelude amongst others to scale up road user education during the festive season. The Passenger Empowerment and Easter Campaign is to ensure that passengers aboard commercial vehicles demand safety from transport operators at lorry terminals and also to take active interest in road safety.Passenger fatalities constitute about 23 percent of road traffic crashes ranging from 400 to 600 in the last decade. Performing the launch of the campaign, Minister of Transport, Hon. Dzifa Aku Attivor noted that between 2010 and 2012, about 1,184 persons have been killed as passengers with several others sustaining injuries. She explained that the problem of passenger deaths exists because the transport industry, largely dominated by private...
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ONE DEAD; THREE INJURED IN TWO EXPLOSIONS AT TOR
One person has been reported dead in an explosion disaster that happened around the Tema Oil Refinery, Tuesday. The deceased who is yet to be identified was running away when an electric pole reportedly fell on him, Joy News’ Joseph Opoku Gakpo reported. Godwin Damali, a fire personnel also confirmed the death. Three other fire officials have been injured as a result of the explosion. The fire men were said to be repairing the leaked pipeline when the explosion occured. A fresh pipeline at the Tema Oil Refinery exploded, in what appears to be a second disaster around the Cocoa Processing Factory in Tema. The first pipeline was reported to have exploded around 3:00 pm which led to an inferno that ravaged some buildings around the area. Just when fire and police personnel arrived to keep the explosion under...
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6 PERISH IN SEGE ACCIDENT
By: Doreen Andoh. Graphic Online Six persons died on the spot yesterday when a Mercedes Sprinter bus burst its tyre and somersaulted several times at Sege on the Tema-Aflao road. Many other passengers sustained various degrees of injury in the accident that occurred about 1:30 p.m. The Hohoe-bound bus, with registration number VR 5044-14, was travelling from Madina when the accident occurred. Police account The Ada District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent of Police Mr Hlordzi Dodzi, who confirmed the tragedy to the Daily Graphic in a telephone interview, said the bodies which were yet to be identified had been deposited at the Ada District Hospital morgue. He said the injured, who are also yet to be identified, were receiving treatment at the same hospital. According to Mr Dodzi, the bus burst a tyre at Sege, resulting in it somersaulting...
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TRAGEDY: FATHER, DAUGHTER DIE IN BUILDING COLLAPSE
A 28-year-old man and his 4-year-old daughter have died after the walls of their bedroom collapsed on them at Aninkruma near Barekuma in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of Ashanti. Kofi Boateng, the father and Maame Pokua were pronounced dead on arrival at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) after the tragedy on Tuesday night. His wife, who is five months pregnant, and another child were seriously injured, and are currently receiving treatment at the same hospital. She is said to have lost one leg in the accident. Nhyira FM’s Ohemeng Tawiah reports that the family was asleep when a section of the building gave way trapping them inside for a while before neighbours came to their rescue. He reports that the five-month old pregnant mother had attempted to escape with the now deceased daughter, but were hit by the...
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CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON YOUR SITE
By: Martin Sejas There are so many aspects of Construction Environmental Impacts to consider with any building works, but these are the most important ones. We often only think about the obvious things when we consider the environment, but we should look further than our immediate locale. In fact the government is looking into ways to reduce Construction Environmental Impacts, and are looking to reduce the damage building does in our country. Pollution in terms of Construction Environmental Impacts used to be the only consideration taken into account by the powers that be. The construction industry accounts for anything up to 7 per cent of the CO2 emissions created globally. That’s quite a fair bit of pollution by any standards. Anyone will see that the Construction Environmental Impacts of CO2 is sizable. Expect many changes to legislation in this...
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ADVANTAGES OF OFFICE PLANTS
By: Errol Livingston I think we have all been to offices and buildings where the atmosphere is very sterile and it does not seem very inviting. This type of office has been structured for efficiency and built so the staff concentrate on their jobs and get things done. But this is not actually the most efficient way to get to that result. Making the office a bit more ‘green’ with the use of office plants and good looking pots and planters can improve both the ‘working atmosphere’ and the actual ‘air atmosphere’ too. Let’s face it everyone wants to be happy in their work and most of us would concur that when we are happy and contented we are more able to put in 100% and get through all of our work in a speedy and efficient manner. When...
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