How many safety supervisors are required at high rise building construction site?
Employers are encouraged to “provide such supervision as will ensure that workers perform their work with due regard to their safety and health.”38 There is no prescribed number of safety supervisors, as this is not the only element that counts. The competencies of those supervisors and assigning clear responsibilities and authority play an equally important role. Every construction company of any size should appoint a safety officer or officers—a properly qualified person (or persons) whose special and main responsibility is the promotion of safety and health39. In addition, first level supervisors (also referred to as “foreman”, “chargehand”, or “ganger”) with clear responsibilities are fundamental to safety in construction. They also have a role in safety over their particular group of workers, and, as a minimum, each company represented on site should have such supervisors.
