Who is a structural steel worker?
A structural steel worker is a metal worker who is engaged in building metal structures, esp. in high-rise buildings, where he joins together steel beams, columns and surfaces, and creates a metal skeleton. Structural steel workers could also perform other tasks involving metal construction building sites, including work on air conditioning systems, ironwork fixing, and the like. What is dangerous about this job? • Hazard of falling down from considerable heights, while joining metal components of a building; and/or when the work is done while standing on a ladder or at an elevated surface • Being hit by falling objects (falls of heavy loads on the feet or on other parts of the body • Eye injury, as a result of flying metal splinters, while working with a chisel and hammer, or when doing sharpening, cutting or welding works • Back and spinal column injury caused by lifting and moving heavy loads • Exposure to very high noise levels • Electrocution, as a result of touching live electric
