Consider Safety When Starting A Concrete Block Business

February 28, 2010

Safety is not talked about much when conversing about starting your business, but when you are making concrete blocks for a living, safety is paramount, for several reasons.

First, for you and your employees, the familiarity and atmospheric nature of what you are doing must be carefully considered. One of the most damaging things in the world that you can breathe is cement dust. It acts as a sort of desiccate, acting to dry out anything that normally is moist, and most critically, anything that needs to stay moist. This gets very serious when talking about the inside of the nose, the eyes, and the mouth and throat. If a person were to just encounter it once during the day, that might be fine, but when it is a part of everything you do for the day, not so fine.

Take precautions to ensure that your workspace is well ventilated (for those of you working in your garage, be sure there is a door or window opposite your main garage door. This enables ventilation to a much larger degree than if you just open the large door). Use goggles and gloves, along with a dust mask at minimum, preferably a breathing apparatus. All the profit in the world is not worth trading for your ability to breathe.

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