Risk Assessors - The Apps

Some Apps to help you out on the job. Tablets & phones.

Risk Assessor Lite: Fully working version of the successful Risk Assessor App – Try it out for free, and if you like it, simply upgrade to enable unlimited emails, edit risk assessments and add multiple reference photos.

Risk Assessments are important and potentially life saving. People are scared of them, of getting it right and including everything necessary on the report.

Risk Assessor produces the risk assessment report for you. Simply photograph the area in question and drag ‘n’ drop the pre-loaded risks over the photo. Next choose the most relevant Control Measure, Worst Case outcome and Likelihood and you’re done. No paperwork, and a fully personalised, professional PDF Risk Assessment report is created. Video here.

You’ll still need to make sure that the Risks & Control measures you choose are relevant to the site your assessing, but the hard work is done for you, leaving more time to fully consider the risks.

Key Features

•Drag and drop risks over photo

•Fully personalised PDF report

•Preloaded, editable risks & control measures

•Add your own risks & control measures for easy repeat use

•Save & email the report from app

•Save paperwork time, enabling a more focussed Risk Assessment

•Sync your saved assessments with iCal – set reminders

iRisk Assess: Comprehensive risk assessments on your tablet and smartphone. Risk assessments are quite often carried out at a desk and significant details are missed. 

With this application the assessment can be carried out at the point of work more accurately, thereby minimising the chance of overlooking vital hazards for the assessment.

It contains a comprehensive library of hazards with associated control measures (and the option of adding new ones). This will assist in creating good quality assessments. For both Android & ios.

Video here.

 

Safety John is the future of OHS Management Systems and Risk Assessment Tool Through Workplace Safety Apps. Simple highly useful tool to streamline unproductive areas of OHS/ HSE compliance. Hazard / Near miss reporting is as simple as sending a text message or email. Risk Assessment are no longer complicated with Safety John. Simply take your iPad / iPhone along and assess all the hazards, place controls where possible and there they are, right there in your email.

With in the Hazard report; users record the hazard information , including photos or video, the initial risk of their hazard and may record their suggested or actual controls in the report with an updated risk rating. Once finished just send vial email. All reports are one page PDF. Great uses for this App include Hazard or Near miss reporting, General Risk Assessments of hazards in the workplace and documentation and archiving of this data in a timely and cost effective manner. Video here.

Easy OHS - Hazard & Risk Identification Record (Australia): Easy OHS is a powerful Hazard & Risk Assessment Record Keeping Tool. A truly mobile and powerful way to capture and record incident details and subsequent treatment. Never again will you need to keep extensive and confusing paperwork. Features Include

• Easily capture vital Hazard Information including site of dates, control, action required and action taken
• Attach Photo & Video evidence to clearly record potential workplace hazards from camera roll or Dropbox 
• Filter and Communicate OHS Hazard Reports via Email & Dropbox.

Easy OHS also stores all of your content on iCloud which automatically syncs OHS records between all your devices with iCloud. Video here.

HazPad: HazPad is a logical thought process tool designed for the workplace which supports Job Planning to help achieve "Safe Job" outcomes by recognising, evaluating and managing hazards through energy categorisation. In addition, HazPad allows identification of Risk Reduction Actions and “Stop the Job” interventions in advance of performing activities.

Risks Of Working Alone

Looking into effective lone worker security training, policies, systems, and devices has become a real challenge.

Risks of working alone: David Foster of property and people protection specialist Sitex Orbis explains the risks facing those who work alone, the responsibilities of employers and how they can support and protect their staff.

In a world where everyone seems to be connected 24/7, it’s easy to forget many people work alone. Not isolated behind a computer screen and wearing headphones but actually on their own. They may have a mobile phone but if they need help it could be minutes or hours away.

Contracting trends and technological innovation have made it more cost-effective for one person to do what two or more used to. Increased outsourcing means that many people are part of a peripatetic workforce. They may be working at a client site, there may be other people around some of the time but they are not necessarily seen as part of the same community.

Multiskilling, particularly the end of the divide between mechanical and electrical skills, has also driven the trend towards 'one-man' maintenance and repair. Mobile communications, sat nav, hand-held devices with access to technical information and job scheduling make it easier do a job solo.

So who are these lone workers?  Many are public sector workers dealing with the public. From nurses to environmental health inspectors, from traffic wardens to postal workers. They are often in riskier situations than their office-based counterparts.

Lone working is very common in the support services sector. Maintenance workers, security guards, pest control experts and of course cleaners - they all spend part of their working lives alone.

Cleaners work alone

Although cleaners often work in teams many also work alone. Most cleaning is done outside normal working hours, adding to the isolation. A cleaner may enter a building while it is still busy, but may be left alone at the end of their shift. Cleaners tend to start early or finish late at night and are therefore at risk on their journey to and from work.

In many cases cleaners have the same access to buildings as staff, in fact they may have more knowledge of the premises security systems including keys and alarm codes. This makes them vulnerable to criminals planning theft or vandalism.

Cleaners will often be working in environments, such as hospitals, where they may come into contact with members of the public who could pose a risk through disorientation or simply aggressive behaviour. In hospitals and laboratories, as well as some industrial sites, they may also be working in proximity to potentially hazardous chemicals or substances.

Housekeeping staff in hotels can also find themselves alone in a room with a guest – a situation that can have serious consequences for both parties.

There is no common definition of a lone worker across Europe. In the UK, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says "lone workers are those who work by themselves without close or direct supervision". Croner’s Health and Safety offers a wider definition. A lone worker is one "whose activities involve a large percentage of their working time operating in situations without the
benefit of interaction with other workers or without supervision".

What’s clear is that the numbers are increasing every year. According to the British Security Industry Association, more than six million people in the UK work either in isolation or without direct supervision, often in places or circumstances that put them at potential risk.

There were an estimated 654,000 incidents of violence at work according to the 2010/11 British Crime Survey, comprising 341,000 assaults and 313,000 threats. In 2010/11 171 people were killed in the course of their work. Of course not all the incidents involved lone working but isolation can increase the risk.

The three main risks are: violence and aggression, usually from members of the public; occupational risks (such as slips, trips, falls, electrocution); and personal wellbeing risks, including health issues caused by being in stressful situations.

The risks are different for each group of workers. Public sector staff, transport staff and retail workers face threats of abuse or violence from members of the public (more than one in three working alone in the community have been assaulted or harassed in the last two years, according to research from the Royal College of Nursing).

Other employees such as shop workers, security staff or warehouse workers might be at risk of robbery; an engineer, construction worker or maintenance staff are at risk of an accident while working alone.

The law requires employers and others to think about and deal with any health and safety risks before people should be allowed to work alone. The general duty of employers to maintain safe working arrangements under the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act applies. Additionally, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to assess and counter health and safety risks before allowing staff to work alone.

The HSE advises employers that they have a legal duty to notify and consult with safety representatives about the jobs of employees who work alone. These responsibilities cannot be transferred to any other person, including those people who work alone. It is the employer’s duty to assess risks to lone workers and take steps to avoid or control risks where necessary.

Many organisations simply ignore the problem and risks completely – often with disastrous consequences. A major lift company had no lone worker support in place when a lift engineer working alone in a lift shaft, fell, and later died. He wasn’t found for eight hours.

A new offence of corporate manslaughter was created by the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, which came into force in April 2008. For the first time, companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting in a gross breach of a duty of care.

The first prosecution was brought against a surveying company after a geologist, working alone, was killed when a deep trench collapsed. The company was fined almost 500,000 euros. Since then a storage product manufacturer has been fined almost 600,000 euros for the corporate manslaughter of one of its employees who died when he fell through a roof at one of the company’s factories. There are 50 corporate manslaughter cases currently under review.

Support and protection

How can organisations meet their obligations and protect their workers? Perhaps the first option is to review working patterns. It may be possible to avoid situations where staff work alone. For example, rather than allocate cleaners to different rooms or floors of a building, they could work as a team across the facility.

Some firms have introduced daytime cleaning, which as well as ensuring cleaning staff are not working in isolation, encourages the building’s occupants to appreciate the service and those who provide it.

Manage safety

Traditionally organisations employing lone workers have managed their safety in two ways: white board or buddy systems. A white board placed in a prominent position in the office records the names, locations, schedule and mobile numbers of all lone workers. The lone worker checks back into the office and has their whereabouts updated on the board so that should an incident occur, the organisation knows their whereabouts.

The downside is that the white board may only be monitored in office hours (whereas the lone worker may work unsocial hours) and if the person responsible for managing the board is off sick, on holiday or just snowed under, it may get forgotten about.

A buddy system is the equivalent of telling your friend where you’re going to meet a new date. Lone workers tell another colleague where they will be and agree to phone back within a set period of time. Again they may forget to phone back, and if they do call in an emergency situation, their colleague may not be trained to, or have the equipment or technology, to support them.

Communications technology offers new options. For low to medium risk lone workers, a dedicated speed dial set up on a standard mobile phone linking through to an alarm response centre will provide an increased level of safety. For lone workers who routinely face higher levels of risk, enhanced services can be combined with dedicated devices or a smart phone app that can include the ability to set up automatic welfare checks giving the user greater flexibility and protection.

Specialist devices have dedicated emergency keys, or specialist safety sensors, which detect falls, impacts, extended lack of movement or loss of vertical position, and raise the red alarm even if the worker can’t press any buttons. They may also be ruggedised and so work in all sorts of challenging environments and under the harshest elements.

The two relevant industry standards for lone worker protection in the UK are British Standards BS8484 and  BS5979. BS8484 covers  the quality and suitability of key components used for the protection of lone workers, including devices, the service provider, the monitoring and the response are required for the delivery of a robust and effective lone worker solution. Police throughout England, Wales and NI currently require BS8484 in order to guarantee a response.

Any communications technology is only as good as the centre monitoring and responding to calls. BS5979 covers the management and operation of Alarm Receiving Centres (ARC). BS5979 has two categories (CATI and CATII). An ARC operating to BS5979 CATII, such as that run by SitexOrbis, provides more physical security to cater for high security monitoring applications.

The importance of effective lone working support was demonstrated last year when a female traffic warden for Bristol City Council was subjected to a tirade of abuse and threats while issuing a parking notice to a driver who had parked illegally in a disabled bay near the city centre.

She pressed the dedicated panic button on her ruggedised mobile phone, all audio was recorded and she was discreetly connected through to the SitexOrbis alarm receiving centre (BS5979 Cat II) which is staffed 24/7 by fully trained operatives.

Employees trained

As is the standard procedure, the operator remained on the line and began to initiate the pre-agreed emergency response procedure set by Bristol City Council. The man was later arrested and found to be in possession of several knives. The quality of the audio captured between the phone and the digital recorders was commended by the police who took steps to secure a conviction. The council was also able to track the incident in real time using self-service web portal, which also provides a full audit trail.

The HSE advises that lone workers should be capable of responding correctly to emergencies. Risk assessment should identify foreseeable events. Emergency procedures should be established and employees trained in them.

Information regarding a premises’ emergency procedures and danger areas should be given to lone workers. They should have access to adequate first-aid facilities, and mobile workers should carry a first-aid kit suitable for treating minor injuries. Occasionally risk assessment may indicate that lone workers need first aid-training.

All employers have a duty of care to their staff. Supporting those who often work alone will not only protect them, it may just protect your reputation and business.

Further information: the Health and Safety Executive has produced a guide for those working alone and those employing or managing lone workers. Access it here.

Window Cleanings News

How do you keep more than 6,300 people fed, housed and having the time of their life while floating in the middle of the ocean? The Oasis of the Seas—the world's largest cruise ship—aims to accomplish that feat nearly every week. Almost five times as large as the Titanic, it has a population during its seven-day Caribbean sailings that is larger than many American small towns—more than 8,600 when it is fully booked and including staff. The Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ship, which first set sail last December, is almost as long as five Airbus A380 airplanes, or about four football fields. It has 24 restaurants and its own leafy "Central Park." During the weeklong sailings, about 700 tons of new supplies are needed, all loaded aboard each Saturday. Guests consume about 20 gallons of maraschino cherries and 80,000 bottles of beer.
Ensuring a floating city the size of the Oasis operates smoothly is challenging. Cleaning the ship, doing laundry, and fixing things are a 24-hour job for crew members. One of the popular acts, an outdoor Aqua Show with divers, gymnasts and synchronized swimmers, gets canceled about once a week because of rough seas. And the task of cleaning salt water off window exteriors is never done.
Dozens of people and 18 robots wash windows each day. "It's like painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Once you're finished, you start again," says Chris van Raalten, ship manager for marine operations, the group of employees that steer the ship and maintain the ship's exterior and mechanics like the engine. Robots take care of hard to reach places and metal baskets move crew along the upper decks where there are no balconies to support them. Scheduling the cleaning can be tough. The washing can't be done in every port because of environmental regulations, so it often happens while sailing, Mr. van Raalten says.

A 77-year-old woman died when she fell out of a third-floor window in Mór (Fejér County), Hungary. Police say she had been cleaning the window when the gas heater she was standing on collapsed, sending her sailing out the window and plunging to the frozen ground below.

PARIS LETTER: Just as you settle into the timeless ritual of the Parisian bar, you read that the institution is under threat. It reveals its charm in its own good time, this plain old cafe I know, but after my third or fourth visit it had wound me in without even trying. In fact, its effortlessness almost defines it, by which I mean, not that great effort has been skilfully concealed, but that its owner isn’t really all that bothered about the effort side of the business. The other morning, a window- cleaner who was at work inside the cafe stood up on the chair next to me and leaned over to reach an awkward spot on the pane, flicking water all around us. His expression said: what do you expect when windows must be cleaned? Even in a country where shop-owners seem to be guided by the credo that the customer is always, incontrovertibly wrong, this was still quite something.

OAP's 32-year misery in Sheffield neighbourhood: A Pensioner today made a desperate plea for action to tackle fly-tipping and prostitution which he says has been plaguing his neighbourhood for the last 32 years. William Wood, aged 67, said he and wife Freda, 72, both disabled with arthritis, feel "prisoners" in their own home by the problems affecting derelict land on Whitwell Street, Darnall, behind their Main Road home. Houses which used to stand on the site were cleared in the late 1970s and the area has been empty ever since. It has been used as a dumping ground by fly-tippers, who have abandoned items ranging from rubble to used nappies - and even a bag containing a goat's head. And the retired window cleaner has also found needles and used condoms which he believes are from prostitutes taking their clients onto Whitwell Street because it is dark and secluded. He said: "The problems have been going on for the last 32 years since the houses were pulled down.

Expat with that magic touch: On first meeting Todd Plaster, it's not unusual for sparks to fly - from his fingers, and even from his ears. In fact, the American magician has been making memorable first impressions performing in Shanghai for the past four years. Not content to just perform as Master Plaster, a wizard who entertains for children, corporate events and private functions, the canny entrepreneur also manufactures bag-of-tricks products for export to magicians around the world. The gimmicks include devices that can be attached to a performer's fingers or ears and shoot sparks or smoke. The Alaska state native has been even working with Shanghai Jiao Tong University to design a long magician's coat fitted with a sound system that plays sound effects.
During his time in Shanghai, Plaster has worked his magic at events ranging from weddings and children's parties to high-end corporate events for multinational companies such as car makers BMW and Audi and pharmaceutical giant Bayer. Plaster describes himself as a close-up magician who does a comedy-style magic act using a mixture of sleight-of-hand and custom-made gizmos. A close-up magician typically performs to a small group or an individual rather than on a stage. Unlike a stage magician who can rely on props and illusions, a close-up magician commonly uses sleight-of-hand and dexterity developed through years of practice.
Plaster's tricks can take anywhere from a few hours to two years to master. One of his most demanding tricks is the so-called "muscle pass" of a coin. The magician will make a coin "leap" up to a foot out of his hand with no discernible movement of the wrist or arm - claiming his magic coin can defy gravity. The muscle pass is considered by magicians to be one of the most demanding coin tricks. "Whether they be hobbyists or professional magicians, most people know this trick and each year the Japanese have a magicians Olympics where this is one of the events," says Plaster. "It is like the high jump: the person who can make the coin go the furthest wins." Plaster says he was taught by another magician and practiced until his hand was blistered and bled from the effort.
Pursuing the magic behind making a buck in Asia is nothing new for Plaster, who went to Japan as an 18-year-old. Inspired by the 1980s martial arts blockbuster "Karate Kid," the young Plaster launched a window-washing business that earned him enough money to head off to Japan in 1986 to learn karate. Comfortably performing in Chinese, Plaster has made guest appearances at popular Chinese shows since arriving in Shanghai in 2006. One his more notable guest spots was on the popular talk show "Lu Yu You Yue" (A Date With Lu Yu) that has an audience in the hundreds of millions. Plaster is also expanding from magic to frights, planning to open a haunted house in May near the entrance of the World Expo 2010 site on Luban Road in Huangpu District.

Janitors’ union reaches agreement: The day before a planned janitors’ strike by members of the Service Employees International Union Local 26, negotiations between the union and contracting companies ended after 26 hours of bargaining. The strike was planned to begin Monday, but the union and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Contract Cleaners Association reached a tentative agreement early Sunday morning. SEIU will vote to finalize the agreement March 6. Contracts between the companies and the union, which is made up of more than 5,000 janitors, security officers and window cleaners in the Twin Cities, expired at the end of December. Proposed contract changes didn’t meet the union’s requests regarding less expensive health care, green cleaning and retaining full-time employees.

Glass memorial to Sunderland miners: A memorial to mark the 25th anniversary of the end of the Miners' Strike will be unveiled in Sunderland on Friday. The three-metre long and three metre-tall glass panel is being installed above the Civic Suite entrance to the main council chamber at Sunderland Civic Centre. At nine sq metres and weighing more than 150kgs, it is one of the largest pieces of printed toughened glass in Europe and its images are symbols of the strike and the region's mining heritage.

U.S. picks secure glass box for new London embassy: The new U.S. Embassy in London will be a modernist glass cube protected from attack by an earth bank, a semi-circular lake and bomb-resistant glazing, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The embassy must move from its current central London location because the 1950s building is too small, outdated and hard to defend from security threats, U.S. Ambassador to Britain Louis Susman said. The U.S. government chose Philadelphia-based architectural firm KieranTimberlake's design from 37 submissions. The remit was to build a modern, welcoming and secure base for the United States' biggest diplomatic headquarters in western Europe. Work is expected to begin on the new embassy in 2013 and it should open its doors in 2017.

A window cleaner walked free from court despite leading police on a high-speed chase through Bristol. Stevie Wassell sped off after police recognised him driving in Hartcliffe and tried to pull him over. The 32-year-old, of Craven Way, drove on the wrong side of the road and reached speeds of 70mph in a 30mph built-up zone. The defendant managed to outrun pursuing officers who gave up the chase. He phoned police the same day and claimed his car had been stolen but pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving later after accepting he had been recognised at the wheel. He appeared for sentencing at Bristol Crown Court on Friday. Wassell was handed a 52-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work and pay £300 costs. He was also disqualified from driving for two years and will have to take an extended retest before he drives again.

A clean sweep for Dragon's Den-backed entrepreneur: Tony Earnshaw has cleaned up again. The young entrepreneur first came to public attention when he was seen on TV's Dragon's Den making a successful pitch for £100,000. Thanks to his ambition and business acumen, he managed to secure a £100,000 investment from Duncan Bannatyne. Now, the man behind Washington-based UK Commercial Cleaning (UKCC) was named the first winner of the Institute of Director's (IoD) 30 under 30 Young Director of the Year award at a ceremony in Durham.
Twenty-five-year-old Tony, who launched his first business at 18, today runs a company which employs 20 staff and has ambitious plans for further growth. "I was over the moon," he said. "I never thought I was going to win, so it felt great. It is the first award I have ever won – I don't think I even got a 25m swimming badge at school." IoD North East chairman Richard Elphick said: "Those vying for the award prove the region has a depth and breadth of go-ahead young directors involved in a wide variety of roles, all making a crucial contribution to our economic well-being. "We felt Tony should be named as the winner as he has demonstrated outstanding vision, drive and business acumen."
As part of his prize, Tony will receive £1,000 worth of consultancy services from leading accountants and business advisers, RMT. Senior partner Anthony Josephs said: "The 30 Under 30 listing turned the spotlight on some stunning successes and exciting entrepreneurs, which made it difficult to choose just one for our Young Director of the Year Award. "In the end, Tony was selected because he is shining example of a dynamic young entrepreneur. "The judges were impressed with his exceptional ability to seize business opportunities and turn ambitions and plans into reality." Tony first demonstrated his entrepreneurial flair at 18 when he bought an old burger van for £50. In just over two months, he made £3,000 selling burgers and eventually sold the van for £2,000. He bought a window cleaning round for £300 and within six months, was turning over £6,000 a month. Tony eventually sold that, as he had ambitions to set up a firm with bigger potential. Washington-based UKCC was born, at first providing commercial cleaning services across the North East. Within two years, a second depot had been opened in Leeds.

College students 'use road as carpark', claim fed up residents: People living near Bridgwater College say they are fed up with students parking on their road. Bridgwater College has its own on-site car park with nearly 700 spaces, but people living in Fairfax Road say students regularly park there instead, and they fear things will get worse when the college's new Energy Skills Centre is built. Window cleaner Kevin Gamblin said: “It's a day-to-day problem. They use the back entrance to the college so park up outside our houses, which is a nightmare when I bring my ladders home. “They just drop litter from their cars, and the verbal abuse I get off some of them is awful.”

Early voting begins Monday in city: Gainesville residents will go to the polls March 16 to elect a new mayor and a new District 4 city commissioner. There are 72,627 registered voters in the city of Gainesville who are eligible to vote for mayor and 16,188 registered voters who can vote in the District 4 race. Marsh, who has owned a local window cleaning business for 29 years, told the 4As the top three critical needs to him in the black community are jobs, clean air and clean water. He said he would work to "soften up" mixed-use zones to create more opportunities for businesses to develop that could provide needed services within neighborhoods.
Don Marsh countered that for the past three decades he has built up his window-cleaning business. "I know something about having the will to do something," Marsh said. "I am used to serving the public. I am used to solving other people's problems." As most of the others did, Marsh accused commissioners past and present of dragging their feet on cleaning up the site at Main Street and 23rd Avenue that has been declared a Superfund area, meaning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found hazardous waste in the soil or drinking water. "Bureaucrats have been watching this thing for years," Marsh said.

A bioethics expert is suggesting that women rethink possible plans to donate their eggs to fertility clinics for research or use in pregnancy. Jennifer Lahl of the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network says egg donation is potentially harmful for women. Lahl says egg donation is a "risky business" and unlike a high-risk job where employees receive appropriate compensation for the dangers (think skyscraper window washing) the egg donation process is inherently risky, from beginning to end.

Glass houses: light fantastic - You could say that Jessop and Kay Price live in a glass bubble. “We have glass walls all the way around. It is like living in the garden,” Kay says. Their sitting room has uninterrupted glass, floor to ceiling, and looks out over evergreens, a lawn, pond and a little piece of English woodland. Such are the views from their dining-room that it may as well be in a tree-house. It takes perseverance to create a house like this. Jessop and Kay spent nearly four years finding the magical spot near Peaslake in Surrey on which to build Fulvens Hanger. “We wanted no noise, no light spill,” Kay says. “Up came this dilapidated Twenties house that had been used at one time by the suffragettes. The garden was so overgrown, it would have made most people run away. But Jessop could see beyond it.” Developers have cottoned on to the allure of glass and are using it accordingly, especially now that it comes in many forms, double- or triple-glazed, strengthened, heat-resistant or even heated. “Glass is sexy and smart.”

Mass held for Deceased

NYC construction workers hold Mass for dead colleagues. NEW YORK — Thousands gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Monday at a Mass organized by city construction workers to remember more than two dozen of their colleagues killed on the job in the past year. Workers, some who came straight from the job dressed in work boots and jeans, were joined by family members of some of the 26 union and nonunion workers killed in the past year. Several times the workers raised their hats to nine chairs, each with a different colored hard hat and roses or daffodils on the seats. Eight referred to the union construction workers who lost their lives since last April, while the ninth represented the 18 who died in nonunion jobs, Jordan said. Bells rang as labor officials recited the names of those killed. The dead include six of seven victims of the March 15 crane collapse, a window washer who fell off a Manhattan skyscraper and a man who plunged 40 stories to his death off a Donald Trump tower. The ceremony was on Workers Memorial Day, which is held annually to commemorate the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act. But city construction workers have not held a Mass this large before and many said the crane collapse called greater attention to the high risks of their industry.