Supporting Construction Safety with GoFormz Digital Forms
Prioritize safety without the burden of additional paperwork
It’s officially Construction Safety Week, and it’s no secret that OSHA’s updated fine multiplier might be giving construction teams everywhere some additional motivation to keep safety top of mind. While the safety mandates and guidelines haven’t changed, the increased violation penalties put more pressure on businesses to prioritize safety. Safety is likely already at the top of your priorities for many reasons, most importantly the safety of your employees, it’s not as easy to ensure that all team members recognize and adhere to meticulous safety practices. Now that Construction Safety Week is in full swing, it’s a perfect time to reevaluate your safety procedures and see if digital forms or other technologies can help you keep your teams safe.
The General Benefits of Digital Forms
If you’ve already started using digital forms in your business administration processes then you’ve likely already seen many of the available benefits of using digital forms over paper. This ranges from everything such as increased accuracy and speed of processing times, to cost savings, and even enhanced communication protocols. But if you haven’t brought digital forms into your construction safety processes yet, then you could be missing out on fast and simple ways to streamline and improve your job site safety measures.
Increased Accuracy and Data Validity
Your data matters, especially when it comes to being held accountable for safety audits. Digital forms make it easy for every member of your team to complete safety checklists, Toolbox Talks, daily inspections, equipment check-outs, and more.
Enhanced Communication and Team Collaboration
Take the hassle out of company-wide communication. With digital safety forms, your team can be immediately notified when any form or permit is completed, and even email copies of urgent safety updates to key stakeholders - and GoFormz digital forms give you the ability to automate all of these processes.
Streamlined Workflow and Increased Efficiency
Nothing feels better than when your business processes run themselves. If you’ve been working toward a digital transformation and implementing software for construction within your business already, then digital forms are the way to link all those pieces together. Digital forms make it easy to automate data transfers, pre-populate work orders, and keep detailed records of safety compliance without spending extra time on capturing it.
“We saw an instant change in the quality of the data coming in. The conditional logic helped our project managers make sure all the right questions were answered and all the data was filled in before submitting a form.”
Common Types of Digital Forms for Construction Sites
The forms that can help your construction business keep safety a top priority may vary, but the drag-and-drop interface of the GoFormz Template Builder makes it easy to customize your forms to fit your needs. You can even upload an existing JPG or PDF image of your form to create an exact digital replica, without any coding skills required. Here are some of the top forms for construction that you can easily implement with GoFormz:
Inspection Checklists
Keep checklists and inspections fast and easy with a digital form that’s accessible on any device. Customizable logic and calculations allow you to build dependencies asking for details or images of anything that doesn’t pass inspections.
Incident Reports
Incidents are an unfortunate part of every construction site, but detailed reporting can help keep an eye on potential trends, and minimize risks for similar incidents in the future. These reports can be an invaluable part of your safety protocols, and with the ability to immediately email all key stakeholders upon completion, you’ll never worry about anyone being out of the loop on safety concerns again.
Toolbox Talks
The classic start to any work day, digitized Toolbox Talks can help keep your entire team focused and informed on the latest concerns for the day, based on your job site. Simply have your supervisor or office team update any pertinent information on your form template, publish the template, and everyone at every site will have immediate access to the latest changes on their mobile devices.
See How Construction Teams are Using GoFormz
Many construction teams have found GoFormz to be a key part of their business processes, however, a few have highlighted just how much GoFormz has improved their safety measures, too.
Alpine Painting and Sandblasting Contractors
This team found success in digitizing their Accident Investigation Form, Safety Inspection Checklist, and Safety Meeting Form. By bringing GoFormz into their daily processes, their entire team now has full visibility into all job sites and can act faster for their customers.
CONSOR Engineers
The team at CONSOR Engineers simplified their paperwork processes and digitized their Job Safety Analysis forms with GoFormz. This gave them a unique opportunity to ensure they capture complete, accurate data on every form.
Digitizing your forms can not only accelerate your data capture and improve accuracy, it can also ensure that your teams are keeping safety top of mind by limiting their paperwork burden. With accessibility on any device, with or without an internet connection, and multiple native integrations to ease your data transfer, GoFormz can help your whole business keep construction safety a top priority.
