Editing Laborer (section)

==Tools and equipment==
The following tools are considered a minimum for a laborer to keep with them: [[hammer]], [[Diagonal pliers|pliers w/ side-cutters]], [[utility knife]], [[tape measure]], [[locking pliers]], [[Adjustable spanner|crescent wrench]], [[screwdriver]], [[masonry trowel|margin trowel]], [[carpenter's pencil]] or [[soapstone]], tool belt and one pouch (bag).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} In addition: a [[five gallon bucket]] with additional tools, toolbelt suspenders, [[Canteen (bottle)|water jug]] and lunchbox are recommended.

Most [[safety equipment]] that is consumed or work specific, for example [[hard hat]], [[safety glasses]], [[Hearing impairment#Long term exposure to environmental noise|hearing protection]], gloves, [[Safety harness|fall protection]], [[high-visibility clothing]], [[Wellington boot|concrete boots]], [[respirator]]/[[dust mask]] and [[Steel-toe boots|toe guards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ellwoodsafety.com/foot_and_toe_guards.html |title=Foot and Toe Guards  |website=Ellwood Safety Appliance Company |access-date=2016-12-24}}</ref> are provided by the employer as part of [[construction site safety]].

Personal safety equipment, for example, full leather boots (some long-time laborers believe steel toes are dangerous on the construction site; it is better to have crushed toes than toes cut off by the crushed steel - a belief proven wrong by several studies<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levesque |first=Adam |date=December 15, 2016 |title=Steel Toe Footwear - Are They Really Safer? |url=https://memicsafety.typepad.com/memic_safety_blog/2016/12/steel-toe-footwear-are-they-really-safer-.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203194557/https://memicsafety.typepad.com/memic_safety_blog/2016/12/steel-toe-footwear-are-they-really-safer-.html |archive-date=Dec 3, 2022 |website=MEMIC Safety Blog |publisher=Typepad}}</ref>), high-strength pants - [[Carhartt|canvas]] or [[jeans|denim]] (some modify thighs with a sacrificial second layer of jean fabric cut from an old pair) - [[sock]]s, [[lip balm]], and climate-specific [[outerwear]], are provided by the individual (unless laborers are instructed to work in a climate different from what they typically reside in, for example, high elevation).