Disadvantages Of Health And Safety

The health and safety at work act promotes good safety of individuals in a health and social

Construction involves being really high off the ground, foundation trench collapses and equipment malfunctions. From building little house to building towers and skyscrapers takes hard work form hundreds of construction workers. Construction workers make sure everything will turn out perfect and try to avoid any complications by following the building plans. In the year 2016 a little more than 5,190 workers were killed on the job of construction. A estimate of ninety nine on average a week and more than fourteen deaths a day occurred on the job. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration also known as “OSHA” is a small Federal agency, that is responsible for the health and safety of employees lifes. For over four decades OSHA has come together with many organization to find different ways to have a more safe environment for workers, not only in construction but other careers that are just as dangerous. Construction involves so many tiny things that cause injury to many workers. Especially when dealing with electricity. Electricity in in the top eight percent for deaths in the United States. The highest percentage in construction is falls with thirty eight percent give or take. When individuals choose the career of construction they need to be aware of the risk that they will be experiencing; From falling objects,

Work Health and Safety (WHS) is the regulation concerned with ensuring the wellbeing and security of all stakeholders in the working environment from possible contact to threats and vulnerabilities of all sorts, coming about because of work exercises and practices.

This study starts by performing a review and literature critic of accident causation theories and models. This review highlights the two most relevant causation theories to the construction industry as Reason’s Swiss cheese model and System dynamics model for the causation of unsafe behaviours (SD-CUB). Both models are discussed in more detail with a comparison of model strengths and weaknesses. From the comparison an incident reporting template is developed. Finally it is argued that a systematic robust model should be applied that can manage the variables in the changing work environment of the construction industry and concludes risk

These recommendations are not always achievable, but the need to put forth the effort is significant. In a perfect world, a nurse would have the time to maintain an exercise routine while juggling a home life. It is not always possible for a nurse to get a healthy meal unless it is prepared beforehand at home and brought to the workplace. Long hours are usually part of all nurse’s schedule. Safety has to always be a concern and a number one priority when in a position of caring for other people. It is imperative that a nurse takes care of herself and maintains a healthy lifestyle to be able to perform at an acceptable level of performance.

Construction projects involve use of heavy machinery, execution of numerous work activities simultaneously. Working environment like in Pakistan where safety culture does not prevail results in increased vulnerability to accidents thus frequent emergency situations on construction projects. The author being a Project Manager on construction projects have experienced number of emergency situation involving loss of life of worker. The Safety Rules requires that the constructor shall establish Emergency Response Procedures for every project, Life Insurance of worker

In the year 2009, more than 150 incidents were reported where fatalities occurred due to workers colliding with construction equipment or other objects on site in The United States. (Marks and Teizer 2012). The number of these accidents causing deaths in this year accounted for approximately 18% of the total construction deaths and 3% of the total workplace deaths experienced that year (Marks and Teizer 2012). Construction Industry is considered as one of the biggest industries in the world. It plays a vital role in the economic growth of any country worldwide, as it contributes to a major portion of the gross domestic product of a country (Lee et al. 2009). In the U.S., it adds to almost 4.5% of the total GDP. Apart from this it also offers very high employment opportunities (Lee et al. 2009). Construction Industry while being one of the leading employing industries in the world also suffers from worker 's site safety issues. Managing the construction resources, such as equipment, labor and material is very important for any project to be successful.

This paper will outline the key health and safety issues for the given firm in the New Zealand construction industry at present. The construction industry in New Zealand has significantly

Exclusive to the construction industry for other lines of jobs the presence of one of the highest injury and fatality rates of workers. Although the field of construction

The construction industry is a dangerous field of work. Although the construction industry and several agencies of government have adopted various measures to make job sites safer, construction is still a risky field of work. The number of injuries and deaths in the construction field is large than most of the other fields of work. Hence, it is paramount to understand the reasons behind the construction accidents and to develop strategies in order to avoid accidents and improve safety.

In addition, the amount of knowledge has substantially increased, projects are more often handled internally than it the past, managing them has become multi-disciplinary responsibility requiring a wide range skills, especially as the projects become more complex and high value/resource intense, and a source of competitive advantage if firms develop competence in their management (Meredith and Mantel. 2012, pp.1-3). The types of project to be managed are classified into four groups by Locke (2013, p.6) with construction projects specified as type 1 owing to their unique characteristics, which include physical work tasks conducted outside, subject to weather and other external forces, for instance public perception/comment and being located at a distance from the Head Office of the contracted firm. Other major features are the high health and safety risks owing mining operations, for instance, and the huge financial investment so that very rigorous management of cost, quality and progress are necessary for achievement of objectives.

The topic of construction safety is of paramount importance due to the 26,000 construction workers deaths in the last two decades. This number indicates that about five people per day die while they are on the job – 40% of these deaths are from falls. What is even more relevant is that 30% of these falls are attributed to equipment being inadequate for the job, removed, or inappropriately used. These accidents could be prevented with increased awareness by all parties involved in a project –oversight of hazards by engineers/safety staff when planning is a major contributor.

In the United States, construction has always been one of the most dangerous industries to work in. The number of fatalities that occur in this industry year after year demonstrate this. In 2012, 19.6% of worker fatalities, in private industry, were in construction (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013) despite the industry comprising only 6.8% of the total work force. This epidemic is not unique to the United States. Essentially every country faces similar problems regarding construction safety. For example, in 2004 the Australian construction industry employed approximately 8% of the countries workforce. However, workers compensation statistics indicated that the industry’s incidence rate was 28.6 per 1000 employees, nearly twice the overall industry average (Zou, Redman & Windon, 2008). Efforts to improve upon these dismal statistics have intensified in recent years in large part due to the escalation of successful liability suits and the effect the rising cost of workers compensation insurance has on a company’s ability to do business.

Fall accidents tend to result in more serious injuries and proof of this is in the average missed time for employees who suffer a fall. According to the writer of this particular paper reflects a minimum of ten days of missed work. Falls within the construction industry also reflected the highest cost in worker’s compensation and medical related expenses in direct cost. In direct cost in relation to fall injuries and fatalities are considerably higher through slowed or stopped production (project delays) and this is more expensive than the direct cost. By reviewing OSHA’s fatality inspection data between the years of 1992-1995 it was found that there was 1,689 fatality inspections within the

For decades construction work related injuries and fatalities have been prominent. Due to an area of high risk, mainly attributed to dangerous equipment and high altitudes, the push towards safety should be a top priority. The National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics states that “ Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public.” Also, the American Society of Civil Engineers Code of Ethics states that “ Engineers shall recognize that the lives, safety, health and welfare of the general public are dependent upon engineering decisions.” Safety is of grand priority as the effects of injuries and fatalities involve multiple parties. Among these effects are damages to companies, high costs for compensation, but most important