Safety Management

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Safety Management
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• Construction accounts for 10 of disability
  injuries and 20 of fatalities that occur in
  industrial work force
• Primary causes are falling from elevation, being
  struck by something, being caught between two
  objects, electrical shock
• OSHA primary responsibility unless state has
  tougher laws
• ½ states have tougher laws

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• Companies realize importance of safety
• Development of company safety programs
• New hire training, job site safety surveillance,
  safety training
• Directly related to managements commitment to
  safety
• PM supers responsible for safety of workers,
  equipment, materials on site
• Set standards for safety and monitor at all times
• Safety awareness campaign, weekly training, job
  site safety inspections, hazard removal

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• Significant PM issue
• Safe working environment increases productivity,
  reduces risk of injury
• Accidents cause work disruption
• Schedule delays, significant PM time, increased
  insurance
• F 18-1

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Accident Prevention

• Starts at top management must practice safety
• Accidents results from unsafe condition or lack
  of training
• Job hazard analysis
• F 18-2
• Description of construction hazard
• List of hazards associated with ops
• Plan for eliminating, reducing, or responding to
  hazardous situations

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Accident Prevention

• Solutions
• Modify construction techniques to min hazard
• Guard the hazard fencing
• Provide a warning back up alarms
• Provide special training
• Equip workers with personal protection hard
  hats, ear plugs, respirators, glasses, gloves

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Substance Abuse

• Being drunk or drugged and on the job site is
  dangerous
• Companies have policies against working under the
  influence
• Random drug testing
• Cannot refuse test and still work on site
• Testing required after accident or incident, upon
  hire, when super thinks test warranted

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Body protection protective clothing
• Depends on job
• Eye protection glasses or goggles
• Foot protection steel toed shoes
• Hand protection gloves
• Head protection hard hats
• Hearing protection ear muffs
• Protection from falls harnesses nets
• Respiratory Protection respirators - manholes

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Material Hazards

• Name 5 hazardous materials usually found on a
  construction site
• Pressure treated wood, cement, insulation,
  solvents, dust
• Material safety data sheets (MSDS) gives info
  on hazardous material
• Must make sure workers can properly hand
  materials storage, transport, use
• All hazardous materials labeled

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Material Hazards

• MSDS gives
• Material ID and use
• Chemical data hazard composition
• Physical Data
• Fire Explosion data
• Health hazard data emergency procedures
• Reactivity data
• Spill or leak procedures
• Protective equipment venting reqts
• Special precautions for handling and storage
• Fig 18-3

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Project Specific Phased Safety Plan

• Focuses on hazards and accident prevention for a
  specific site
• Defines individual hazard prevention
  responsibilities of each member of mngt team
• ID potential hazards that may occur during each
  phase of construction mitigation measures
• List equipment hazard associated with each
• Describe specific safety awareness training
  program to be used
• F 18-4

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Accident Investigation

• Accidents and near misses should be investigated
  promptly
• What happened
• Why it happened
• Procedures and policies needed to minimize
  potential for future occurrence
• Results go in project file
• OSHA gets copy if injury or worse

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Reporting requirements

• All firms 10 employees must maintain detailed
  records
• Injury log
• Date of illness or injury
• Name of affected employee
• Occupation of employee
• Description of illness or injury
• Amount of time lost due to illness or injury
• Also submit a 1 page description of each illness/
  injury

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Safety to Labor Cost

• All state have workers comp laws mandating
  coverage for all workers
• No fault coverage
• Covers medical expenses
• Compensation for lost wages
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Disability pensions
• Premiums calculated based on base rate plus
  contractor safety rating Experience- modification
  rating(EMR)
• Looks at last 4 years safety record
• Premiums are paid by contractors added to base
  labor rate