Construction Health

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Part 2 Introduction to construction site safety

• Construction Health Safety Management
• Simon Smith (University of Edinburgh)
• Philip Matyear (Balfour Beatty)

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• This set of slides introduces Site Safety
  Management
• It allows you to appreciate real examples of what
  could happen on a project
• And the difficulties of protecting against them
• Some issues are revisited later in the module

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• The main causes were
• Falling through fragile roofs and rooflights.
• Falling from ladders, scaffolds and other work
  places.
• Being struck by excavators, lift trucks or
  dumpers.
• Overturning vehicles.
• Being crushed by collapsing structures.

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the hidden costs of accidents
insured / direct costs injury ill-health damage
uninsured / indirect costs emergency
arrangements process interruption investigation
time uninsured damage loss of expertise legal
costs overtime fines
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The Injury Pyramid
Fatal
Major
HSE Statistics deal with these only
C a u s e
Recordable / Lost Time
First-Aid
Near Miss
Unsafe Actions - At-Risk Behaviour and Unsafe
Conditions
UNSAFE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS ACTIONS
From the perspective of cause, the difference
between a near-miss and a fatality might be as
little as 1 second, or 1 mm.
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Death
The Injury Pyramid
Lost Work Day
Recordable
First-Aid
Near Miss
Unsafe Actions - At-Risk Behaviour and Unsafe
Conditions
WRONG MANAGEMENT DECISIONS ACTIONS
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Fallen Materials
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Protection Measures Lift Shafts
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