Implementation of Safety and Health on Construction Sites

By: L.M. Alves-Dias (Editor), Richard Coble (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 January 1996 | Edition Number 1

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This work provides a summary of recent research into health and safety on construction sites. Topics covered include: safety and health regulations and statistics; social and human issues on construction safety; health issues in the construction process; and safety training and education.

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Organization
Implementation of project management safety manual	p. 3
Integration of quality, safety and environmental systems	p. 11
Integration of quality and safety in construction companies	p. 21
Incorporating construction health and safety into the design process	p. 29
The application of European derived safety management regulations to the UK construction industry	p. 41
The implementation of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 on UK construction sites	p. 53
Learning to live with major change in UK construction safety legislation	p. 61
Revised coding system for construction fatalities and injuries	p. 67
Victoria - The state of change	p. 77
Health and Safety on construction sites in France	p. 85
Construction site injuries: The case of Malaysia	p. 93
Safety performance measurements for masonry construction	p. 103
Using injury statistics to develop accident prevention programs	p. 117
Reengineering construction safety: A vision for the future	p. 129
Total integration of the safety professional into the project management team	p. 137
Safety evaluation for frame building contractors	p. 145
Computer-based hazard communication program delivery for the construction industry	p. 157
Knowledge base for construction safety	p. 167
The Safety and Health Plan in the construction industry	p. 179
Safety: An element of quality management	p. 195
The influence of designers on occupational health and safety	p. 203
The influence of management on occupational health and safety	p. 215
The role of project managers in occupational health and safety	p. 227
Causes of accidents and priorities for intervention	p. 237
Construction safety management in Hong Kong	p. 243
Relationship between project performance and accidents	p. 251
A crane and rigging accident primer: Costs, case histories and remedies	p. 259
Safety of mobile equipment - Reliability and maintenance at a cost	p. 273
Behavioural safety management in Hong Kong's construction industry: Success and limitations	p. 281
A fault tree model for falls from a form scaffolding	p. 291
Causes of construction falls from floor openings and edges	p. 303
Ergonomics in the construction industry	p. 313
Fire safety in the construction phase	p. 319
Fire safety in buildings and during their construction	p. 323
Workers' compensation short falls in the construction industry	p. 337
Non verbal communication as it relates to safety management	p. 347
Creating a drug free culture on construction sites	p. 355
An Australian and American perspective on drugs in the construction work place	p. 365
The distractions theory of accident causation	p. 375
Involving employees with construction safety and health practices	p. 385
Conditions for an optimal safety culture in construction	p. 393
Safety motivation: Evaluation of incentive schemes	p. 405
Culture and safety at work site - A case study of Botswana	p. 417
Health issues of indoor building construction	p. 431
Assessment and control of exposure to noise at work	p. 443
Converting a building affected by the sick building syndrome into a healthy one	p. 453
Illness related to thermal pathologies in buildings	p. 465
Occupants' and workers' health on building construction sites	p. 473
Prediction and control of ground movement associated with braced excavation	p. 487
Ground movements prediction caused by deep excavations in urban areas	p. 497
Blasting safety in volcanic rock	p. 507
Considerations on non considered aspects in European standardization of temporary edges protection systems	p. 519
Graphical user interface for site safety management	p. 523
Development of a new method to evaluate driver visibility from earth-moving machinery	p. 533
International collaboration for construction safety	p. 543
A guide for safety inspections	p. 553
Educating construction management students in safety	p. 567
Education and safety in construction	p. 577
Safety training in virtual construction environment	p. 581
The long-term importance of education to raise safety levels and the implementation of the CDM regulations in the European building industry	p. 593
Author index	p. 601
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