INTRODUCTI ON
•C o n s t r u c t i o n i n d u s t r y i s o n e o f t h e w o rl d ’s m a j or
i n d u s t ri e s w hi c h re m ai n a m a jor e m p l o y e r o f l a b or
w h e t h e r t h e p e rc e n t ag e o f c o n s t ru c t i o n w o rk ers m ay be
re ac h to 2 0 % fro m so c i e ty , t hat make s th e n e c e ssit y for
p ro t e c t i n g w o rk ers fro m c o n s t ru c t i o n ac c i d e n t s and
o c c u p at i o n al d i s e as e s b y h e alt h an d s afet y m an ag e m e n t in
co n stru ction in du stry.
•B e s i d e s t h a t ’s, h e a lt h a n d s a f e ty a t c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e s
d e al s wi t h b ot h p h y s i c al an d p s y c h o l o g i c al w e l l - b e i n g o f
wo rke rs o n c o n stru ctio n s i te s an d o t he r p e rs on s w h ose
h e a l t h i s l i ke t o b e a d v e rs e l y a f f e c te d b y c o n s t ru c t i o n
ac tiv i ti es. I t i s o f p ri mary c o n c e rn to e m plo y ers,
e m ploy ees, go ve rn m en ts an d proje ct p articip an ts. H ealth
an d s af e ty t h e re f o re is an e c o n o m i c as w e l l as
h u m an i tarian c o n c e rn t h at R e q u i res p ro pe r m an ag e m en t
con trol.
HAZARDSANDRISKS ON SITE
Working at Moving Slips, trips,
height objects and falls
Noise Hand arm Material and
vibration manual
syndrome handling
C ollapsing Asbestos Electricity
trenches
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Client
Construction
Workers
Contractor Architect
Mechanical and Quantity
Electrical Surveyor
Engineer
Structural Project Site Safety
Engineer Manager Supervisor
BEST PRACTICES SAFETY AND HEALTH
MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES ADOPTED
A case study of High-RiseProjects in Klang Valley, Malaysia
Safety issues have gained vital importance throughout the construction
industry. Many construction companies are implementing safety, health and
environmental management systems to reduce injuries, eliminate illness,
and to provide a safe work environment in their construction sites.
Regular training to Accidents investigation Safety Inspection Instruments for new
workers regarding safety workers
awareness at
construction site
D aily toolbox Site Regular training to Safety introduction
monthly meeting management level and awareness and
campaign
supervision team
regarding safety
awareness at
construction site.
B AD P RA CTI C E OF IGNORI NG TH E
IM P ORTA N C E OF H EALTH AND SAFETY
A c ase s t ud y o f c on st r u c t i o n p r o j e c t s i n K e n y a
C onstruction w orkplacesthew orkersare exposed t
ohazards ofoccupational diseases and injuries and
theadverseeffects ofexcessively long hoursofwork
.A numberoffactorshaving aneg ativ eim pactonh
ealthand safety managementin developing count
rieswhich include poor infrastructure, problemsof
communication duetolow literacy level, unregulat
ed practices on construction sites, adherencetotra
ditional method ofworking, non-availability of eq
uipment, extreme weather
conditions, improper u se of equ ipment and
corruption.
B AD P RA CTI C E OF IGNORI NG TH E
IM P ORTA N C E OF H EALTH AND SAFETY
Site Layout
and
Planning
Welfare Personal
F acilities Protective
Equipment
(PPE)
Health and Health and First aid
Safety Safety Kits and
Measure Accident
Training in R eporting
C onstructio
n Sites
Safety Health and
P olicy Safety
Warning
Signs
OBSERVATION AND CONCLUSION
• The causes of accidents were usually due to workers lack of training, unskilled
workers, workers unsafe acts, unsafe condition, poor site safety management and
less awareness of hazardous activities at work site.
• In addition, implement de-merit and merit system among sub-contractors,
suppliers and even employees regarding safety at workplace matters and develop a
proper site layout planning as one of the prevention method, It is important that all
parties to cooperate to implement the preventive measures in dealing with safety
matters at high-rise building construction site.
COMPARISON AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• For the best practice safety and health management technique, always set safety and health as the
top priority which means tell all the workers to making sure they finish the day and go home safely
and to assure to find and fix any hazards that could injure them or make them sick. Lead by
example which means practice safe behaviors and make safety part of the daily conversations with
workers, implement a reporting system, provide training, conduct inspections, collects hazard
control ideas, implement hazard controls, address emergencies and make improvements.
• Meanwhile, the bad practices of ignoring the importance of health management technique is the
number or injuries occur will increasing due to inadequate personal and protective equipment,
poor maintenance of personal protective gear, lack of top management support in the
mechanisms, inadequate welfare facilities, absence of safety and health committees, unawareness of
health and safety matters among the workers and lack of equipped first aids kits on the construction
sites.
• As for the recommendation, employers and contractors should provide suitable programmes that
are consistent with national Laws and Regulations to ensure the health and safety of workers.
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