CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE Prepared By Mumtaz A. Usmen, Ph.D., P.E. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48202 For AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 345 East 47th Street New York, New York 10017 October 1994ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Appreciation is expressed to the following individuals for their review of this document: Jon T. Talty, NIOSH; Stephen D. Hudock, NIOSH; Dennis W. Groce, NIOSH; Ronald L. Stanevich, NIOSH; David L. Spears, Colorado Carpenters Statewide Joint Apprenticeship Educational and Training Committee; Carl Constant, General Motors Corporation; David L. Potts, J.A. Jones Construction Company; and Ronald W. Eck, West Virginia University. The following graduate students provided assistance in the preparation of the instructional materials for this module: David Kliwinski, West Virginia University; Kevin Beachy, West Virginia University; Abbas Abbas, Wayne State University; and Farid Mojaradi, Wayne State University. Gurkan Ozden, ‘Wayne State University, assisted in the preparation of the text, figures and tables. All of this assistance is gratefully acknowledged. This publication was made possible by the support provided by NIOSH, Order No. 91-39854. The grant was initiated by the ASCE Committee on Curriculum and Accreditation under the leadership’ of Bruce Hanes.” Efforts of Daniel J ‘McGinley for the administration of the grant for ASCE are hereby recognized. This report was prepared in support of NIOSH Project SHAPE (Safety and Health Awareness for Preventative Engineering). Project SHAPE is designed to enhance the ‘education of engineers in the safety and health field. DISCLAIMER ‘The contents of this module are solely the responsibility of the author, and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or the American Society of Civil Engineers, Mention of any company names or products does not imply endorsement by NIOSH or ASCE. The information and recommendations provided in the module do not form a regulation or a standard, 0 Q ©CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT. se va UNIT I - INTRODUCTION Fl 12 12 13 19 CONTENTS OF THE MODULE ru REVIEW QUESTIONS Fl REFERENCES 12 PURPOSE; OBJECTIVES; KEY TERMS T-1 CONCERNS FOR SAFETY AND HEAL! 12 HOW SAFETY SAVES MONEY 13 19 Tell I-12 UNIT II - CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH LEGISLATION AND ORGANIZATIONS. PURPOSE; OBJECTIVES; KEY TERMS HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON SAFETY AND HEALTH LEGISLATION... m2 ‘OSH ACT OF 1970 3 m4 I-10 NIOSH vs M10 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ve I-13, PRESENT STATUS OF SAFETY AND HEALTH LEGISLATION ... M13 REVIEW QUESTIONS TL-16 U-16 UNIT IV - ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS, AND INJURY CONTROL FUNDAMENTALS PURPOSE; OBJECTIVES; KEY TERMS Iv-l 12 V2 CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS . 1V-2 ACCIDENT THEORIES V3 ACCIDENT INJURY 1V-8 ‘ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION 1-8 1-14 at) 1v-20