SAFETY MANAGEMENT  Conducting regular project safety
adults
Safety management is commonly
understood as applying a set of principles,
framework, processes and measures to
prevent accidents, injuries and other adverse
consequences that may be caused by using a
service or a product. it is an organizational
function, which ensures that all safety risks
have been identified, assessed and
satisfactorily mitigated.
Construction companies use a wide range of
safety practices as part of their safety
management programmes, with an
increasing emphasis on creating a safety
culture throughout the organization. This
includes the following:
 Involving workers in the safety
process, through toolbox talks, safety
briefings, site inductions, offering
safety incentives, and so on.
 Analysis of potential site safety
hazards durng the preconstruction
phase.
 Adopting the principles of
prevention: avoid risks where
possible; evaluate those risks that
can’t be avoided; put in place
measures that control them at source
 Encouraging an open door policy for
workers to report accidents, injuries,
hazards and near misses.
 Conducting thorough near miss and
incident investigations to ensure
effective action is taken.
 Employing specific personnel
assigned to manage safety
 Designating health and safety duties
to on-site staff, such as a first aider
 Site specific training programmes for
workers and subcontractors
 Proper use of personal protective
equipment
SAFETY MANAGEMENT AT
CONSTRUCTION
Accidents (effects and causes)
Accident – any unplanned, uncontrolled,
unwanted or undesirable event, or sudden
mishap which interrupts an activity or
function
Effects of Accidents
 Injury (disability, pain, suffering)
 Damage (equipment, building)
 Loss (life, earning, output, image,
time)
 Emotion (following injury, pain,
death)
Causes of Accidents
 Plant and equipment (faulty
staircase, electrical hazards,
defective/ incorrect equipment)
 Environment (high noise, insufficient
light)
 People (careless, untrained,
overstressed)
 System of work (poor design/ site
procedures)
 Natural Hazards (EQ, Typhoons,
landslides)
Responsibilities and Organization for Safety
  There are legal, humanitarian and
economic grounds for providing a
safe place and system of work.
 Clear allocations of responsibilities
within the management structure,
especially at senior executive level
and safety advisers
The Role of Safety Adviser
 Establishment and review of safety
regulations to meet organization’s
requirement
 Relevant legislative requirements
 Safety content necessary in all
trainings
 Regular inspection of safety
standards in all work areas
Main Points in Safety Planning
 Plant and Equipment (design, layout,
inspection)
 Workplace (maintenance of clean
and orderly places with clearly
defined access ways and fire exits)
 Facilities (adequate first- aid and
medical facilities and hygienic wash
and eating areas)
 Procedures (prevention and practice
of major emergency and first aid
procedures in the event of serious
hazard situation)
 Training (provision of effective
training for fire fighting, rescue and
first aid crew)
Safety Management System
Accident Prevention- the process of
removing or controlling accident causes
Three major elements for accident
prevention process;
1. Workplace inspection (audit and
review, safety survey/ inspection/
sampling, hazard potential
assesment)
2. Accident investigation and follow-up
(data collection, checking
eveidences, selecting main evidence,
analyzing the evidence) and follow
up (decide, notify, and record the
most likely cause of accident)
3. Safety Training (part of safety
policy, allocate responsibilities,
define objectives, implement and
monitor, review the overall
effectiveness
Benefits of Construction Safety
 Reduced site hazards
 Fewer injuries and fatalities
 Reduced workers compensation
premiums
 Increased productivity
 Fewer delays due to accidents during
construction allow continued focus
on quality
 Encourages client-designer-
constructor collaboration
Barriers/ Limitations
Barrier 1: Fear of Liability
Barrier: Fear of undeserved liability
for worker safety
Potential solutions: Develop revised
model contract language; propose
legislation to facilitate construction
safety without inappropriately shifting
 liability onto client/ designers/
contractors
Barrier 2: increased Construction costs
Barrier: implementation of
construction safety rules will increase
both direct and overhead costs for
designers
Potential solution: educate owners
that total project costs and total project
life cycle costs will decrease
Barrier 3: Lack of Safety Expertise
Barrier: Few engineering firms
possess sufficient expertise in
construction safety
Potential solutions: Add safety to
design professional’s curricula; develop
and promote safety courses for
professionals
Three Steps towards Safety
1. Establish an adoptable culture
2. Establish adoptable/ enabling
processes
3. Secure clients who value life cycle
safety
Guidelines for effective management of
safety at construction sites
 Good housekeeping should be
maintained at all situations
 Safety helmets, shoes, belts should
be given to the workers t avoid the
causes of injuries
 Do not interfere with fire fighting
equipment and electrical circuits
 Proper labour shed has to be
provided to the labour
 Proper ventilation, lighting facilities,
drinking facilities and sanitary
facilities should be provided to the
labour
 Ensures implementation of law of the
land with respect to safety and health
 Create safety organizations with
health and first aid facilities
 Adequate budget
 Standard, quality, and timely supply
of personnel protective equipment
 Neat based and adequate safety
auditing and training to site
management team and others
 Organization for housekeeping and
deployment of qualified P&M person
 Incident and injury free workplace
 Safety promotional activities
 Availability of recognized health
care center
 Adequate provision of fire
prevention systems
 No child labour
 No smoking
 Appropriate badges for identification
of JMC staffs, contractors and others
 Formation of safety committee
 Workers will be covered under
occupation accident policy
 Monitoring of implementation