The state of health and safety in the UK construction industry with a focus on plant operators

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.J. Edwards ◽  
J. Nicholas
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The State ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
The Uk

Assessment of health and safety culture maturity in the construction industry in developing economies

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 865-881
Author(s):  
Justice Williams ◽  
Frank Fugar ◽  
Emmanuel Adinyira
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The State ◽  
Actual State ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Construction Companies

Purpose The degree to which accidents happen or are prevented in any organisation is the function of both the health and safety culture and the safety culture maturity level of the organisation. Therefore, this paper aims to determine the state of health and safety culture in the construction industry in developing economies and to assess their category on the safety maturity ladder using the Ghanaian construction industry as an example. This is to help construction companies in developing countries become conscious of the state of health and safety in the industry so they can be motivated to improve along the ladder. Design/methodology/approach In total, 250 contractors made up of 155 building contractor,s and 95 road contractors took part in the survey. The sample size was determined by Yamane’s (1967) formula with stratified simple random sampling technique adopted in selecting the companies in the survey. This paper also uses (Guttman Scale) Scalogram analysis to measure the state of health and safety culture in the Ghanaian construction industry. Findings The results show that health and safety culture of the Ghanaian construction industry is at the first level, the pathological stage. Even though Ghanaian contractors have health and safety policies and codes of conduct in place, safety is not seen as a key business risk. Consequently, management and most frontline staff do not emphasise the importance of integration of safety measures in the various activities on the site. Thus, safety is not seen as unavoidable and a part of the construction activity. Practical implications The findings of this study inform state authorities, consultants and contractors of areas that they need to focus more on improving health and safety culture in developing countries. This would go a long way in protecting construction workers in the industry. Originality/value This study, to the best of the authors’ current knowledge, is the first of its kind in the Ghanaian construction industry. The study brings to the fore the actual state of health and safety in the construction industry in developing countries such as Ghana. The value of the findings lies in the fact that it will provide the motivation for construction companies in developing countries to develop a commitment to safety, and to provide appropriate and effective safety improvement techniques to progress to the subsequent stages of the safety culture maturity ladder.

scholarly journals Lighting the blue touch paper, and building well

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-36
Author(s):  
Christopher Platt ◽  
Steven Spier
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Building Trades ◽  
Architectural Practice ◽  
Skills Shortage ◽  
The Uk

Architectural practice has become considerably more complex in the last twenty years, not to mention since the days of Wright. Many more professions are involved in realising a building, and the construction industry has become professionalised in areas such as health and safety, management training and continuing professional development. Procurement methods for buildings are proliferating and roles for all involved changing, especially for the architect. Shorter timescales are common and there is a general consensus that, in the UK at least, there is a serious skills shortage in the industry and a decline in the quality of the building trades. The industry has become both more litigious and more international.

scholarly journals Literature Review of Digital Twins Applications in Construction Workforce Safety

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 339
Author(s):  
Lei Hou ◽  
Shaoze Wu ◽  
Guomin (Kevin) Zhang ◽  
Yongtao Tan ◽  
Xiangyu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The State ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Digital Twins ◽  
Improvement Strategies ◽  
Complex Construction

For many decades, safety has been a challenge in the construction sector. Despite extensive efforts to improve overall safety, the sector’s casualty rate still remains high. In practice, dynamic and complex construction processes may lead to on-site risks and safety plans being overlooked, likely leading to a variety of safety accidents. Nowadays, under the guidance of the digital twins (DT) concept, the advent of state-of-the-art sensing and visualisation technologies has offered the possibility to improve construction health and safety in the workplace. To understand the research advances of these technologies, identify their gaps and challenges, and propose solutions to further advance the industry’s safety, we conducted and report a thorough review on the state-of-the-art technological studies, and elaborate upon the key findings in detail. For instance, despite DT being proven to be effective in improving construction workforce safety, the construction industry has yet to fully exploit and streamline these innovations in practice. Overall, this review provides insights into technological clustering, improvement strategies, as well as workforce safety, which can benefit from formulating effective digital technology paradigms.

scholarly journals Criminogenic Dynamics of the Construction Industry: A State-Corporate Crime Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 2631309X2110230
Author(s):  
Jon Davies
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Corporate Crime ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The State ◽  
Construction Work ◽  
Organizational Processes ◽  
Tax Fraud ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Industry Structures

Construction industries provide significant opportunities for criminal and harmful processes to occur, including fraud, tax evasion, poor health and safety, and underpayment of workers. Building on previous work from the state-corporate crime agenda, this article places industry at the forefront of discussion, by examining how “criminogenic industry structures” emerge in construction work. The article refers to the key instances of worker blacklisting and “umbrella company” tax fraud, situating them within broader discussions on systemic processes that enable state-corporate harm to develop. This paper contributes to the state-corporate crime agenda by demonstrating how discussions on criminogenic industry structures provide critical links between organizational processes and broader political-economic dynamics, which is crucial for developing a criminological discourse.

On the state of health of the population of Kazan

1993 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 403-406
Author(s):  
T. M. Muravyova ◽  
L. K. Yampolskaya ◽  
T. I. Tokareva ◽  
I. V. Pigalova ◽  
A. A. Antonets
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The State ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Energy Chemistry ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Industrial Center

The state of health is the most important indicator of the well-being of the population, especially of such a large industrial center as the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. Enterprises of various industries are located on its territory: energy, chemistry and petrochemistry, mechanical engineering and metalworking, construction industry, light and woodworking industries; automobile transport enterprises are widely represented. All of them make a certain contribution to environmental pollution, which undoubtedly affects the health status of the villages.

scholarly journals Methodological Approaches to Monitoring Status of Health and Safety of the Population in the Northern Territories

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
Svetlana Suknyova ◽  
Yelena Semyonova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Population Monitoring ◽  
The State ◽  
Federal State ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Sakha Republic ◽  
The Future ◽  
Northern Territories

The Object of the Study. The system of monitoring the quality of life of the population in the municipalities of the northern territories.The Subject of the Study. Trends and patterns of quality of life indicators.The Purpose of the Study. On the basis of the developed methodology, assessing the quality of life of the population by the example of individual indicators reflecting the health and safety of the population in the context of municipalities with the construction of an integrated rating for the region.The Main Provisions of the Article. Nowadays, the need and relevance of information on the living strandards and quality of life of the population not only by region, but also by municipalities, are essenting, and the situation and indicators are the most important strategic task of the region, including smoothing the differentiation between municipalities. In assessing the quality of life of the population monitoring the state of health and safety of the population is of great importance. The are indicators reflecting the situation in these areas.A monitoring system is needed that can monitor and identify problem points of greatest tension in a particular municipal entity, set priorities for the future, conduct comparative analyzes in the dynamics of indicators, and evaluate the effectiveness of government bodies.Municipal statistics makes it possible to evaluate some indicators of the standards of living within the regions, but they reflect only certain aspects of social development; nevertheless, the most relevant indicators can be used to calculate the integral index for assessing the situation in municipalities of the region.Receiving practical approval of the method has proved its effectiveness by the example of municipalities of the Sakha Republic (Yakutiya) according to statistics of the Territorial body of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Sakha Republic (Yakutiya) including indicators of the health and safety of the population by level between municipalities and over three years. In the developed methodology, statistical indicators are converted into points depending on the maximum and minimum values. Indicators have been worked out taking into account the relevance for the northern territories, which may reflect the situation in a particular municipality, and the current socioeconomic situation.Based on the results of the assessment of the state of health and safety of the population, a rating of municipalities of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) has been built,and differentiation was revealed by municipalities of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The presented study confirms the need for system monitoring and the development of criteria for evaluating indicators of the quality of life of the population in the municipalities of the region in order to conduct an active social policy in the future.

Addressing Health And Safety Concerns For Tradeswomen In The Construction Industry

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah M. Curtis ◽  
Hendrika Meischke ◽  
Nancy Simcox ◽  
Sarah Laslett ◽  
Noah Seixas
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Concerns

Policy interventions in health and safety: What works and when--Evidence from the UK

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hollis ◽  
Stavroula Leka ◽  
Aditya Jain ◽  
Nicholas J. A. Andreou ◽  
Gerard Zwetsloot
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
What Works ◽  
The Uk

From the “Judicialization of Politics” to the “Politicization of Justice” in the UK and Switzerland

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-135
Author(s):  
Lucia Della Torre
Keyword(s):  
General Rule ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Specific Field ◽  
Widespread Phenomenon ◽  
Judicialization Of Politics ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Migration Law

Not very long ago, scholars saw it fit to name a new and quite widespread phenomenon they had observed developing over the years as the “judicialization” of politics, meaning by it the expanding control of the judiciary at the expenses of the other powers of the State. Things seem yet to have begun to change, especially in Migration Law. Generally quite a marginal branch of the State's corpus iuris, this latter has already lent itself to different forms of experimentations which then, spilling over into other legislative disciplines, end up by becoming the new general rule. The new interaction between the judiciary and the executive in this specific field as it is unfolding in such countries as the UK and Switzerland may prove to be yet another example of these dynamics.

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