Factors Causing Health and Safety Hazards at Construction Sites

The Construction industry is prone to risk to health and safety hazards. Construction workers should have the knowledge of health and safety and apply the knowledge while working. The main objective of this paper was to review and to identify the factors that cause accidents at construction sites and the methods to improve health and safety. The review revealed that lack of awareness about site safety and negligence of workers in wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) were the main causes of poor safety practices. It is necessary to create employer’s and contractor’s interests in safety management and enhance awareness on possible risk factors to reduce these risk factors among workers. Effective implementation of training and safety awareness programs among construction workers is vital to improve health and safety of construction workers.

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Management of health and safety on building site using smart technologies

IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering ◽

10.1088/1757-899x/1209/1/012013 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1209 (1) ◽

pp. 012013

Author(s):

A Husovská ◽

Z Struková

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

Safety Management ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Construction Sites ◽

Building Site ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Smart Technologies ◽

Improve Health

Abstract The construction industry is a dynamic manufacturing sector whose major problem is occupational safety and its management. There are various information and communication technologies or applications that can improve health and safety status. Their use gives every company management a great advantage to become more competitive in the construction trade. The presented article deals with smart phones and related applications as a type of technologies that can be easily used to improve health and safety performance in our conditions. The aim of the article is to present the advantages and benefits of this technology for increasing safety on construction sites. The presented results confirm the trend of efficient processing of the obtained information using ICT technologies. They intensify the safety management process and help staff to handle unpredictable dangerous incidents and contribute to the successful management of the whole construction site.

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Control of health and safety hazards in commercial drycleaners: chemical exposures, fire hazards, and ergonomic risk factors.

10.26616/nioshpub97150 ◽

1997 ◽

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Safety Hazards ◽

Fire Hazards ◽

Chemical Exposures ◽

Health And Safety Hazards ◽

Ergonomic Risk Factors ◽

Ergonomic Risk

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Identification, determine and control of health, safety, and environmental hazards associated with the construction projects: State-Of-The-Art

International Journal of Advanced Engineering, Sciences and Applications ◽

10.47346/ijaesa.v1i4.42 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 7-12

Author(s):

Khosro Zehro

Keyword(s):

Construction Projects ◽

Safety Management ◽

Construction Project ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Economic Factor ◽

Skilled Workers ◽

Environmental Health And Safety ◽

Safety Hazards ◽

Wide Range ◽

Health And Safety Hazards

The industry of construction is considered a strong economic factor and one of the most dangerous industries. This industry involves a wide range of activities that subject all employees from experts to non-skilled workers to intense undesired situations. Everybody is vulnerable to the hazards, risks, and dangers of this massive industry. Insufficient health and safety management, damage to construction, and constructed environments can also lead to increased accidents and injuries. Accidents not only have consequences of significant suffering and pain, but they are also marginalizing efficiency, time, productivity, negatively impact the environment and overall adding the construction costs. The results of the study will help to identify the essential factors that cause rising rates of risks in construction projects. By identifying these causes, emphasis on environmental, health and safety management will help in implementing awareness to all of those participating in the construction projects. This study demonstrates the criteria and guidelines for the identification, to determine the controlling environmental effects and health and safety hazards at construction project worksites. Furthermore, attempt to explain the techniques of decreasing hazards by the development of pre-construction planning and provide adequate controlling equipment for executing a safer, more profitable construction project from start to the end. Also, in the study suggestions are given for management that they must provide adequate health and safety training for the entire workforce, a supervised workplace by professional site safety managers and operators that will attempt to reduce health and safety hazards at sites.

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