Accident Sources and Prevention in the Construction Industry—Some Recent Developments in Finland

Häkkinen, Kari; Niemelä, Ville

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13180-1_3

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“…In Finnish legislation (Occupational Safety and Health Act 738/2002), a shared workplace is defined as one in which a single employer exercises the main authority and more than one other employer (or selfemployed workers) operates simultaneously or successively in such a way that their work may affect other employees' safety or health. Typical examples of shared workplaces based on this definition include industrial sites and construction sites (Häkkinen & Niemelä, 2015;Nenonen & Vasara, 2013;Väyrynen et al, 2012). In addition to the concept of a shared workplace, terms such as multi-employer worksites, outsourced work, and employers sharing a workplace are used in the research literature to describe such complex work environments (Koivupalo et al, 2015).…”

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“…The main authority at a shared workplace provides general HSEQ management principles for all stakeholders. Crucial elements of HSEQ management at a shared workplace include the stakeholder management, communication, and cooperation processes that ensure that all actors obey these principles (Häkkinen & Niemelä, 2015). In addition, safety management resource allocation, understanding of and commitment to responsibilities, uniform hazard identification and communication processes have been identified as common HS challenges at a shared workplace (Nenonen & Vasara, 2013).…”

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“…This multiemployer work-environment entity may be called a shared workplace. Such a multiorganizational context creates various challenges in synchronizing and managing all of the stakeholders' actions (see, e.g., Häkkinen & Niemelä, 2015). Supplier evaluation and auditing is one strategy for facilitating supplier development (Krause et al, 2000).…”

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Hseq at Shared Industrial Workplaces: Experiences From Collaboration on Supplier Audits

Jounila¹,

Reiman²,

Laine³

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The trend of outsourcing in industries has led to a situation in which various service providers are working at industrial sites. Managing such complex multi-employer worksites is a challenge. This study introduces a collaboration procedure for supplier audits in the context of integrated health, safety, environment, and quality management by large Finnish industrial buyers. A supplier-audit database is analyzed and supplemented by interviews with the buyers. Altogether, 456 audit observations are categorized in seven thematic areas to introduce what kinds of development areas suppliers have. With regard to the collaborative nature of the procedure, the benefits from the buyers' side were identified from the interviews. Cluster collaboration has proven advantageous in financial savings, objective assessments, and supplier development.

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Hseq at Shared Industrial Workplaces: Experiences From Collaboration on Supplier Audits

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Laine³

et al. 2020

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“…In the construction industry, in particular, almost all of the workplaces can be considered shared workplaces. At large construction sites, there are always employees of several different employers working on their specific areas of expertise, thereby making the site a shared workplace [16]. In addition, in the process and manufacturing industries, it is common for the tasks related to the maintenance of complicated processes to be performed by several smaller companies.…”

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Occupational safety and health in shared workplaces according to workplace inspection reports

Kekkonen

Reiman

Väyrynen

et al. 2019

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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The aim of this study was to create a holistic view of shared workplaces and the ways in which these 'special situations' for organizing work take place in practice. The characteristics of shared workplaces and the associated phenomena and challenges were also points of interest. Occupational safety and health inspection reports (N = 200) from the Regional State Administrative Agency of Finland were analysed to obtain information on the deficiencies observed in shared workplaces. The observations were categorized, and the categories were linked to the elements in the work system model. Thus, observation profiles for shared workplaces in the construction, manufacturing and mining and quarrying industries were created. In the observation profiles, significant differences were identified between two or more industries in terms of deficiencies related to organization, employee, task, tools and technology as well as work environment, i.e., the elements comprising the work system model.

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“…According to statistics, many accidents at construction sites have resulted in great human and socioeconomic losses (2,4,13). Although less than 12 % of Iranian workers are active in construction, the severity of injuries is very high (14).…”

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Key factors contributing to accident severity rate in construction industry in Iran: a regression modelling approach / Primjena regresijskog modela u analizi ključnih čimbenika koji pridonose težini nesreća u građevinskoj industriji u Iranu

Soltanzadeh

Mohammadfam

Moghimbeigi

et al. 2016

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

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Construction industry involves the highest risk of occupational accidents and bodily injuries, which range from mild to very severe. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to identify the factors associated with accident severity rate (ASR) in the largest Iranian construction companies based on data about 500 occupational accidents recorded from 2009 to 2013. We also gathered data on safety and health risk management and training systems. Data were analysed using Pearson's chi-squared coefficient and multiple regression analysis. Median ASR (and the interquartile range) was 107.50 (57.24-381.25). Fourteen of the 24 studied factors stood out as most affecting construction accident severity (p<0.05). These findings can be applied in the design and implementation of a comprehensive safety and health risk management system to reduce ASR.

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Accident Sources and Prevention in the Construction Industry—Some Recent Developments in Finland

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Hseq at Shared Industrial Workplaces: Experiences From Collaboration on Supplier Audits

Hseq at Shared Industrial Workplaces: Experiences From Collaboration on Supplier Audits

Occupational safety and health in shared workplaces according to workplace inspection reports

Key factors contributing to accident severity rate in construction industry in Iran: a regression modelling approach / Primjena regresijskog modela u analizi ključnih čimbenika koji pridonose težini nesreća u građevinskoj industriji u Iranu

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