“You will only see it, if you understand it” or occupational risk prevention from a management perspective

Swuste, Paul

doi:10.1002/hfm.20101

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“…has been a question that has been asked across the world, particularly in the construction industry where accident rates are high compared to other industries due to its unique nature [1]. Understanding how accidents occur is important in order to distinguish between factors that are relevant and require action and factors that are unimportant and can be ignored [9].…”

Section: Causes Of Accidents In Construction Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Occupational Accident Patterns and Prevention Measures in Construction Sites in Nairobi County Kenya

Kemei¹,

Nyerere²

2016

AJCE

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Abstract:Construction accidents don't just happen, they are initiated by unsafe acts, unsafe conditions or both. The construction industry in Kenya plays a vital role in achieving social and economic development goals, providing shelter, infrastructure, and employment. A study was carried out to identify the common accidents in construction sites and to examine the characteristics of the injured and deceased workers and evaluate factors that cause these accidents in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study cross examined data from Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) from Nairobi County ranging from 2010-2014. The study also utilized on-site questionnaires that were administered to 60 contractors in 9 administrative regions in Nairobi County. They constituted all class NCA2 contractors in the county as well as a few NCA3 and NCA4 contractors. Some 41 questionnaires were returned. Accidents were classified by the age of workers, time and month of the accident, location of an accident, causes of accident and management factors affecting the accident. The study established that 65% of all reported accidents occurred to workers below 37 years old. The accidents peaked between tea break (10am), lunch break (1pm) and after lunch (3pm) and during the months of June and July. The study determined that most construction site injuries were as a result of workers falling from heights (37%), being hit by falling objects (28%) and accidents occurring as a result of workers operating equipment (20%). Relative Importance (R. I) index of construction hazards were calculated for 24 factors contributing to construction site accidents. The top five hazards identified were: (1) reluctance to provide resources for safety (0.820); (2) lack of staff training (0.814); (3) lack of a safety policy and enforcement of safety regulations (0.795); (4) poor safety consciousness among workers (0.766); and (5) lack of strict operational procedures (0.756) in construction sites. The study concluded that in order to improve safety in the construction industry, each company should have a health and safety policy which is to be implemented in each contract. Furthermore, construction companies need to provide workers with the necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as safety belts, retaining belts, safety ropes, and safety harness, and catch nets to prevent workers from being hit by falling materials and to secure them against falling from heights.

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Section: Causes Of Accidents In Construction Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Occupational Accident Patterns and Prevention Measures in Construction Sites in Nairobi County Kenya

Kemei¹,

Nyerere²

2016

AJCE

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“…Although ORM is seen as responsible for reducing injury and illness statistics, the quality of occupational risk perspective should be the primary consideration 1) . Numerous OHSMSs are available for managerial use and implementation relating to occupational, safety, hygiene, and health (OSHH) professions.…”

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Risk Level Based Management System: A Control Banding Model for Occupational Health and Safety Risk Management in a Highly Regulated Environment

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a Department and Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) research and development (R&D) facility that is operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS) LLC. What makes LLNL unique from a majority of organizations with over 6,000 employees is its primary R&D focus, rather than a traditional production or manufacturing working environment. Most large-scale enterprises worldwide with ORM models within occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) are focused on a finite number of uniform activities.LLNL's R&D focus breaks away from traditional systems by consistently performing unique work. Therefore, the creation of new and potentially hazardous operations and related occupational exposures is standard. Perhaps an expected outcome of this large-scale R&D work is a pervasive regulatory oversight.Though based in California, the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not oversee LLNL's activities. Instead, Federal OSHA (FedOSHA) has jurisdiction. In addition, as LLNL is run by LLNS for the DOE, additional contractual requirements are in place to ensure workers performing the tasks that benefit national R&D are well protected. For industrial hygiene (IH), the contract requires the lowest established occupational exposure limit (OEL) for a given chemical, physical, or biological exposure. Therefore, the ACGIH ® Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) often meet this specification and therefore

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“…Understanding how accidents occur is fundamental to identifying the main factors and choosing appropriate safety measures (Swuste 2008). As a construction project always starts with planning and design, followed by a construction stage lasting for months or years, and eventually reaching an operation period that lasts for decades before demolition (Zou et al 2017), decisions made upstream have inherent influences on other stages.…”

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Validating DFS concept in lifecycle subway projects in China based on incident case analysis and network analysis

Xiahou

Yuan

Skibniewski

2018

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Abstract.Regardless of potential benefits of design for safety (DFS) concept for lifecycle safety management in construction industry, DFS adoption as an early intervention has been slower than expected. While existing research mainly concentrates on construction and operation phases, the role of design phase in construction safety management is always ignored. To validate the influence of DFS concept on lifecycle safety performance, this research conducted an incident case analysis (ICA) based on 442 cases collected from lifecycle subway projects, and a subway design-incident classification model (SDICM) was developed to help identify their relationship to DFS concept. Network theory was applied to study the interdependence of 22 subsystems obtained from China's code for metro design in lifecycle safety performance. Research findings show 236 out of 442 accidents are linked to DFS. Compared with construction phase, operation phase is more susceptible to design work. Station Building (SB), Section Construction (SC), Platform Screen Doors (PSD), Vehicle Systems (VES) and Power Supply Systems (PSS) are identified as having the highest number of accidents. The results of network analysis are consistent with ICA and demonstrate the safety interdependence of subsystems. This research can help improve the cognizance of DFS, and the identified subsystems should be given priority in the design phase.

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“You will only see it, if you understand it” or occupational risk prevention from a management perspective

Cited by 31 publications

References 43 publications

Occupational Accident Patterns and Prevention Measures in Construction Sites in Nairobi County Kenya

Occupational Accident Patterns and Prevention Measures in Construction Sites in Nairobi County Kenya

Risk Level Based Management System: A Control Banding Model for Occupational Health and Safety Risk Management in a Highly Regulated Environment

Validating DFS concept in lifecycle subway projects in China based on incident case analysis and network analysis

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