Safety Management and Site Establishment (D39MS) Dr. Turker Bayrak Room: EC G.28 E-mail: t.bayrak@hw.ac.uk
Lecture plan 1. Course overview • Objectives of the course • Weekly schedule 2. Unit 1: - Basic principles of safety management - The safety problem (review of the major health and safety problems)
Course overview
This course • Discuss safety management issues in the construction industry • Managing Safety – not memorising safety • Basic issues and important principles • First exposure to formal safety training for many • Will not produce safety experts • Concentrates on practical management of real safety issues • Students should become familiar with HSE (Health and Safety Executive ) website - http://www.hse.gov.uk • Discuss various aspects relevant to site establishment • Basic factors and practices involved in establishing and running construction sites
Course Delivery • All lectures will be here • Tutorials during the second half of the lecture or as part of it • Reading list available on Course Handbook and Course Overview document • Lecture notes and presentation slides on Vision
Course Delivery – Lecture Plan Week Unit description No (Monday 11.15 am – 1.15 pm) Week 1 Unit 1 - Basic Principles of Safety Management and Safety Problem Week 2 Unit 2 - Accidents within the construction industry Week 3 Unit 3 – Construction safety law – the main laws that are applicable to the site situation (Part 1) Week 4 Unit 4 – Construction safety law – the main laws that are applicable to the site situation (Part 2) Unit 5 – Managing health and safety in construction Week 5 Week 6 Unit 6 – Risk assessment Week 7 Unit 7 – Creating a safer construction site – training Week 8 Unit 8 – Creating a safer construction site – Site practice Week 9 Unit 9 – Site establishment – layout, site procedures, organisation, approvals, initial works Week 10 Unit 10 – Temporary works – scaffolding, formwork, falsework, excavation support, road works Week 11 Unit 11 – Plant management – inc. planned preventative maintenance, plant utilisation, selection safety & Plant – hoists, transport, cranes, excavators, material handling Week 12 Discussion on mock exam answers + Revision
Assessment • Single exam (2 hour) • Course is 100% assessed by the exam • Exam carries three compulsory questions • NO MATERIALS permitted in the exam hall
Unit 1:Basic principles of safety management and the safety problem • In the ‘Basic Principles of Safety Management’ section: • basic philosophy of workplace safety and establishes this as a basic human right • In the ‘Safety Problem’ section: • review of the major health and safety problems • the state of safety action in the construction industry worldwide
Classroom Activity Working as 4 separate group, create a poster for each of the following and present to your CMs: • Origins of H&S: Why, when and how it might have started? What were the implications? • Why do we need H&S? Explain full benefits of H&S in construction. • What is the true cost of an accident? • What are the most common hazards in construction sites? (First create list, categorise, and then put them into some order of significance)
Basic principles of safety management THE RULE BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW THE CHOICE EMPLOYEE NOT SLAVE HIRED NOT BOUGHT RENTED NOT SOLD
The rights • Right to life • Protection from preventable injury and diseases • Information • Training
The priorities 1 – PUT PEOPLE FIRST 2 - IN CASES OF DOUBT, SEE RULE 1 THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS :- • WARTIME • RESCUE SERVICES • UNIQUE EVENTS e.g. Chernobyl • But not building sites
So why bother with H&S? Civil cases Pain and suffering Fines and costs Duty to fellow Court time human being Notices Legal Le gal Mor Moral al Business Busines Premiums Uninsured losses Reputation Morale Productivity
The true cost of an accident To the victim: • Pain and suffering • Extra cost, less income • Continued disability • Incapacity – for job and other activities
The true cost of an accident To the working group: • Shock and personal grief • Low morale • Affected production
The true cost of an accident To those responsible: • Worry and stress • Recrimination and guilt • Extra work a) reports b) staff replacement • Loss of credibility
The true cost of an accident To the firm: • Lost working time a) the victim b) others • Damaged equipment • Insurance costs • Prosecution or civil action
Is good health & safety good business?
Safety benefits • Prevent suffering and maintain quality of life • Less downtime • Less damage and loss • Deadlines met • Improved morale • Less absenteeism • Better reputation • Better business • Lower costs • HIGHER PROFITS !!
Reasons given for poor safety What reasons do you think people give for poor safety ? » By Managers ? » By Employees ?
History of health and safety • Had first formalised safety laws in the western world • Very specific, inflexible and weak • For controlling moral situations Early UK Laws • Safety issues were taken seriously Trade Unions • HASWA (the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974) changed the whole safety culture New UK Law
Philosophy Safety is more about attitudes than rule or rule book Good safety is a state of mind Safety is in quality
Hazards and risks
Hazards - things that might cause harm • A Jumbo Jet flying overhead • Wet concrete List some others which might cause harm on a building site 1 ......... 2 ......... 3 .........
Risks - the chance of that hazard actually resulting in harm • JUMBO JET CRASHING ON SITE • WET CONCRETE BUT HOW CAN WE COMPARE DIFFERENT RISKS ?
Risk assessment Is the process we use to assess the different degrees of risk – leading to 1. SAFE WORKING METHODS and 2. MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES
The safety problem in the construction industry • High accident and illness record compared to other industries – how bad is it where you work? (Source: HSE, 2013) • Almost all the incidents are preventable, and are common knowledge. What are the most common ?
The safety problem in the construction industry • High accident and illness record compared to other industries • Why is construction industry more – how bad is it where you work? problematic in H&S issues than others? • How can this be mitigated? In groups, create a spider diagram to answer the question you are allocated. (Source: HSE, 2013) • Almost all the incidents are preventable, and are common knowledge. What are the most common ?
What is the outlook for the construction sector? • Mobile workplace • Complex processes • Mobile workforce • Multi employer system • Mixture of skill levels • Macho image • Money
Management problems • Co-ordinating many employers, contractors and self employed • Competing priorities • Maintaining overall control • The pace of change • Variables (and extreme) weather • What others ?
But ......... These are not especially dangerous factors, and are no different to many other industries now They are often just used as excuses for inaction All are manageable – and so are unacceptable
Management solutions From a UK government report ‘ Rethinking Construction’ into the future of construction. Committed leadership Focus on the customer Integrated processes and teams Quality driven agenda Commitment to people Which of these include safety ?
Don’t forget to read the lecture notes......
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