Construction Safety

Engr. Guillermo O. Bernabe College of Engineering Polytechnic University of the Philippines September 15, 2011

Importance of Safety and Health

Objectives of the Seminar At the end of the seminar, the participants will be able to: 1. List leading causes of accidents in construction sites; 2. Recognize the present safety and health situations in the construction industry; 3. Articulate the importance of safety and health in the construction industry.

Global OSH Situationer International Labour Organization Report >270 Million Accidents Reported >350,000 of which are fatal >160 Million work-related illnesses/diseases reported

Global OSH Situationer >2,000,000 workers DIE every year >More than 100,000 work fatalities occur every month >More than 5,000 everyday >4 every minute >Each year, 22,000 children are killed by work accidents!

Construction Industry

>At least 60,000 fatalities occur at construction sites, around the world, every year >1 fatal accident occurs every 10 minutes >Around 17% of all fatalities at work (1 in every 6) are construction fatalities.

With highly mobile population of workers and different contractors working on dangerous construction sites at the same time, CONSTRUCTION continues to be a major cause of death and disabilities.

Work Accident Summary

YEAR 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2974 2004 2586 No. Of work Accident

5 Year Distribution of Work-related Accident Cases, By Industry

Total Industry Agriculture Fishing Mining & Quarrying Manufacturing Electricity Construction Wholesale/Retail, etc. Hotel & Restaurant Transport, Storage & Communication Real Estate, etc. Other, Community, Personal Service 5,650 93 261 5,843 233 378 732 97 375 87 105 788 34 81 1,270 36 53 109 37 86 47 20 493 8 31 1,037 21 38 177 31 113 24 27 1,376 24 50 1,151 37 42 170 25 62 4 32 1,891 14 77 1,343 80 70 148 4 38 7 14 1,102 13 22 1,042 59 175 128 76 5 12 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

5-Year Distribution of Work-related Accident Cases, By Region

Total 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

All Region NCR CAR I. Ilocos Region II. Cagayan Valley III. Central Luzon IV. Southern Tagalog V. Bicol Region VI. Western Visayas VIII. Eastern Visayas IX. Western Mindanao X. Northern Mindanao

13886 1430
209 118 24 490 2694 25 10

2586 362
38 20 24 53 675 3 -

2004 266
33 27

2974 252
36 37

3687 273
83 6

2635 277
19 28

100 248 10 -

46 444 8 -

131 783 2 6

160 544 2 4

116 10 42

38 2

18 7

8 12

2 6 12

2 4 9

5-Year Distribution of Work-related Accident Cases, By Region

Total 2005 XI. Southern Mindanao XII. Central Mindanao XIII. CARAGA ARMM 7155 1092 1261 81 2 233 23 2

2004 808 355 16 -

2003 1792 305 15 -

2002 2067 256 17 -

2001 1396 112 10 -

Factors That Contribute to the Occurrence of Accidents in the Construction Industry

Leading Causes of Accidents

Explosion Scaffolds/Shoring Collapse Machinery Lift Appliance Hand Tools Falling Objects Fall (Different Level) Electricity Cave-in 1 9 5 9 2 9 23 4 8

Type of Trade
Electrician Welder Checker/S.G. Plumber Steel Worker Foreman Laborer Carpenter 2 2 4 3 12 2 25 8

Month of Occurrence
January February March April May June July August September October November December 2 4 1 3 3 1 5 18 1 5 7 7

Time of Accident
1:00 3:00 5:00 7:00 9:00 11:00 13:00 15:00 17:00 19:00 21:00 23:00 1 1 0 2 3-6 1 1 7-8 5 5 1 1

Family Employee Health SAFETY Accident Costs Corporate Image Production Regulatory Agencies

Quality

Direct Cost of Accident - Medical Expenses - Equipment Damage - Wasted Raw materials - Insurance Premiums - Litigation Expenses

Indirect Cost of Accident 1. Injured Workers - Lesser productivity due to interruption on day of injury - Loss in efficiency - Loss of income 2. Other Employees - Loss of productivity due to: Work stoppage out of curiosity When assisting injured person Due to inspection Loss in efficiency out of sympathy to the injured Additional cost due to completion of added work

Indirect Cost of Accident 3. Supervisors - Lost productivity - When assisting the injured - Due to accident investigation - In preparing report - During inspection 4. Replacement - Hiring or Training 5. Equipment - Downtime

.Humane Aspect
-Sorrow due to loss -Hardships and inconveniences -Physical pain/discomfort -Psychological problems

Mathematics of Accidents + x / % ADDS to your Troubles SUBTRACTS from your Profits MULTIPLIES your Losses DIVIDES worker from Manager DISCOUNTS your Successes

If you think TRAINING is expensive, Try IGNORANCE; IF YOU THINK safety IS COSTLY, TRY accident!

Thank you!