SC401:CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES AND SITE

ORGANISATION

• CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT

• LECTURER: Eng. Happyness Paul

• Monday December 19th 2022 – 16:00hrs – 18hrs

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• Introduction
Safety: is a freedom from danger, injury or damage
Health: is a state of physical or mental well being, freedom from disease, pain
or defect.
Health and safety at work place is govern by OSHA
OSHA’S CONGRESSIONAL PURPOSE AND INTENT: To assure as far as possible
every working man and woman is safe and in health working conditions so as
to preserve human resources.
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• Foundation of Safety and Health management system
1. Moral or Ethical reasons; Accidents at work can lead to serious injury and
even death.
2. Legal reasons; the legal argument, concerning the employer’s duty of care in
criminal and civil law.
3. Financial reasons; Cost of accidents.
Effective Safety and Health Management systems (SHMS) have proven to be
decisive factor in reducing the extent and severity of work related injuries
and illnesses.
A formal management system or framework can help to manage health and
safety
An international Standard such as BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational
Health and safety series can be used.
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• Framework for Health and Safety management
Five key elements (Fig.01) involved in successful health and safety
management system have been identified.
1. A clear health and safety policy
2. A well defined health and safety organization
3. A clear health and safety plan
4. The measurement of Health and safety performance
5. The audit and review of health and safety performance
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• Framework for Health and Safety management
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• Risk assessment
• The purpose of Risk assessment is to reduce the remaining risk. This is called
the residual risk. The goal of risk assessment is to reduce all residual risks to
as low as level as reasonably practicable.
• There are two forms of risk assessment
1. A quantitative risk assessment attempts to measure the risk relating the
probability of the risk occurring to the possible severity of the outcome and
then giving the risk a numerical value.
2. The more common form of risk assessment is the qualitative assessment
which is based purely on personal judgement and its normally defined as
high, medium or low.
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• Risk assessment
The risk assessment process is divided into six elements;
1. Hazard identification
2. Persons at risk
3. Evaluation of risk level
4. Risk controls (Existing and additional)
5. Record of risk assessment findings
6. Monitoring and reviews
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• Evaluation of Risk level
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• Hierarchy of Risk control
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• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
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• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
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• Hazards and Control