Construction Site Accidents
IDENTIFICATION CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF SOME CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS
PROPOSAL
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The construction sector has been ranked as the industry with the highest number of occupational injuries that are both fatal and non fatal. When big construction jobs are initiated, such as building a new housing or shopping complexes, there is a great deal of movement going on in a small area. Cranes, trucks and diggers are all vying for space to complete their project in a timely manner. Every year, many people fall victim to injury, harm and even death through accidents on construction sites. These sites are rife with danger, but most sites follow strict health and safety rules to ensure that these dangers are not a threat to the workers on the site. However, accidents do happen, and these can result from a variety of causes. While construction sites can be dangerous for workers, even people who don’t work in construction can still be injured on or near work sites. Some construction site dangers include open manholes, unsafe scaffolding, falling debris and malfunctioning heavy machinery. If the site is well organized, then few accidents will take place, but this is not always the situation. Poor supervision of the work environment and poor safety standards combine to mean that accidents are inevitable on some sites. It is often difficult to determine who is to blame on a construction site
According to Lawcore.com, the smaller the project the higher the risk for the employee as the general contractor may think it is such a quick job that it is not necessary to install all the safety features. Sometimes this can be a fatal mistake. Many contractors have been killed when someone removes a sheet of plywood from a floor to use somewhere else and doesn’t mark the area. Suddenly the floor that you knew was there a few minutes ago is gone and you are falling through the hole where you were walking a short time ago. Of course, some construction site accidents are the
PROPOSAL
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The construction sector has been ranked as the industry with the highest number of occupational injuries that are both fatal and non fatal. When big construction jobs are initiated, such as building a new housing or shopping complexes, there is a great deal of movement going on in a small area. Cranes, trucks and diggers are all vying for space to complete their project in a timely manner. Every year, many people fall victim to injury, harm and even death through accidents on construction sites. These sites are rife with danger, but most sites follow strict health and safety rules to ensure that these dangers are not a threat to the workers on the site. However, accidents do happen, and these can result from a variety of causes. While construction sites can be dangerous for workers, even people who don’t work in construction can still be injured on or near work sites. Some construction site dangers include open manholes, unsafe scaffolding, falling debris and malfunctioning heavy machinery. If the site is well organized, then few accidents will take place, but this is not always the situation. Poor supervision of the work environment and poor safety standards combine to mean that accidents are inevitable on some sites. It is often difficult to determine who is to blame on a construction site
According to Lawcore.com, the smaller the project the higher the risk for the employee as the general contractor may think it is such a quick job that it is not necessary to install all the safety features. Sometimes this can be a fatal mistake. Many contractors have been killed when someone removes a sheet of plywood from a floor to use somewhere else and doesn’t mark the area. Suddenly the floor that you knew was there a few minutes ago is gone and you are falling through the hole where you were walking a short time ago. Of course, some construction site accidents are the