SYNOPSIS ON

SAFETY AND HEALTH IN CONSTRUCTION

Submitted By:

D.D. Medhani Uthpala Piyasinghe QS K08 - 16

Submitted To:

International College of Business and Technology

a. Introduction Safety and health in construction The need to develop improved safety and health practices in the construction industry is well recognised by those responsible for framing provisions in this sector. This code of practice is intended for use by competent authorities, committees, management or employers' and workers' organisations. The present volume, an update of an earlier code of practice, takes into account the changes in working practices and conditions which have arisen over the past few decades and new areas requiring protective measures in the industry. It aims to provide guidelines and practical recommendations and covers such areas as: the safety of workplaces; personal protective equipment and protective clothing; health hazards; and construction equipment and machinery. These are the sub categories of this project

1) General provisions 1.1. Objective 1.2. Application

2. Identifying hazards and carrying out risk assessments 2.1. General provisions 2.2. Working with risk assessments 2.3. Managing risk

3. General duties 3.1. General duties of competent authorities 3.2. General duties of employers 3.3. General rights and duties of workers 3.4. General duties of clients

4. Safety of workplaces 4.1. General provisions

4.2. Precautions against the fall of materials and persons 4.3. Fire prevention and fire fighting 4.4. Lighting

5. Before visiting premises/sites

6. Upon arrival and during visits to premises/sites

7. Scaffolds and ladders 7.1. General provisions 7.2. Materials 7.3. Design and construction 7.4. Ladder use in construction

8. Lifting appliances and gear 8.1. General provisions 8.2. Hoists 8.3. Derricks Stiff-leg derricks 8.4. Gin poles 8.5. Tower cranes 8.6. Lifting ropes

9. Transport, earth-moving and materials-handling equipment 9.1. General provisions 9.2. Power shovels, excavators 9.3. Bulldozers 9.4. Scrapers 9.5. Mobile asphalt layers and finishers 9.6. Road rollers

10. Plant, machinery, equipment and hand tools 10.1. General provisions 10.2. Hand tools 10.3. Pneumatic tools 10.4. Cartridge-operated tools 10.5. Electrical tools 10.6. Woodworking machines 10.7. Concrete work equipment 10.8. Pressure plant 10.9. Crusher plants 10.10. Conveyors

11. Work at heights including roof work 11.1. General provisions 11.2. Roof work 11.3. Work on tall chimneys

12. Excavations, shafts, earthworks, underground works and tunnels 12.1. General provisions 12.2. Excavations 12.3. Underground construction 12.4. Blasting 12.5. Haulage 12.6. Underground pipelines

13. Cofferdams and caissons and work in compressed air 10.1. General provisions 10.2. Work in cofferdams and caissons 10.3. Work in tunnels in compressed air

14. Structural frames, formwork and concrete work 14.1. General provisions 14.2. Erection and dismantling of steel and prefabricated structures

15. Pile-driving 15.1. General provisions 15.2. Operation of pile-driving equipment 15.3. Floating pile-drivers 15.4. Sheet piling

16. Work over water 16.1. General provisions 16.2. Boats 16.3. Rescue and emergency procedures

17. Demolition 17.1. General provisions 17.2. Demolition of walls 17.3. Demolition of floors 17.4. Demolition of structural steelwork 17.5. Demolition of tall chimneys 18. Electricity 18.1. General provisions 18.2. Inspection and maintenance 18.3. Testing

19. Explosives 19.1. General provisions 19.2. Disposal of explosives 19.3. Transport, storage and handling

20) Barriers and Guards 20.1. General provisions 20.2 Areas that Need Barriers or Guards 20.3 Using Barriers and Guards 20.4 Types of Barriers and Guards

21. Health hazards, first aid and occupational health services 21.1. General requirements 21.2. Occupational health services 21.3. First aid 21.5. Dangerous atmospheres 21.6. Heat stress, cold and wet conditions 21.7. Noise and vibration

22. Personal protective equipment and protective clothing 22.1. General provisions 22.2. Types

23. Your legal duties 22.1. Criminal liability 22.2. Civil liability 22.3 Key regulations

24. Safety of yourself and others

c. Objective of study (a) Preventing accidents and diseases and harmful effects on the health of workers arising from employment in construction; (b) Ensuring appropriate design and implementation of construction projects; (c) Providing means of analyzing from the point of view of safety, health and working conditions, construction processes, activities, technologies and operations, and of taking appropriate measures of planning, control and enforcement.

d. Scope of study
Construction activities which cover: Building, including excavation and the construction, structural alteration, renovation, repair, maintenance (including cleaning and painting) and demolition of all types of buildings or structures; Civil engineering, including excavation and the construction, structural alteration, repair, maintenance and demolition of, for example, airports, docks, harbours, inland waterways, dams, river and avalanche and sea deface works, roads and highways, railways, bridges, tunnels, viaducts and works related to the provision of services such as communications, drainage, sewerage, water and energy supplies; The erection and dismantling of prefabricated buildings and structures, as well as the manufacturing of prefabricated elements on the construction site. e. Data Collection. From books Lecture Notes From Internet From People (Engineers, Lectures, Quantity Surveyors, Technical Officers , Labours)

f. Research Tools Applied Asked some question about safety and health in construction industry from people who related to the construction field. Visited to the sites and research what are the safety problems and how the over come from them .

g. organization of study Construction industry

h. reference and Bibliography I. ILO publications Listed below are various Conventions, Recommendations, codes of practice, guides and other 146 Minimum Age for Admission to Employment, 1973 147 Prevention and Control of Occupational Hazards caused by Carcinogenic Substances and Agents, 1974 156 Protection of Workers against Occupational Hazards in the Working Environment Due to Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration, 1977 160 Occupational Safety and Health in Dock Work, 1979 164 Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment, 1981 ILO publications, which may assist the reader seeking further information about safety and health in construction. Safe construction and installation of electric passenger, goods and service lifts. 1972. 108 pp. 160 Occupational Safety and Health in Dock Work, 1979 164 Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment, 1981 170 Labour Statistics, 1985 ISSA Secretariat, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland; ISSA International Section for the Construction Industry: Secretariat, Organisme professionnel ect