Unpacking Construction Site Safety provides a different perspective of safety in practice. ? examines how useful the concept of safety actually is to the development of effective management interventions ? providing new insights and information to the audience, and assist in a more informed development of new approaches in practice ? aimed at safety and construction management practitioners as well as academics
Unpacking Construction Site Safety provides a different perspective of safety in practice. ? examines how useful the concept of safety actually is to the development of effective management interventions ? providing new insights and information to the audience, and assist in a more informed development of new approaches in practice ? aimed at safety and construction management practitioners as well as academicsHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Fred Sherratt PhD MCIOB C.BuildE MCABE FHEA has worked in the UK construction industry for over 13 years, starting as a site secretary and working up through the ranks, via the planning function, to site management. She is now a researcher and Senior Lecturer in Construction Management at Anglia Ruskin University.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xv
1 Introduction 1
References 4
2 Construction Site Contexts 5
Winning Work 6
Subs of Subs of Subs 8
The Workforce 9
Working Conditions 13
Never work a day in your life ... 13
Construction Site Life 14
References 17
3 Safety and Society 21
The Media and its Myths 22
(Mis?])Interpreting the Legislation 25
Where there's blame ... 28
Safety and Society and Construction Sites 31
Understanding People 32
References 42
4 Safety in Construction 47
Measuring Safety: Accidents and Statistics 48
Cause and Effect 51
Safety Management Systems 55
Competence 58
Training 61
Personal Protective Equipment 66
References 73
5 Just a Bit Unsafe? 77
The Legislative Lexicon 77
Safe/Unsafe 83
Safety and Unsafety 88
Safety and Risk 94
Acknowledgements 104
References 104
6 Safety versus Work and Work versus Safety 107
The Non?]Productive 107
Segregation and Integration 111
Problems of Production 114
Production in Practice 116
References 121
7 Engagement and Enforcement 123
Engaging with Safety 124
Safety Propaganda 129
Enforcing Safety 134
Rules Made to be Broken? 138
A Hierarchy of Safety: Responsibility and Ownership 142
