RUNNING HEAD:HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICE UK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

Health and Safety Practice UK Construction Project



Abstract

It is well known that construction projects have many work-related accidents and injuries. In recent year, to overcome such safety problems, safety program implementation has been given significant consideration as one of the effective methods. In order to effectively gain from safety programs, factors that affect its implementation need to be studied. This paper identified 16 critical success factors (CSFs) of safety programs from safety literature and previous research and these were thereafter validated by construction safety professionals. The study was conducted through questionnaire surveys with 10 respondents from medium and large-scale construction projects taking part. The survey intended to assess and prioritize the degree of influence of those success factors have on the safety programs as perceived by the respondents. The result showed that the most influential factor is management support. Furthermore, using factor analysis, the 16 CSFs could be grouped into four dimensions: worker involvement, safety prevention and control system, safety arrangement, and management commitment. In order to validate the findings, three case studies were further conducted to test the effect of those success factors on construction safety performance.

Table of contents

Introduction4

Aims of the study4

Objectives of the study6

Literature Review10

Construction site safety in U.K10

Construction safety programs12

Factors affecting safety program implementation15

Factors affecting safety program implementation17

Factor Source Discussion17

Research methodology30

Aims and objectives of the Research31

Questionnaire survey32

Data analysis and key findings34

Ranking of CSFs for safety program implementation34

Factor analysis of CSFs for safety program implementation37

Dimension 1: Worker involvement42

Dimension 2: Safety prevention and control system43

Dimension 3: Safety arrangement45

Dimension 4: Management commitment46

Verification of critical success factors (CSFs) in construction projects49

Component 1: Worker involvement51

Personal attitude Fair52

Component 2: Safety prevention and control system53

Component 3: Safety arrangement56

Component 4: Management commitment58

Conclusions65

Limitations of the study70

References72

Health and Safety Practice in UK Construction Project

Introduction

Construction industry is a very unique industry and unlike fixed workplace like factory. There is few reasons construction industry more dangerous than other industries. Firstly, the construction sites are constantly changing and temporary. Each construction sites involve of many sub-contractors and they perform different types of work in close proximity to each other. Further, several trades and concurrent tasks are present on construction site at the same time, which can bring them the specific hazards of their trade.

Aims of the Study

The Aim of this research is to investigate health and safety in the construction industry and examine the importance placed on it by construction professionals. This research will attempt to gain insight into many aspects of health and safety, to discover issues that need further examination and to find possible ways of improving safety in the industry. Using the knowledge gained from the substantial literature in both health & safety practice and cognition & interactive educational systems, this study set out to produce and assess a prototype interactive risk assessment. Further the Aim at improving safety and reducing overall costs in construction projects. In recent years, U.K's economy and infrastructure development have significantly and rapidly risen. The construction industry continues to play a major role in this development ...