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The document discusses construction safety, outlining various hazards and accidents that can occur at construction sites. It defines construction activities according to relevant legislation and lists common machinery, tools, and hazards. Accidents like falls, collapses, and electric shock are described along with their causes. The summary emphasizes the variety of potential hazards on construction sites and the need for employers to properly manage safety and health to protect employees and comply with legislative requirements.
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- 1. CONSTRUCTION SAFETY B.E.A.T ConsultancySdn. Bhd. 1
- 2. 2 View of constructionactivities in progress
- 3. SCOPE • Definition andLegislative needs • Construction base activities • Tools & Machinery that usually use • Construction site hazard • Types of accident • Safety & health management for construction 3
- 4. DEFINITION FACTORY & MACHINERYACTS 1967 (Building Operations and works of Engineering Construction) (Safety Regulations 1986) Define the Building Operation: • construction, structure renovation, recovery for building (renovation, external clearance for the building) and building demolition. 4
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- 6. Legislation Needs 1) OSHA1994 • Employer general duty – Employ Safety & Health Officer – Duty to formulate Safety and Health Policy (section 16) – Form a Safety & health Committee (section 30) 6
- 7. OSH Act (Safety& Health Officer) Regulations, 1996 – Registered with DOSH Legislation Needs 7
- 8. 8 Legislation Needs Safety andHealth officer Order 1997 – S&H Officer if the project value exceeded RM20 million whether fro: a) Building operation b) Construction Engineering
- 9. 2) FMA 1967 •General provision involving machinery qualification, Installation and occupational (under FMA 1967); • FMA regulation ( Building operation and Works of Engineering Construction (Safety) Regulations, 1986 – Safety & Health provision for activities, tools and employer. Legislation Needs 9
- 10. Activity in ConstructionSite • Piling • Concrete work • Demolition • Bricks absorbing • wire installation/ electric cable, tube • welding • handling/ transportation for construction substance 10
- 11. • Installation • formwork • painting • raw materials transportation • cleaning • machine operation Activity in Construction Site (Cont) 11
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- 13. Machinery/tools on constructionSite MACHINERY USES Crane (Moving/tower) / Skip hoist Lifting objects Passenger hoist Lifting employee Bending machine Cutting machine cut iron, wood and plywood Excavator Burrow ground (hole/pit) Piling machine & frame planting column / construction structure Lifting Lorry Lifting Construction substance Cement lorry (Batching plant) Cement transportation 13
- 14. Equipment in ConstructionSite • hand apparatus easy authority tools (hammer, chisel) • stairs • scaffold (stay & move) • Air Compressor • Hammer /Drill • Generator set • welding tools 14
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- 16. Construction Hazard • heat •noise • Mineral dust • mechanical • electric • radiation • chemical substance • ergonomic problem • biological • work at height • work in narrow space • lightning • Suffocation 16
- 17. Types of Accidentsin Construction Site • fall from height • fall from same level • structure collapse • electric shock • wedged between object • Suffocation • Collide/hit with falling object 17
- 18. Fall from Height •Stairs • Work Platform • roof (top) • through aperture floor • open edge 18
- 19. Causes Factor • Nofences • no equipment checking • equipment installing is not competent • no safety harness • Stair design failure • Stair in wrong position Fall from Height 19
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- 21. Fall on thesame Level • wire on the floor • slippery floor Causes Factor: • no cleanliness at workplace • no equipment storage • No cleanliness performing 21
- 22. Structure Collapse • Accidentduring working /formwork Causes Factor : • No ground adherent installation • no guidelines and job procedure • excess load • structure failure 22
- 23. Electric shock Causes Factor: •touching electric current through damage cable • damage equipment • no prevention equipment for electric tool 23
- 24. Suffocation • narrow spaces(tank, small room, etc..) • shortage of oxygen • water pond Causes : • no adequate ventilation • no exhaust vacuum • no guidelines for safe working system • no training and lack of knowledge 24
- 25. Collide with Vehicles Causes: • No special passage for employee • No fences • No regulation or traffic enforcement in the area • No vehicle checking • Driver are not trained 25
- 26. Safety & HealthManagement in Construction Strategy: • form a safety & health Committee • Recognize the hazard in work are • define the risk • Plan & arrange Safety & Health Steps 26
- 27. Employer control : •legislate safety & health policy • hire Safety & Health Officer (depends to cost appraisal project) • hire site base Safety Supervisor • Re-enforce the safety rules in work Safety & Health Management in Construction 27
- 28. • Supervise highrisk activities • Provide safety & health training to all employees • Provide PPE to employees • Provide a safety procedure for all activities • Provide right & safe equipment • Investigate any accident that happen • Checks work area • Create a communication system • Warning sign Safety & Health Management in Construction 28
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- 30. Construction safety Summary • Varietyactivities on construction site are potential to cause hazard and accident • There are Safety & health Legislative under FMA 1967 & OSHA 1994 • Employer should manage all the safety and health to ensure employee safety and obey the need of legislation 30
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- 32. 32 Identify 10 hazardsin this slide
- 33. 33 Identify 10 hazardson this slide
- 34. 34 Questions • What isthe related regulation associated with safety in the construction industry? • What are the three legal requirements stipulated in the BOWEC? • Who are the workers covered under the OSHA 1994? • Who are not covered under OSHA 1994 and why? • What is the requirement of SHO as stipulated in OSHA 1994? • What is the composition of Safety and Health committee as stipulated in the OSHA 1994? • What are the functions of the safety and health policy as stipulated in OSHA 1994?
- 35. 35 Questions • What isthe roles and responsibilities as stipulated in the safety and health committee regulations 1996? • Under which section of the OSHA 1994 that employer must formulate the safety and health policy? • What are the hazards that workers may encounter while working in the confined space? • What are the safety requirements as stipulated in the BOWEC?