This document discusses occupational health and safety at construction work sites. It notes that every year in Sri Lanka, many lives are lost or ruined by work accidents, including 110 deaths in a single recent year. It emphasizes that everyone, including employers, executives, managers, employees, and elected officials, shares responsibility for health and safety. As an elected official, one's decisions and priorities can impact workers, contractors, suppliers, service users, and customers. It is important to understand health and safety risks and issues and ensure the proper strategy, budget, and commitment from leadership. When accidents occur, in addition to insurance costs, organizations face indirect costs like sick pay, overtime, fines, legal fees, and equipment repairs, as well as increased

1. Occupational Health & Safety at
construction work site
Presented by
K.D.Vimukthi B.Sc(HRM)USJ
Asst.Manager(HR & Administration)
Salasi Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
Reading for Masters in Human Resources
Management –
University of Colombo

2. What does ‘health and safety’ mean
to you
This ?

3. Remember that there’s much more
to health and safety…

4. Why think about health and safety?
 Every year in the Sri Lanka, many lives are lost or ruined by accidents at work
 In a single recent year, there were 112,223 serious work accidents, including
110 deaths
How many of these were in the community you’re responsible for?

5. Who’s responsible for health and
safety in your local authority?…
Everyone!
 The employer – overall responsibility for health and safety
 The chief executive – responsibility for implementing and managing the
health and safety strategy and policy for the authority
 Line managers – day to day responsibility for themselves, their employees and
others, including members of the public
 Employees – responsibility for themselves and others

6. Your role as an elected member
What you say, do and decide can have a real impact on the
health and safety standards of your:
 workers
 contractors
 suppliers
 service users
 customers

7. Ask yourself...
 Do I know enough about health and safety and the risks
that people face in my authority?
 Do I understand the health and safety issues in the
service areas I’m involved with?
 Has my authority set the right health and safety
strategy and budget?
 Do I show commitment to health and safety when I
talk to people in the service teams?
 Have any decisions I’ve made as an elected member
put people at risk?

8. When things go wrong – the cost of
accidents
 You may have insurance to cover the cost of accidents, but you’ll have to pay
the indirect costs. These are often greater and include:
 sick pay
 extra wages or overtime
 fines and legal costs
 repairing damage to machines, equipment or property
 increased insurance premiums

9. When things go wrong – the law
 As an employer, your authority has a legal duty to protect its workers and
contractors, as well as the public
 > If your authority breaks health and safety law, it could be prosecuted or
issued with an improvement or prohibition notice
 > If someone is killed, injured or made ill by their work, or a member of the
public is harmed because of your authority’s negligence, it could be taken to
court

10. When things go wrong – the cost of
accidents
 You may have insurance to cover the cost of accidents, but you’ll have to pay
the indirect costs. These are often greater and include:
 sick pay
 extra wages or overtime
 fines and legal costs
 repairing damage to machines, equipment or property
 increased insurance premiums

11. When things go wrong – the cost of
accidents
 You may have insurance to cover the cost of accidents, but you’ll have to pay
the indirect costs. These are often greater and include:
 sick pay
 extra wages or overtime
 fines and legal costs
 repairing damage to machines, equipment or property
 increased insurance premiums

13. Thank You……….