Overview

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

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Author:   Fred Sherratt
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781118817285

ISBN 10:   1118817281
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   06 May 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

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 Acknowledgements 148 References 148 8 Counting Down to Zero 151 Target Zero: Theories and Thinking 152 Brand Zero 156 Zero in Practice 159 Measuring Zero: Non ]Accident Statistics 161 Achieving Zero 163 Acknowledgements 169 References 169 9 Constructing Safety on Sites 171 What is Safety on Site? 172 Site Safety Culture 177 Putting it into Practice 181 References 187 10 Reflections 189 Index 191

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Author Information

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.

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