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    More Than 60% of Fatal Accidents Could Be Avoided by Actions That Should Be Performed Before The Starting of The Construction Site

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    The document discusses occupational safety and health (OSH) considerations in the construction industry. It states that construction managers and designers should plan projects to minimize safety risks for workers and determine how long projects will take while reducing risks. More than 60% of fatal construction accidents could be prevented by actions taken before starting work on a construction site. OSH should also be considered for maintenance of construction projects, including how workers can safely maintain projects over time.

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    The document discusses occupational safety and health (OSH) considerations in the construction industry. It states that construction managers and designers should plan projects to minimize safety risks for workers and determine how long projects will take while reducing risks. More than 60% of fatal construction accidents could be prevented by actions taken before starting work on a construction site. OSH should also be considered for maintenance of construction projects, including how workers can safely maintain projects over time.

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    The document discusses occupational safety and health (OSH) considerations in the construction industry. It states that construction managers and designers should plan projects to minimize safety risks for workers and determine how long projects will take while reducing risks. More than 60% of fatal construction accidents could be prevented by actions taken before starting work on a construction site. OSH should also be considered for maintenance of construction projects, including how workers can safely maintain projects over time.

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    The construction industry and OSH 3

    it, like scaffoldings, formworks, guardrails, and other). This means that the managers and designers
    should answer questions like the following:

    l How should the project be physically built while avoiding or minimizing the risks to the
    construction workers?
    l How much time is needed to build the project (and each of its parts) while reducing the risk from
    too many workers in the same workplace or from tasks that may cause risks when performed at
    the same time?

    For this purpose, the new OSH legislation should be inserted into the existing construction legislation
    on the responsibilities of managers and designers. The importance of this responsibility for OSH of
    those involved in the design and planning phases (i.e. before starting the execution phase) was
    illustrated by a study in the European Union in the 1980s, which concluded that more than 60% of
    fatal accidents in the construction industry could have been avoided by action before launching the
    construction site (Figure 10).

    As for the maintenance of the construction project, the OSH should also be of concern, especially to
    designers, who should answer questions like the following:

    l How can the construction project be maintained without putting at risk the workers involved in
    its maintenance?
    l Exactly where (which parts?), when (which periodicity?) and how (e.g. means of access to the
    parts) should maintenance take place?

    Although the Convention refers expressly to cleaning and painting, other issues should also be
    considered, for example inspection of the construction project, including the equipment (e.g. air
    conditioning) installed in it.

    More than 60% of fatal accidents could be avoided


    by actions that should be performed before the
    starting of the construction site

    Organiz./Planning
    28%

    Construction site
    37%

    Conceive/Design
    35%

    Figure 10 – Causes of fatal occupational accidents in construction

    17
    Inspecting OSH in the Construction Industry

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