Little research has been conducted concerning the safety practices of small construction contractors. These tend to be firms with limited budgets for safety. Since these small contractors constitute a significant proportion of the construction industry, greater understanding is needed about how these firms...
Special Safety Considerations for Smaller Companies In a small or medium-sized construction company, theforepersonmay act as thesuperintendentand theproject manager, in addition to being the safety person; they're wearing numerous hats. Safety committees may be a more informal process if you're not...
A well managed workplace safety program can benefit our company in countless ways. In order for XYZ Industries to achieve our goals, we have developed a safety program outlining our policies and procedures regarding employee health and safety. Each and every individual must become familiar with ...
barriers to safety construction improvement strategies safety performance small organisations View PDFReferences [1] Ozmec, M.N., Karlsen, I.L., Kines, P., Andersen, L.P.S., Nielsen, K.J., Negotiating safety practice in small construction companies, Safety Science, 71(Part C), 2014, pp...
grounded theory; public opinion; small and medium enterprises; production safety; China1. Introduction In China, the numerous small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), accounting for more than 90% of the total number of enterprises, are fundamental to the economy developing healthily and stably. ...
OSHA includes Fall Protection (General Requirements) because falls account for 1/3 of fatalities within theconstruction safety “SMART Safety Group has helped manageU.S Sprinkler’ssafety program for more than three years with excellent results. In a short period of time we had a significant drop...
How to Create a Construction Safety Training Program In construction, a strong safety program doesn’t just establish compliance and protect workers—it demonstrates a company’s investment in its people, improves employee morale, drives productivity, and enhances a company’s reputation. ... Safety...
For standalone safety solutions for small to medium-sized applications, it is frequently sufficient that the various sensing components are directly hardwired to the drive. For integrated safety solutions, the safety-relevant sequences are generally processed and coordinated in the fail-safe SIMATIC co...
The article focuses on the safety and health programs instituted by Nabholz Construction Corp. and Weitz Co. to eliminate deaths and injuries at construction sites. Weitz CEO Craig Damos said the company has elevated the importance of pre-construction safety planning and enhanced project site supervis...
carried out correlation coefficient analysis and ANOVA on 1546 occupational accidents for small construction enterprises in Taiwan and suggested occupational accident occurrence was highly related to age, profession, unsafe acts by workers and unsafe conditions [16]. Wangberg et al. used linear ...