Best Practices in Prevention of Risks in Construction

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Best Practices in Prevention of Risks in
Construction

• The European Dimension
• Dr.Linou, Associate Professor at UAMS

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Construction

• One of Europe biggest industries1
• 13 million people employed
• (8 of the working population)
• 1 European Foundation for the Improvement of
  Living and Working Conditions (2002), Sectoral
  profiles of working conditions

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Construction

• One of the most dangerous industries
• Over 1,000 deaths every year
• Over 800,000 injured every year
• Millions of lost working hours
• -) Steady decline in the incidence of fatal and
  non-fatal accidents
• -( 2001 1,200 workers killed at work2
• 2 Eurostat, NewCronos database
  http//europa.eu.int/newcronos

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Scope of Construction

• Major Public Construction
• Roads, tunnels, underground metros
• Private Construction
• Private homes / buildings

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Case study Rolled asphalt and mastic asphalt in
construction / The Bitumen forum
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Scope of Prevention

• Preventing
• Accidents
• Musculoskeletal disorders
• Diseases
• Case study Safety on the Bologna Florence high
  speed rail link

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Case study Safety on the Bologna Florence high
speed rail link

• 78km long railway line (73 in tunnels)
• 3,000 workers employed

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Case study Safety on the Bologna Florence high
speed rail link
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European Union

• Legislation
• Actions

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Recognizing Best PracticesMajor actions

• At local level
• At national level
• At European level

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Types of Best Practices awarded projects

• National projects (combining legislation and
  cooperation)
• Worksite organization and management
• Information campaigns Training
• Tools/equipment development
• Project monitoring
• Interventional projects

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National projects (combining legislation and
cooperation)

• IEP Managing Safety in Road Construction
  (Portuguese Road Institute)

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Worksite organization and management awarded
projects

• UAB Constructus Managing the Health and Safety
  of Subcontractors (Lithuania)

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Information campaigns-trainingawarded projects

• DR-DR BYEN Promotion of Health and Safety in
  Construction by a partnership process (Denmark)
• A.Frauenrath Bauunternehmen GmbH Frauenrath
  Works Council Achieving employee participation
  in Health and Safety Management Systems (Germany)
• NCC Construction Sverige AB The Silent Book
  Pictorial Information and Promotional Material
  (Denmark)

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Information campaigns-training case studies

• Case study Training for road workers (Finland)
• Case study The safety passport scheme (UK)
• Case study Safety for road workers (Denmark)
• Case study The construction safety partnership
  (Ireland)
• Case study Working well together (UK)
• Case study A network of asbestos information
  centres (France)

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Tool/equipment development awarded project

• Interbrew UK Ltd Felton Construction Ltd Work
  at height Fall protection during roof work a
  partnership approach between client and
  contractor (UK)

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Project monitoringawarded projects

• Going safely into the 21st century competition
  A safety competition in the construction
  industry using effective monitoring systems
  (Finland)
• Arces Ltd. Improvement of Safety when carrying
  out work at height (Latvia)

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Interventional awarded project The REMAL Sp. Z
o.o. Repair Company Reducing risk during the
demolition of aluminium electrolysis tanks
(Poland)
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Major issues addressed

• Accidents
• Musculoskeletal disorders
• Chemical exposures

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Major issues addressed Accidents

• Case study Construction safety planning tool
  (Netherlands)
• Case study Preventing falls of roof carpenters
  (UK)
• Case study Prevention of falls (Germany)

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Major issues addressed Musculoskeletal disorders

• Case study Mechanical handling of glass panes
  (Denmark)

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Major issues addressed Chemical exposures

• Case study GISBAU (Germany)
• Awarded project Controlling the exposure of
  workers to respirable dust and crystalline silica
  from road milling machines (Netherlands)

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