Construction Safety
Management
Understand
Construction Safety Challenges With Excellence in Health and Safety
Management
By Allan St. John Holt
Unique Resource
for Those Who Construct or Procure the Construction of Projects of
all Sizes
The construction industry has not had a good
record on health and safety and faces tough legal and financial
penalties for breaches of the law.
This book provides a unique resource for all
those who construct or procure the construction of projects of all
sizes and in all countries and for clients who need to keep abreast
of their own and their contractors' responsibilities.
It gives practical guidance on best practice,
including:
- Measuring performance and recording
information
- Developing a safety policy and method
statements
- Assessing risk
- Training and understanding people
- The basics of the
construction/environment interface
The book addresses several topics not found in
other reference works, discussing techniques of health and safety
and basic environmental management as applied to the industry. It
uniquely provides 50 quick reference guides setting out solutions to
common problems. These include falls, manual and mechanical
handling, work with asbestos and noise. It also summarises the main
UK legal requirements on construction safety and health and includes
a number of useful checklists and model forms.
Written by a very experienced health and
safety practitioner, who is also author of the highly successful
IOSH book Principles of Health and Safety at Work, this book will be
welcomed by all responsible for health and safety. It will also
provide an excellent text for the NEBOSH (National Examination Board
in Occupational Safety and Health) Construction Safety and Health
national certificate.
About The Author:
Allan St John Holt has twice been elected to the Presidency
of the UK’s professional body, the Institution of Occupational
Safety and Health. He is a Fellow of the Institution and a
Registered Safety Practitioner. An internationally-known lecturer
and writer on safety management and other topics, he has presented
seminars and featured as keynote speaker at conferences on every
continent.
Allan Holt’s lifetime contribution to injury prevention was
recognized in 1997, when he was inducted into the Safety and Health
Hall of Fame International in Chicago, Illinois for services to
international safety management. He is the only non-American to have
been elected Chairman of the US National Safety Council’s
Construction Section (1991) and he received the Council’s
Distinguished Service to Safety Award in 2000.
His current position as Head of Safety at Royal Mail Group
follows his previous position as Global Director of Environment,
Health and Safety for Bovis Lend Lease. Allan Holt has served as a
Justice of the Peace since 1987
Table of Contents:
- Introduction;
- Part 1
- Construction Safety Management - Fundamentals;
- Where are we now?;
- Measuring performance & recording information;
- Techniques of construction safety management;
- The Safety policy;
- Assessing the risks;
- Control strategies for construction work;
- The Health and Safety plan;
- Training;
- Meetings;
- Understanding people;
- Joint consultation;
- Access to information;
- Part 2
- Environment, Health and Safety Issues - Construction and the
environment;
- Construction hazards and solutions;
- Quick reference guide;
- Part 3
- Legal Requirements - Construction Health and safety law;
- Index
Soft-cover,
288 pages
Published 2005
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3446-0
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