Construction safety management

Other key ideas within the cognitive theories that are often employed within social research are those of values, attitudes and beliefs (Baron et a/. 2006). These elements are often seen as the basic criteria of many social phenomena, including the highly complex concept of culture, although it is attitudes, the inherent disposition to respond favourably or unfavourably to an object/person/ event (Aronson et a/. 2007), that are most frequently used, due to their accessibility through tools such as questionnaires or observed behaviours (Ajzen 2005). In construction, safety management often draws on this way of thinking in the use of safety climate surveys. 

Gheisari, M., Irizarry, J. and Horn, D. (2010) Situation awareness approach to construction safety management improvement. In C. Egbu (ed.). 

Ahmad, K. and Gibb, A. (2004) Towards effective safety performance measurement evaluation of existing techniques and proposals for the future. In S. Rowlinson (ed.). Construction Safety Management Systems, pp. 424-42. Spon Press, London. 

Howarth, T. and Watson, P. (2009) Construction Safety Management. Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex. 

Construction Safety Management and Engineering by Hill (2003), Construction Safety Manual by Heberle (1998), among others. A recently published book titled Construction Equipment and Methods-Planning, Iimovation, Safety by Bemold (2013) provides an overview of how to prevent accidents with used equipment in the construction industry. The book also presents methods for the safe design of trenches, formwork, and temporary stmctures. 

Hill, D. C. (2003). Construction safety management and engineerir (p. 717). Des Plaines, IL Ameriean Society of Safety Engineers (ISBN 1885581467). 

A good reference on contractor selection procedures and the key safety, health, and environmental protection provisions to which contractors should adhere are discussed in the first chapter in Construction Safety Management and Safety Engineering. In addition, an Internet search (entering contractor safety requirements into any search engine) will yield a large number of downloadable procedures established by a variety of entities with respect to contractor selection and the safety performance expected of contractors while on an organization s premises. 

Hill, Darryl C., ed. Construction Safety Management and Engineering. Des Plaines, IL American Society of Safety Engineers, 2004. 

Howarth T, Watson P (2009) Construction safety management. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester ILO (1998) Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety, vol 3, 4th edn.Industries and Occupations, Geneva... 

Levitt, R. E. and Samelson, N. M. 1987. Construction Safety Management. New York McGraw-Hill. 

Tam, C.M., Zeng, S.X. Deng, Z.M. 2004. Identifying elements of poor construction safety management in... 

Many books have been written about construction safety which have painted a black picture of an industry that can easily give the impression that little is cared or done to improve working conditions and reduce the toll of human suffering. But there is much that is good in present construction safety management, and the UK record stands as an example to others in Europe, and, less obviously, in America. Yet the fact remains that in recent years around a... 

Peckitt, S. J., Glendon, A. I., Booth, R. T. (2004). Societal influences on safety culture in the construction industry. In Rowlinson, S., (Ed.) Construction safety management systems. London Spon Press. 

Cheng, E., Fang, D., Li, H., Xie, F. (2(X)4). Construction safety management an exploratory study from China. Construction Innovation, 4, 229-241. 

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