To understand the key risk taking behaviours that lead to the top ten fatalities in construction.
To show you that the causes of fatalities are often minor.
To remind you that if you do not die you may end up with a health condition or disability that may stop you from working.
Exercise 1 What do you think are the main causes of fatalities on construction sites?
Top 10 Identified Causes of Fatalities - Fall from a ladder- - Fall through a fragile roof covering - During lifting operations - Being struck by moving plant - Falls from scaffolds - Fall down an internal void - Asphyxiation by fumes - Crushed by falling excavation - Trapped and crushed by MEWP
Exercise 2 1. What are the behaviours or actions that would have happened just before this fatality occurred? 2. Why might this have happened? (Think about the management, policy, procedure, worker and team).
What do you think management and the organisation could have in place, or do differently, to prevent that fatality occurring?
Session 2 Objective To identify common risk scenarios.
Using our ABC
When we want to investigate the things that lead to safe or unsafe behaviour we sometimes use ‘ABC analysis’.
It helps us look at those behaviours and work out whether they are likely to happen again.
We can use this information to reduce or remove the things that will lead to unsafe behaviour and reduce or remove the things that keep making people behave unsafely.
We can also use this information to do more of the things that help people work more safely and to encourage them to keep on doing these.
Okay, so let’s break the ABC down a bit more!
ABC Activators Behaviours Consequences
Think about the situations where you’ve had an accident or where you escaped a serious incident.
Think about the situations where you’ve had an accident or where you escaped a serious incident.
Not wearing RPE/face mask when kerb cutting (using vibratory machinery) or block cutting. Silicosis risk.
Not wearing RPE/face mask when kerb cutting (using vibratory machinery) or block cutting. Silicosis risk.
Using gas heaters/generators in enclosed spaces without adequate ventilation.
Plant drive walking in front of an excavator while the plant was moving.
Storing paving slabs off site that then kills a young child clambering over the slabs.
Raising a tipper lorry without checking for overhead power lines.
There are a variety of consequences to poor safety behaviour. Some take longer to show themselves (e.g. occupational asthma, poor hearing).
There are a variety of consequences to poor safety behaviour. Some take longer to show themselves (e.g. occupational asthma, poor hearing).
This is not just about getting killed. You could be left with a disability or poor health.
Prevention is straightforward.
Everyone is responsible for the health, safety and welfare of workers in this company; this includes you, your workmates, supervisor and manager.
