Importance of Safety and Health

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Session Objectives

At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:

list the leading causes of accidents in construction sites

recognize the present safety and health situations in the construction industry

articulate the importance of safety and health in the construction industry

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Global OSH Situationer

International Labour Organization Report

270 Million accidents reported

350,000 of which are fatal

160 Million work-related illnesses / diseases reported

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Global OSH Situationer

2,000,000 workers DIE every year

More than 100,000 work fatalities occur every month

more than 5,000 everyday

4 every minute

Each year, 22,000 children are killed by work accidents!

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Construction Industry

At least 60,000 fatalities occur at construction sites, around the world, every year

1 fatal accident occurs every 10 minutes

Around 17% of all fatalities at work (1 in every 6) are construction fatalities

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With a highly mobile population of workers and different contractors working on dangerous construction sites at the same time, CONSTRUCTION continues to be a major cause of death and disabilities.

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Work Accident Summary Number of Work Accident Cases (2001-2005)

2,635

3,6872,974

2,004

2,586

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5-Year Distribution ofWork Accident cases

20012002200320042005

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5- Year Distribution of Work-related Accident Cases, By Industry

Total 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001Industry 13,886 2,586 2,004 2,974 3,687 2,635Agriculture 5,650 788 493 1,376 1,891 1,102Fishing 93 34 8 24 14 13Mining & Quarrying 261 81 31 50 77 22Manufacturing 5,843 1,270 1,037 1,151 1,343 1,042Electricity 233 36 21 37 80 59Construction 378 53 38 42 70 175Wholesale/ Retail etc. 732 109 177 170 148 128Hotel & Restaurant 97 37 31 25 4 -Transport.,Storage & Comm. 375 86 113 62 38 76Financial Intermediation 6 4 - 1 - 1Real Estate etc. 87 47 24 4 7 5Education 1 - - - - -Health & Social Work 24 21 3 - - -Other, Community, Personal Serv. 105 20 27 32 14 12Public Administration 1 - - - 1 -

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Five-Year Distribution of Work Accident CasesBy Industry(2001-2005)

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5- Year Distribution of Work Accident Cases By Industry5- Year Distribution of Work Accident Cases By Industry

(2001-2005)

(1996-2000)

261

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Work Accident Summary Number of Reporting Establishments (2001-2005)

241 238 237226

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Work Accident Summary Number of Reporting Establishments (2001-2005)

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5- Year Distribution of Work-related Accident Cases, By Region

Total 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001All Regions 13,886 2,586 2,004 2,974 3,687 2,635NCR 1,430 362 266 252 273 277CAR 209 38 33 36 83 19I Ilocos Region 118 20 27 37 6 28II Cagayan Valley 24 24 - - - -III Central Luzon 490 53 100 46 131 160IV Southern Tagalog 2,694 675 248 444 783 544V Bicol Region 25 3 10 8 2 2VI Western Visayas 100 20 11 17 11 41VII Central Visayas 30 1 5 2 8 14VIII Eastern Visayas 116 38 18 9 32 19IX Western Mindanao 10 - - - 6 4X Northern Mindanao 42 2 7 12 12 9XI Southern Mindanao 7,155 1,092 808 1,792 2,067 1,396XII Central Mindanao 1,261 233 355 305 256 112XIII CARAGA ARMM

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OSHC Study (1998)

Factors That Contribute to the Occurrence of Accidents

in the Construction Industry

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Leading Causes of Accidents

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Severity of Injury

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Type of Trade

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Month of Occurrence

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Time of Accident

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SAFETY

FamilyRegulatory Agencies

ProductionQuality

Corporate Image

Accident Costs

Employee Health

Why the need for OSH?Why the need for OSH?

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Direct Cost of Accidents

Medical Expenses Equipment Damage Wasted Raw Materials Insurance Premiums Litigation Expenses

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1 Injured Workers Lesser productivity due to interruption on day of

injury Loss in efficiency Loss of income

2 Other Employees loss productivity due to:

work stoppage out of curiosity when assisting injured worker due to inspection

Loss in efficiency out of sympathy to the injured Additional cost due to completion of added work

Indirect Cost of Accidents

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3. Supervisors lost productivity :

when assisting the injured due to accident investigation in preparing reports during inspection

4. Replacement worker hiring or training

5. Equipment downtime

Indirect Cost of Accidents

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Humane Aspects

Sorrow due to lossHardships and inconveniencesPhysical pain/discomfortPsychological problems

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+ ADDS to your Troubles - SUBTRACTS from your Profits x MULTIPLIES your Losses

/ %

DIVIDES worker from ManagerDISCOUNTS your Successes

Mathematics of Accidents

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If you think TRAINING is expensive, try IGNORANCE;

if you think SAFETY is costly,try ACCIDENT!