Seminar on Safety GMMHFH

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Construction

Safety

Engr. Guillermo O. Bernabe

College of Engineering

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

September 15, 2011



Importance of Safety and Health

Objectives of the Seminar

At the end of the seminar, the participants will be

able to:

1. List leading causes of accidents in construction

sites;

2. Recognize the present safety and health

situations in the construction industry;3. Articulate the importance of safety and health in

the construction industry.



Global OSH Situationer

International Labour Organization Report

>270 Million Accidents Reported

>350,000 of which are fatal

>160 Million work-related

illnesses/diseases reported



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 bywork accidents!



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.



With highly mobile population of workers

and different contractors working on

dangerous construction sites at thesame time, CONSTRUCTION

continues to be a major cause of death

and disabilities.



Work Accident Summary

YEAR No. Of work Accident

2001

2002

2003 2974

2004 2004

2005 2586



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

Total 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

Industry

Agriculture 5,650 788 493 1,376 1,891 1,102

Fishing 93 34 8 24 14 13

Mining & Quarrying 261 81 31 50 77 22

Manufacturing 5,843 1,270 1,037 1,151 1,343 1,042

Electricity 233 36 21 37 80 59

Construction 378 53 38 42 70 175

Wholesale/Retail, etc. 732 109 177 170 148 128

Hotel & Restaurant 97 37 31 25 4 -

Transport, Storage &Communication

375 86 113 62 38 76

Real Estate, etc. 87 47 24 4 7 5

Other, Community,Personal Service

105 20 27 32 14 12



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

Total 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

All Region 13886 2586 2004 2974 3687 2635

NCR 1430 362 266 252 273 277

C AR 209 38 33 36 83 19

I. Ilocos Region 118 20 27 37 6 28

II. Cagayan Valley 24 24

III. Central Luzon 490 53 100 46 131 160

IV. Southern Tagalog 2694 675 248 444 783 544

V. Bicol Region 25 3 10 8 2 2

VI.W

estern Visayas

10 - - - 6 4

VIII. Eastern Visayas 116 38 18 8 2 2

IX.Western Mindanao 10 - - - 6 4

X. Northern Mindanao 42 2 7 12 12 9



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

Total 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

XI. Southern

Mindanao

7155 1092 808 1792 2067 1396

XII. Central

Mindanao

1261 233 355 305 256 112

XIII.

C ARAGA

81 23 16 15 17 10

ARMM 2 2 - - - -



Factors That Contribute to the Occurrence of

Accidents in the Construction Industry

Leading Causes of Accidents

Explosion 1Scaffolds/ShoringCollapse 9

Machinery 5

Lift Appliance 9

Hand Tools 2

Falling Objects 9

Fall (Different Level) 23

Electricity 4

Cave-in 8



Type of Trade

Electrician 2

Welder 2

Checker/S.G. 4

Plumber 3

SteelWorker 12

Foreman 2

Laborer 25

Carpenter 8



Month of Occurrence

January 2

February 4

March 1

April 3

May 3June 1

July 5

August 18

September 1

October 5

November 7

December 7



Time of Accident

1:00 1

3:00 1

5:00 0

7:00 2

9:00 3-611:00 1

13:00 1

15:00 7-8

17:00 5

19:00 5

21:00 1

23:00 1



SAFETY

Family

Regulatory

Agencies

Production

Employee

Health

Accident

Costs

Corporate

ImageQuality



Direct Cost of Accident

- Medical Expenses

- Equipment Damage

- Wasted Raw materials

- Insurance Premiums- Litigation Expenses



Indirect Cost of Accident

1. Injured Workers

- Lesser productivity due to interruption onday of injury

- Loss in efficiency

- Loss of income

2. Other Employees- Loss of productivity due to:

- Work stoppage out of curiosity

- When assisting injured person

- Due to inspectionLoss in efficiency out of sympathy to the

injured

Additional cost due to completion of added

work



Indirect Cost of Accident

3. Supervisors

- Lost productivity

-When assisting the injured

- Due to accident investigation

- In preparing report

- During inspection

4. Replacement

- Hiring or Training5. Equipment

- Downtime



.Humane Aspect

-Sorrow due to loss-Hardships and inconveniences

-Physical pain/discomfort

-Psychological problems



Mathematics of Accidents

+ ADDS to your Troubles

- SUBTRACTS from your Profits

x MULTIPLIES your Losses

/ DIVIDES worker from Manager

% DISCOUNTS your Successes



If you think TRAINING is expensive,

Try IGNORANC

E;IF YOU THINK safety IS COSTLY,

TRY accident!



Thank you!

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