ABSTRACT
In the UK the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) produces annual reports on accident statistics throughout the industry. The surveys show that construction is one of the most dangerous industries with 581 fatal accidents between 1986 and 1992. There is no doubt that maximum effort is required to significantly reduce these statistics. One particularly worrying observation is that almost identical situations continue to cause death and injury. The construction industry seems unable to learn from its past mistakes. There is a tendency to blame external factors for the poor safety record. Factors (The Establishment and Implement of Assurance System for Safety Producing in Construction Site, 1999) such as:
• The transient nature of the industry. • The complete disregard for safety of many of its employees. • The need to use a partially completed permanent structure, or a regularly changing
temporary platform, to access works at a higher level. • The constantly changing hazards as the project is constructed. • In general every corporation has its own safety policy. A corporate safety policy will
include. • Policy statement: states what the organisation will do. • Operation of the policy: explains how the organisation will ensure that the policy is
adhered to. • Organisation: states who is responsible for safety at different levels of the organization;
explains how the policy affects departments, sections or projects within the organisation.
