ABSTRACT
Vieira (2008), as a specialist of the “Autoridade para as Condições de Trabalho (ACT)” (Portuguese authority for health and safety work conditions), mentioned in a paper published by ACT that “…, the CSCs have a crucial role if they are suitably qualified and if they have technical autonomy
1 INTRODUCTION
The construction industry exposes workers to particularly high risks (Almeida 2012). It has several specific characteristics, which make it so distinguish from other economic activities. This industry has a high precarity level, marked also by its rotational work characteristic, often subcontracting (Oliveira 2010).
