Corcoran, J (2011) Engaging the workforce to establish a safety-conscious culture. Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, Procurement and Law, 164(2), pp. 71-78. ISSN 17514312
Abstract
In early summer of 2008 the site management team on the £130 million tunnelling contract in Belfast were faced with a problem. There had been an alarming increase in the accident frequency rate for the contract and there was no indication that the situation was likely to improve. The site team's solution was to find ways of connecting with the workforce; to work together to improve the existing safety culture; and ultimately reduce the number of accidents. This paper describes the initiatives that were used to repair communications between the site management and the operatives, and, once things started to improve, how the lines of communication were kept open.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | contracting; health & safety; management |
| Index terms: | safety culture, repair, summer, operative, site management, tunnelling |
| Subjects: | health safety and environment, practitioner, construction operations, climate science, civil engineering, maintenance engineering |
| Topics: | Business Strategy, Site Management, Engineering Principles, Sustainability, Roles and Professions, Health and Safety |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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