1.1 Introduction
Health and safety management is essential knowledge in a building construction site area which recognized in The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide, cited by Cretu et al., 2011). Health and safety management is expected to take account of all risks and accidents that may possibly be expected that put project employees at risk. The health and safety (H & S) of any workplace is very important to diminish such risks, legally and ethically, but in mainly dangerous contexts such as the construction industry HS takes on perilous importance as daily activities of the industry are highly unsafe. It is thus important to identify suitable safety activities and strategy, accommodating potential serious Health & Safety problems (Twort et al, 2011).
Injuries and fatalities resulted in accidents in the construction industry still an obstacle clings construction industry to its infamous position as the industrial sector responsible for more occupation accidents, than any other. Consequently, the improvement of Health & Safety in construction is still an essential goal for all contributors in the construction processes. Health and safety management is likely to take account of all risks and accidents that may believably be expected that put project employees at risk, to minimize such risks. It is thus important to identify appropriate safety actions and strategies to accommodate potential serious Health & Safety problems.
As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the Aim and Objectives of the study. Others are Significance of the study, Scope of work, Research Questions, Limitations of the Study and Definition of technical terms.
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1.4 Purpose of the Study
The aim of the research is to identify and evaluate the health and safety management in construction projects to diminish and control risk to health & safety of employees/workers. This aim could be achieved by:
- Analysing the Health & Safety problems related to the construction industry and explores solutions to avoid risk on life of construction crews.
- Understanding side effects of construction processes on the Health & Safety of employees to reduce the site accidents and injuries.
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