Construction Safety

Inspection means to fin out hazards according to checklist prepared with reference to the department operations by the people who are familiar with the plant.

☛ 1. It helps to reduce the chances of fire or explosion

☛ 2. It protects the occupational diseases

☛ 3. It provides comfort to the workmen

☛ Serious

☛ Minor

☛ Property damage

☛ No visible injury

☛ 1. The safety and heath of all employees is one of prime concerned of the company.

☛ 2. Every company will be require to the policy both in letter and in spirit.

☛ 3. the company shall comply straightly with act, laws, rules and regulations

☛ 4. The company shall impart raining in health safety and occupational health to all employees.

☛ 5. The company will adopt own safety and health standards where laws may not be available.

☛ The factory Act – 1948 Petroleum Act – 1934

☛ The mines Act – 1952 Water Act – 1974

☛ Automatic energy Act – 1962 Air Act – 1948

☛ Railways Act – 1890

☛ Indian electricity Act – 1910

☛ Indian boilers Act – 1884

☛ Workmen compensation Act – 1948

☛ Employee’s state insurance Act – 1948

The permit is required for taking any vehicle are mobile equipments having a diesel equipment having a diesel or petrol operated engine in to hazardous area.

Earthling means connecting the natural point of the supply system to the general mass of the earth by line.

Any company has a social and legal obligation to provide a safe and health working environment to all his improvement to all his employees.

The process of lifting, carrying and stacking materials by men is called manual handing.

Accident prevention may be defined as an integrated program and directed to control un safe mechanical or physical condition.

They are mainly five types of fire.

☛ Class A Fire : Wood, paper, clothes, rubbers etc.

☛ Class B Fire : Oil, grease, paint, petroleum etc.

☛ Class C Fire : Acetylene, ethane, methane etc.

☛ Class D Fire : Sodium, magnesium, potassium etc.

☛ Class E Fire : Electrical equipment etc.

☛ There are two types of work permit

☛ Cold work permit

☛ Hot work permit

☛ The hot work permit further classified into 3 types

☛ Normal hot work permit

☛ Blanket hot work permit

☛ Delegate hot work permit

☛ 1. Un guarded machine/ equipment

☛ 2. Poor lighting

☛ 3. Narrow road

☛ 4. Improper stacking

☛ 5. Oil on floor

☛ 6. Unsafe ventilation

☛ 7. Unsafe defective construction

☛ 8. Defective condition of tools and equipment

☛ 9. Unsafe method or procedure

☛ 10. Bad housekeeping

☛ The workers health influences by occupational factors – physical, chemical, biological, social.

☛ Non occupational factors – food, cloth, water, housing, smoking & alcohol etc.

☛ He takes up the license and registration of factories

☛ He also verify the documents related to factory workers

☛ He suggests suitable and welfare measures

☛ Sparks,

☛ Accidents

☛ Pollution

It is a temporary platform constructed for supporting both men and materials and working safety at a construction site.

☛ 1. It helps in the reduction of accidents including fire accidents

☛ 2. It saves the property damages

☛ 3. It improves employee moral

☛ 4. Better productivity

☛ 5. Working area be-comes presentable

☛ 6. Human energy is conserved

☛ 7. Visitors are very much satisfied

☛ 8. The burden of supervisor is reduced

☛ 1. Cylinders should stored in a safe, dry and well ventilated store

☛ 2. Oxygen cylinders should be stored horizontally and acetylene cylinders shall be stored vertically.

☛ 3. The standing cylinders should be secured properly avoid falling.

☛ 4. Flammable gas shall be stored at least 50 feet away from another building

☛ 5. Oxygen cylinder shall never be stored necessary flammable gas cylinder

☛ 6. Empty cylinder shall be identified by marking with a chalk (MT) and checked for damage before returning to suppliers.

☛ 7. Cylinders should not be kept as supports.

☛ A personal injury occurs only as the result of an accidents

☛ An accident occurs only as the result of a unsafe action or un safe mechanical or physical conditions or both.

☛ Unsafe action or unsafe condition or mechanical or physical condition exist only because of faulting the part of persons.

☛ Fault of persons acquires from the environment and the causes for lack of knowledge or skills or improper attitude.