Unpacking construction site safety / Fred Sherratt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherratt, Fred, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building--Safety measures.

Construction industry--Safety measures.

Building sites--Safety measures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unpacking Construction Site Safety provides a different perspective of safety in practice. •examines how useful the concept of safety actually is to the development of effective management interventions •providing new insights and information to the audience, and assist in a more informed development of new approaches in practice •aimed at safety and construction management practitioners as well as academics

Contents:

Competence Training; Personal Protective Equipment; References; Chapter Five: Just a Bit Unsafe?; The Legislative Lexicon; Safe/Unsafe; Safety and Unsafety; Safety and Risk; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter Six: Safety versus Work and Work versus Safety; The Non-Productive; Segregation and Integration; Problems of Production; Production in Practice; References; Chapter Seven: Engagement and Enforcement; Engaging with Safety; Safety Propaganda; Enforcing Safety; Rules Made to be Broken?; A Hierarchy of Safety: Responsibility and Ownership; Acknowledgements; References

Chapter Eight: Counting Down to Zero Target Zero: Theories and Thinking; Brand Zero; Zero in Practice; Measuring Zero: Non-Accident Statistics; Achieving Zero; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter Nine: Constructing Safety on Sites; What is Safety on Site?; Site Safety Culture; Putting it into Practice; References; Chapter Ten: Reflections; Index; End User License Agreement

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118817254

1118817257

9781118817247

1118817249

OCLC:

932109936