Review of Qualitative Approaches for the Construction Industry: Designing a Risk Management Toolbox

Zalk, David M.; Spee, Ton; Gillen, Matt; Lentz, Thomas J.; Garrod, Andrew; Evans, Paul; Swuste, Paul

doi:10.5491/SHAW.2011.2.2.105

Review of Qualitative Approaches for the Construction Industry: Designing a Risk Management Toolbox

Journal Article · Wed Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Safety and Health at Work

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5491/SHAW.2011.2.2.105· OSTI ID:1629047

Zalk, David M. ^[1]; Spee, Ton ^[2]; Gillen, Matt ^[3]; Lentz, Thomas J. ^[4]; Garrod, Andrew ^[5]; Evans, Paul ^[5]; Swuste, Paul ^[6]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Environment, Safety and Health Directorate; DOE/OSTI
Arbouw, Harderwijk (Netherlands). Research and Development
National Inst. for Occupational Health and Safety, Washington, DC (United States). Construction Program
National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (United States). Education and Information Division
Health and Safety Executive, Bootle, Merseyside (United Kingdom). Chemical Risk Management Unit
Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands). Safety Science Group

Objectives: This paper presents the framework and protocol design for a construction industry risk management toolbox. The construction industry needs a comprehensive, systematic approach to assess and control occupational risks. These risks span several professional health and safety disciplines, emphasized by multiple international occupational research agenda projects including: falls, electrocution, noise, silica, welding fumes, and musculoskeletal disorders. Yet, the International Social Security Association says, “whereas progress has been made in safety and health, the construction industry is still a high risk sector.” Methods: Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) employ about 80% of the world’s construction workers. In recent years a strategy for qualitative occupational risk management, known as Control Banding (CB) has gained international attention as a simplified approach for reducing work-related risks. CB groups hazards into stratified risk ‘bands’, identifying commensurate controls to reduce the level of risk and promote worker health and safety. We review these qualitative solutions-based approaches and identify strengths and weaknesses toward designing a simplified CB ‘toolbox’ approach for use by SMEs in construction trades. Results: This toolbox design proposal includes international input on multidisciplinary approaches for performing a qualitative risk assessment determining a risk ‘band’ for a given project. Risk bands are used to identify the appropriate level of training to oversee construction work, leading to commensurate and appropriate control methods to perform the work safely. Conclusion: The Construction Toolbox presents a review-generated format to harness multiple solutions-based national programs and publications for controlling construction-related risks with simplified approaches across the occupational safety, health and hygiene professions.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1629047

Journal Information:: Safety and Health at Work, Journal Name: Safety and Health at Work Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 2; ISSN 2093-7911

Publisher:: Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute; ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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