1. Ensuring Safe Project Execution
in Civil Engineering
Presented By
Aswathy Asokan Sreelatha
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2. CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Managing for health and safety risks
• Method of Statements
• Competency and Training
• Legislation
• Awareness
• Investigation
• Reporting
• Conclusion
• References
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3. INTRODUCTION
• Importance of Safety in
civil engineering
projects
• Health and Safety
Management Risks:
The process of
managing construction
activities or minimize
as far as reasonably
possible the risk of
injuries or fatalities
(hse.gov.uk,2023)
Google,2023)
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4. EXAMPLE: WORKING AT
HEIGHTS
Use of Scaffolding and harnesses to safely work at height
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5. EXAMPLE: ELECTRICAL SAFETY
Routine inspection on temporary electrical supplies to ensure they are safe and
good working order
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6. EXAMPLE- TOOLBOX TALK
Regular toolbox talk with the workforce to ensure safety and critical risks
maintained
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7. MANAGING HEALTH AND
SAFETY RISKS
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8. MANAGING HEALTH
AND SAFETY RISKS
• Controls
• Method Statements
• Competency and training
• Legislation
• Awareness
• Investigations
• Reporting
(hse.gov.uk, 2023)
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9. CONTROLS
• Each activity has risks
associated with it
• Working at height
• Excavation
• Appropriate Control need
to be in place to manage
the risk
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10. How do we know the control in place are sufficient to undertake the activity
safely?
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11. HIERARCHY OF CONTROLS
Eliminate
Substitution
Isolate
Engineering Controls
Administrative
Controls
PPE
Most
Effective
Least
Effective
Elimination: Physically remove
the hazard
Substitution: Replace the hazard
Isolate people from the hazard
Engineer out the hazard
Change the way people work
Protect work from personal
protective equipment
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(cdc,2023)

12. ELIMINATION
• Physical removal of
Hazard
• Effective during the design
and planning
• For eg : Complete the
activity at ground level
rather than at heights
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13. SUBSTITUTION
• Substitute the hazard with
safer option
• Excavate with vacuum
excavation instead of
excavator
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14. ISOLATION
• Physically isolate people
from the hazard
• Eg: Protect Concrete
barriers to protect workers
from road traffic
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15. ENGINEERING
CONTROL
• Put in place a system to
engineer out the risk
• Eg: Putting place
ventilation when working
with dangerous chemicals
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16. ADMINISTRATIVE
• Put in place a system to
engineer out the risk
• Eg: Using traffic signs or
cones to warn the people
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17. PPE
• Personal protective
Equipment: Includes Hi
vis, Glasses, gloves,
safety shoes and
Helmets
• Least effective form
• Eg: Working from
height and falling off
tools
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18. METHOD STATEMENTS
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19. METHOD STATEMENTS
• Documents used to identify and
control all hazards
• Minimum controls are in place
• Needed for all high risk
construction activities
• Prepared by the person
conducting the work
• Reviewed by the head of main
contractor
• Method of statements checklist
• Minimum standards (hsg150, 2006)
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20. EXAMPLE: METHOD STATEMENT
Safeworkaustralia, 2012)
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21. COMPETENCY AND TRAINING
Verify the workers have the
skills and expertise to
complete the task
Electricians performing electrical works
Excavator operator is competent
Project Specific
Site Induction
Industry standard
Job/ Task specific
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22. LEGISLATION
• Failure to provide a safe workplace is a criminal offence
• Different from contract law
• Prison/ huge fine as punishment
• The occupational health and safety mandated by Legislation
• Construction Design and Management regulation
• Method of statements
• Specific risks (trenches deeper than 1.50m)
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(Gov.uk, 2023)

23. AWARENESS
• Ensuring Safety is at the
forefront of everyone’s
mind
• Work safe culture with the
focus on safety
• Examples
• Pre-starts
• Toolbox talk
• Company branding
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24. INVESTIGATIONS
• Understand the root
cause or incidents
• Positive/negatives
• Near misses
• Address root causes to
modify behaviour in
future
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25. REPORTING
• Reporting on key health and
safety metrics
• Accountability and
responsibility
• Lead indicators and trends
analysis
• Example
• Lost Time Injuries (LTI)
• Total Recordable Injury
Frequency Rate (TRIFR)
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26. CONCLUSION
• Importance of safety in construction Project
• Manage the health and safety risks through Control, Method of
statements, Competency and training, Legislation,Awareness,
Investigations and Reporting
• Call to action for safe project execution
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27. QUIZ
Q1. What is the first step in ensuring safety in civil engineering
project?
a) Conducting the risk assessment before starting the project
b) Implementing safety measures halfway through the project
c) Waiting for accidents to occur before taking safety precautions
d) Rely solely on personal protective equipment to prevent accidents
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28. QUIZ
Q2. Which is the most effective way to ensure safety in civil engineering
project?
• Relying solely on safety regulations and guidelines
• Conducting safety inspection only after the project is completed
• Incoporating safety o the project design and planning stages
• Ignoring potential safety hazards to save time and money
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CDC (2023). CDC - Hierarchy of Controls - NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topic. [online] Centers for Disease
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GOV.UK (1992). The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. [online] www.legislation.gov.uk.
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Health and safety in construction (HSG150) (2006). Available at: https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg150.htm.
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