3. SCOPE
• Definition and Legislative needs
• Construction base activities
• Tools & Machinery that usually use
• Construction site hazard
• Types of accident
• Safety & health management for
construction
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4. DEFINITION
FACTORY & MACHINERY ACTS
1967
(Building Operations and works of
Engineering Construction) (Safety
Regulations 1986)
Define the Building Operation:
• construction, structure renovation,
recovery for building (renovation,
external clearance for the building) and
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6. Legislation Needs
1) OSHA 1994
• Employer general duty
– Employ Safety & Health Officer
– Duty to formulate Safety and Health Policy
(section 16)
– Form a Safety & health Committee (section
30)
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7. OSH Act (Safety & Health Officer)
Regulations, 1996
– Registered with DOSH
Legislation Needs
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Legislation Needs
Safety and Health officer Order 1997
– S&H Officer if the project value exceeded
RM20 million whether fro:
a) Building operation
b) Construction Engineering
9. 2) FMA 1967
• General provision involving machinery
qualification, Installation and
occupational (under FMA 1967);
• FMA regulation ( Building operation and
Works of Engineering Construction
(Safety) Regulations, 1986
– Safety & Health provision for
activities, tools and employer.
Legislation Needs
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10. Activity in Construction Site
• Piling
• Concrete work
• Demolition
• Bricks absorbing
• wire installation/
electric cable, tube
• welding
• handling/
transportation for
construction substance
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11. • Installation
• form work
• painting
• raw materials
transportation
• cleaning
• machine operation
Activity in Construction Site (Cont)
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16. Construction Hazard
• heat
• noise
• Mineral dust
• mechanical
• electric
• radiation
• chemical substance
• ergonomic problem
• biological
• work at height
• work in narrow space
• lightning
• Suffocation
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17. Types of Accidents in Construction
Site
• fall from height
• fall from same level
• structure collapse
• electric shock
• wedged between object
• Suffocation
• Collide/hit with falling object
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18. Fall from Height
• Stairs
• Work Platform
• roof (top)
• through aperture floor
• open edge
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19. Causes Factor
• No fences
• no equipment checking
• equipment installing is not competent
• no safety harness
• Stair design failure
• Stair in wrong position
Fall from Height
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21. Fall on the same Level
• wire on the floor
• slippery floor
Causes Factor:
• no cleanliness at workplace
• no equipment storage
• No cleanliness performing
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22. Structure Collapse
• Accident during working /formwork
Causes Factor :
• No ground adherent installation
• no guidelines and job procedure
• excess load
• structure failure
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23. Electric shock
Causes Factor:
• touching electric
current through
damage cable
• damage equipment
• no prevention
equipment for electric
tool
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24. Suffocation
• narrow spaces (tank, small room, etc..)
• shortage of oxygen
• water pond
Causes :
• no adequate ventilation
• no exhaust vacuum
• no guidelines for safe working system
• no training and lack of knowledge
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25. Collide with Vehicles
Causes :
• No special passage for employee
• No fences
• No regulation or traffic enforcement in the
area
• No vehicle checking
• Driver are not trained
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26. Safety & Health Management in
Construction
Strategy:
• form a safety & health Committee
• Recognize the hazard in work are
• define the risk
• Plan & arrange Safety & Health Steps
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27. Employer control :
• legislate safety & health policy
• hire Safety & Health Officer (depends to
cost appraisal project)
• hire site base Safety Supervisor
• Re-enforce the safety rules in work
Safety & Health Management in
Construction
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28. • Supervise high risk activities
• Provide safety & health training to all employees
• Provide PPE to employees
• Provide a safety procedure for all activities
• Provide right & safe equipment
• Investigate any accident that happen
• Checks work area
• Create a communication system
• Warning sign
Safety & Health Management in
Construction
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30. Construction safety
Summary
• Variety activities on construction site
are potential to cause hazard and
accident
• There are Safety & health Legislative
under FMA 1967 & OSHA 1994
• Employer should manage all the safety
and health to ensure employee safety
and obey the need of legislation
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Questions
• What is the related regulation associated with safety in
the construction industry?
• What are the three legal requirements stipulated in the
BOWEC?
• Who are the workers covered under the OSHA 1994?
• Who are not covered under OSHA 1994 and why?
• What is the requirement of SHO as stipulated in OSHA
1994?
• What is the composition of Safety and Health committee
as stipulated in the OSHA 1994?
• What are the functions of the safety and health policy as
stipulated in OSHA 1994?
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Questions
• What is the roles and responsibilities as stipulated in the
safety and health committee regulations 1996?
• Under which section of the OSHA 1994 that employer
must formulate the safety and health policy?
• What are the hazards that workers may encounter while
working in the confined space?
• What are the safety requirements as stipulated in the
BOWEC?