Construction Safety Engineering Principles: Designing & Managing Safer Job Sites equips architects, engineers, and construction managers with a step-by-step methodology for identifying and controlling hazards before construction starts. The book explains how to look beyond the utility of machinery and equipment to how they will actually be used on a construction site_and thereby spot potential hazards in advance.
Safety expert David MacCollum presents examples of the 50 most common construction hazards, showing how they can be eliminated by means of proven design techniques and technologies. He explains how to prevent falls from elevations with safe access systems, get rid of blind zones behind mobile equipment, utilize control systems that cannot be unintentionally activated, avoid crane accidents, and much more. Packed with detailed illustrations, Construction Safety Engineering Principles enables construction professionals to:
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Design and plan safer construction sites for residential, commercial, and industrial projects
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Correct safety problems before construction begins
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Dramatically reduce costly worker injuries and job delays
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Increase productivity and create a more cost-effective project
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I : Development of the Five Principles for Safety Design in Construction
Chapter 1 : Principle One : Definition of a Hazard
Chapter 2 : Principle Two : The Standard of Care
Chapter 3 : Principle Three : Categories of Hazards
Chapter 4 : Principle Four : The Safe Design Hierarchy to Physically Control Hazards
Chapter 5 : Principle Five : Control the Hazard with the Appropriate Design Improvement or Appliance
Chapter 6 : Reliability : A Method to Evaluate Probable Safety Performance
Part II : Examples of Engineering Control
Chapter 7 : Crane Hazards
Chapter 8 : Other Equipment Hazards
Chapter 9 : Universal Hazards
Part II : Examples of Engineering Control
Chapter 10 : Access Hazards
Chapter 11 : Types of Construction Hazards
Chapter 12 : Operation and Maintenance Hazards
Part III : Mechanics of Inherently Safer Design
Chapter 13 : Including Safety into Design Planning
Chapter 14 : Including Safety into Construction Planning
Chapter 15 : The Economics of Inherently Safer Design
Index
