Contract Research Report 391/2001 Establishing effective communications and participation in the construction sector. Part 1: Main report. Part 2: Literature review

Publication Year

2001

Document Status

Archived

Abstract

Effective communication and workforce involvement in health and safety are recognised as critical to effective health and safety management. These can best be achieved by well planned, two way communication between management and employees and involving staff in the development and implementation of health and safety systems, such as training, writing procedures, hazard spotting, risk assessments, etc. This necessarily entails devolution of roles and responsibility from safety departments to staff and line management, and a revision in the role of the safety department from one of developing arrangements and enforcing compliance to one of leadership and facilitation. The complex structure and nature of the construction industry with long chains of command, extensive use of sub-contractors and short term projects can present challenges to establishing such practices. This study aims to ascertain the extent of communication of health and safety and workforce participation in health and safety in the construction sector and to identify, through case studies, how these can be planned and implemented to improve health and safety performance in the context of the industry.

ISBN

9780717621477

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