Safety Management in Construction Industry

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Executive summary
This research involves the study of the safety management in the construction industry. The
construction industry is considered as one of most dangerous working place. There is need to
control and prevent the accidents and injuries which occurs in the construction during the
construction process. Hence the main aim of this research will be identifying and analyzing
safety management in the construction industry. Different data collection techniques will be
applied during the research. Such as; Interviews, reviewing secondary sources which have
relevant data to the topic of study and studying cases studies of construction projects.
Safety management is defined as the procedures which are followed in identifying the safety
risk in any workplace and taking the most appropriate action to mitigate the possibility of the
risk materializing and preventing or completely eliminating it.
Safety management organizes safety culture and reliable organization to keep safer to everyone
at the construction site. However, it has to be done by the workers and supervisors on that site.
Safety management inspires safety monitoring which instructs to stay alert, wear safety
equipment's and use safe machinery. Although, the main question arises from this concept map is
what strategies must be required to solve the problem of safety management.
This research will focus on studying the concept of safety management in construction industry.
The research will be carried out in a global level where by different methods will be used to
gather relevant data about the safety in construction industry.
Introduction

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In managing construction projects, safety management plays a very crucial role in ensuring that
the projects are completed successfully and within the given time frame and within the
specified budget. Construction safety management takes account of all the accidents and risks
which takes in the construction sites during the construction process (Anon., 2014, p. 443).
. From the past studies that have been carried out regarding the construction safety it was
concluded that majority of the accidents which occurs in the construction sites are due to the
human error or system failure, the accidents which occurs causes a lot of damage to human
lives and destruction of properties. There is need to ensure that the appropriate health and safety
measures have been put in place to control and prevent the accidents in the construction industry.
The construction safety management is the only option through which the number of accidents
witnessed in the construction sites can be reduced. Having proper Health and safety measures in
place many of these myriad Health and safety risks in the construction industry can be
controlled. Normally the accidents which witnessed in the construction sites are due to hazardous
human i.e. Individual factors or working conditions which are not safe i.e. the system factors.
There are many accidents which take place in the construction industry and they result in
massive destruction of lives and properties (Goldsmith, 2018, p. 542).
Research aim and objectives
The main goal of this study is to identify and evaluate the safety management in the construction
industry. A number of specific objectives were derived to assist in achieving the main aim of this
study. Some of the specific objectives include;
i) Carrying out a detailed literature review about the construction safety management
ii) To find out what are the common accidents in the construction industry

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iii) To find out the positive impacts of the construction safety management.
Research questions
For the research to be carried out successfully a number of questions that are to guide the
researcher were formulated and they include;
 What are the common accidents which occurs in the construction sites?
 What are the effects of the accidents which occurs in the co9nstruction sites?
 How can the accidents in the construction sites be reduced?
 What is safety management in construction?
What are the benefits of the construction safety management? (Hill, 2017, p. 67)..
Research purpose
The findings of this research will be of great importance to different people who take part in the
construction process. The safety measures in the construction sites does not only ensure safety
of the workers’ health but they ensure that the workers work in conducive environments
which makes them to be happy and more productive. The study of safety management will
enable the contractors and clients to understand on how they can be able to reduce the number of
accidents and injuries witnessed in the construction industry.
Once different parties in the construction industry understand the concept of safety management,
there will be efficient communication between them. With enhanced communication between
different parties and improved working conditions it will be much easier for the construction
companies to produce high quality projects within the given time frame and the allocated
budget