The Role of Construction Managers in Ensuring Safety on Site

Curtin University, Faculty of Humanities
Academic and Professional Communications
Assignment 2: Argumentative essay
NAME: Qatada Khan STUDENT NUMBER: 19641553
TUTOR: Katie Fielding
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Academic and Professional Communications 100
Assignment 1 PART B: Argumentative essay
“Title: The role of the Construction Manager in ensuring safety on site”
The construction industry plays a major role in economic development. It is the main
contributor of gross domestic products in most countries. Apart from this, it is very important
to consider that many construction activities are risky, including activities such as working at
significant heights, working in confined spaces, manual handling of loads, handling
hazardous substances and many other activities. At construction sites, it can be seen that
construction managers play a significant role in promoting the health and safety on sites. A
common myth in the construction industry is that health and safety are measured in terms of
costs (Golovina, Jochen and Nipesh 2016). It is the responsibility of construction managers to
ensure that correct health and safety measures are provided to all the employees as it will
assist them in increasing employee productivity, enhancing their morale and boosting overall
profitability of construction operations. These managers continuously strive to implement
effective safety practices by enhancing the safety culture in order to reduce the work-related
injuries in risky environment of construction industry.
In constriction industry, it is a significant task of managers to ensure the safety of staff as it is
very dangerous. This industry is among the top three industries in terms of workers fatalities.
As per the given data, it can be stated that workplace death is a significant problem for the
broader economy and for construction sites. The below table shows that in the year 2016, the
workers’ fatality rate in construction sector is 19% (Safe Work Australia, 2016). However,
the rate has been decreased from past years. Thus, construction Managers have a
responsibility to take on a proactive role, implement all necessary health and safety policies
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