Occupational Health and Safety in Construction: Strategies and Engineering Control for Working Platform

Project Management

Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Cause and contributing factors of accidents...............................................................................2
Applications of Legislative provisions in factories and industrial undertaking.........................3
Identification of different strategies and engineering control for working platform.................6
Conclusion and Recommendation:............................................................................................8
References:.................................................................................................................................9

Introduction
The suspended working platform is reliable equipment used for the installation at height
during the construction program. The labour force is equipped with the occurrence of
accident while working at height. The engineers and workers make use of suspended working
platform during the installation of windows, cleaning of window, external renovation
program, decoration, chimneys, and others. The practical guidance and awareness can be
bring in the working employees by implementing the Factories and industrial undertaking
regulations. These regulatory compliance helps in providng the information regarding the
safety legislation and the statuary responsibilities.
Project Scope and Objectives:
The scope of the project is to identify the rules and regulations which comes under the
Factories and industrial undertaking during the implementation of the suspended working
platform. It helps in identifying the common causes of factors which are responsible for the
occurrence of accidents during the working program of construction. The strategies and
engineering control should be identified which are helpful for optimising the working and
operational capabilities of the labour staff members so that quality of work can be provided
by securing their lives. It helps in establishing the good health and safety environment within
the organization by brining awareness in the employees about the legislation laws which are
designed for the occupational health and safety standards.
Cause and contributing factors of accidents
The accident which occurs during the construction program is occurred due to the ineffective
placement of suspended platform which is not according to the job requirement (Passenheim,
2015). The main causes of accident occurrence are listed below:
 Safety regulation, installation, and maintenance program is not according to the
requirement of work. The focus is not given no the job requirement
 Erection and inspection of the equipment used in the construction program is not
adequately done
 Individual worker are not provided with the fall arrest system while working on the
highest point of the building. The necessary training and development program is not

arranged to make sure that the working team has the knowledge about using the fall
arrest system if any casualty occurs during the construction program (Wilson, 2012).
 The security of the roof beam of the suspended working platform is not inspected
 The roofs are not prepared to handle the out-triggering of the hooks for support of the
labour
 The damaged ropes are used for handling the body weight of the labour which may
cause a severe accident during the working process.
 The inspection of the safety equipment such as helmets, shoes, brakes, electrical
switches, ropes, and trolleys is not done to identify the gaps in the working
construction program.
 No control policies are developed for preventing the contact between the welding
equipment and suspension ropes (Monnappa, 2017).
 There were no security hand tools used for providing safety to the employees.
 The electrical switches are not grounded securely
 Railings are not developed for security purpose
 The extensions to the suspended ropes are not handled properly.
 The loading capacity of the Suspended working platform is highly extended which
cause the occurrence of accidents (Mansfield community, 2013)
 The platform should not be leaved under the ground
 The electrical cables should not be left in the water supply or gutter
 Construction working is performed near the electrical switches may cause a hazard
These situations which can cause accidents should be handled carefully. The employees
working at the site location do not have knowledge about the safety parameters for handling
the suspended working platform to carry out the construction work which may cause accident
to occur (Tan, Steel, Toleman, 2009).
Applications of Legislative provisions in factories and industrial undertaking
The training and development program should be arranged for the employees so that they
become aware about the handling tactics of the suspended working platform which helps in
minimizing the occurrence of accident (Kharaiweish, 2013). The manual training program
should be arranged for the labour so that they can prepare themselves to work on the SWP.
The factories and industrial undertaking regulations should be clearly understood before