Safety Management in the Construction Industry Summary 2022

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Safety Management in the Australian Construction Industry
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Safety Management in the Australian Construction Industry
Executive Summary
There has been a rise in safety issues being faced in the Australian Construction Industry.
The rate at which the hazardous environments are rising is significantly high. Several steps are
being undertaken to bring the incidents to an end. A reduction in the number of accidents will see
employees in the construction industry remain stable. The performance will expand gradually
with minimal regrettable cases. A case study is presented where a subcontractor was
electrocuted. The main mistake is that there was no protection by a nearby high voltage power
line. The result was that WGA Pty Limited, the responsible contractor, was charged 1 Million
United States Dollars to compensate the patient. The cost could have been avoided if the proper
safety measures had been observed. An analysis has been given on the safety measures not
observed before the accident. Some of the safety procedures were skipped. One of the strategies
to deal with the issue was to ensure sufficient investment. The same has to be done from the
design stage, ensuring that all stakeholders have invested in the safety steps. The method would
lead to barriers set around the power lines. The overall result would have been zero accident case
on that day. Hence, a reduction in the number of construction industry accidents.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Literature Review......................................................................................................................4
Case Description.........................................................................................................................6
Case Analysis..............................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
The Australian Construction Industry has been faced with several safety issues. There
have been rising cases where the safety system in the construction industry was compromised.
For a construction industry to be termed as safe, all the possible hazards predicted to occur
within site have to be defined. Apart from that, management measures have to be set that will
ensure all the risks are appropriately managed. There should be a formal risk management
procedure; the step will ensure awareness of all stakeholders. In addition to that, risk
management levels will rise to acceptable standards. Through the paper, a case study of a
construction industry incident has been well described. It presents the real picture of failure in
observing construction safety measures. From the case study, one will develop a deeper
understanding of the construction industry status in Australia. It involves the legal and regulatory
systems which, have been set, but their implementation is not appropriate. As a result, further
measures have been recommended to ensure that the risk incidents are minimized. Some of them
include presenting reports on the safety performance of a given site frequently. Apart from that,
the safety management teams have to be contacted in less than an hour after an accident.
Literature Review
The construction firms have an average number of ten employees per every construction
site (Walker, 2015). The data demonstrates the need for stringent measures be taken to ensure the