Unit I – ACCIDENTS CAUSES AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Problems impeding safety in construction industry – Causes of fatal accidents, types and causes of accidents related to various construction activities, human factors associated with these accident – Construction regulations, contractual clauses – Pre contract activates, preconstruction meeting – Design aids for safe construction – Permits to work – Quality assurance in construction – Compensation – Recording of accidents and safety measures – Education and training.

Unit II – HAZARDS OF CONSTRCTION AND PREVENTION

Excavations, basement and wide excavation, trenches, shafts – Scaffolding, types, causes of accidents, scaffold inspection checklist – False work – Erection of structural frame work, dismantling – Tunneling – Blasting, pre blasé and post blast inspection – Confined spaces – working on contaminated sites – Work over water – Road works – Power plant constructions – Construction of high rise buildings.

Unit III – WORKING AT HEIGHTS

Fall protection in construction OSHA 3146 – OSHA require3ment for working at heights, Safe access and egress – Safe use of ladders – Scaffoldings, requirement for safe work platforms, stairways, gangways and ramps – Fall prevention and fall protection, safety belts, safety nets, fall arrestors, controlled access zones, safety monitoring systems – Working on fragile roofs, work permit system, height pass – Accident case studies.

Unit IV – CONSTRUCTION SAFETY

Selection, operation, inspection and testing of hoisting cranes, mobile cranes, tower cranes, crane inspection checklist – Builder’s hoist, winches, chain pulley blocks – Use of conveyors – Concrete mixers, concrete vibrators – Safety in earth moving equipment, excavators, dozers, loaders, dumpers, motor grader, concrete pumps, welding machines, use of portable electrical tools, drills, grinding tools, manual handling scaffolding, hoisting cranes – Use of conveyors and mobile cranes – Manual handling.

Unit V – SAFETY IN DEMOLITION WORK

Safety in demolition work, manual, mechanical, using explosive – Keys to safe demolition, pre survey inspection, method statement, site supervision, safe clearance zone, health hazards from demolition – Indian standard – Trusses, girders and beams – First aid – Fire hazards and preventing methods – Interesting experiences at the construction site against the fire accidents.