{"product_id":"unpacking-construction-site-safety-isbn-9781118817285","title":"Unpacking Construction Site Safety","description":"\u003ci\u003eUnpacking Construction Site Safety\u003c\/i\u003e provides a different perspective of safety in practice.  •\texamines how useful the concept of safety actually is to the development of effective management interventions •\tproviding new insights and information to the audience, and assist in a more informed development of new approaches in practice •\taimed at safety and construction management practitioners as well as academics \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Construction Site Contexts 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinning Work 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubs of Subs of Subs 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Workforce 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking Conditions 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNever work a day in your life … 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstruction Site Life 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Safety and Society 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Media and its Myths 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Mis‐)Interpreting the Legislation 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere there’s blame … 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSafety and Society and Construction Sites 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding People 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Safety in Construction 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasuring Safety: Accidents and Statistics 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCause and Effect 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSafety Management Systems 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompetence 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraining 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonal Protective Equipment 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Just a Bit Unsafe? 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Legislative Lexicon 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSafe\/Unsafe 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSafety and Unsafety 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSafety and Risk 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Safety versus Work and Work versus Safety 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Non‐Productive 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSegregation and Integration 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems of Production 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProduction in Practice 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Engagement and Enforcement 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngaging with Safety 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSafety Propaganda 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnforcing Safety 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRules Made to be Broken? 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Hierarchy of Safety: Responsibility and Ownership 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Counting Down to Zero 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTarget Zero: Theories and Thinking 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrand Zero 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZero in Practice 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasuring Zero: Non‐Accident Statistics 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAchieving Zero 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Constructing Safety on Sites 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is Safety on Site? 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSite Safety Culture 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePutting it into Practice 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Reflections 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFred Sherratt\u003c\/b\u003e PhD MCIOB C.BuildE MCABE FHEA has worked in the UK construction industry for over 13 years, starting as a site secretary and working up through the ranks, via the planning function, to site management. She is now a researcher and Senior Lecturer in Construction Management at Anglia Ruskin University. Safety is something that seems to be very simple – but it is actually deceptively complicated, and so it is perhaps unsurprising that we are still struggling to get it right in the construction industry.  There is considerable variance in how people position safety within their working lives; it is not embedded in construction practice but often treated as an add-on to the work of the construction site, with significant differences in how �safety� is talked about by corporate management, site supervisors and site operatives. So for those who manage safety on site, areas of concern, confusion and even potential conflict can arise when trying to implement management systems and more complex safety-culture programmes.  \u003ci\u003eUnpacking Construction Site Safety\u003c\/i\u003e helps academics and construction practitioners develop better knowledge and understanding of the site context for construction safety; it places safety firmly within the social context of construction site work practice, and explores how �safety practice� fits within this environment and how such practice is perceived by those who work with it every day.  This increased awareness of the contextual complexities of safety on site will help improve the design of safety management systems and interventions which need to operate within incoherent, contradictory and potentially hostile site environments – and give them greater potential to succeed.  By exploring safety from this fresh perspective, the author examines how useful the concept of safety culture actually is to the development of effective management interventions. The academic approach taken in this book is unique; although regulations, management systems and safety culture are all topics for investigation, they are not considered as the inevitable means to their own ends.  Rather they are critically appraised within the realities of the sites, including the potential for their ineffectiveness, providing new insights and information to the audience, and assist in a more informed development of new approaches in practice.  Aimed at safety and construction management practitioners as well as academics, the book prioritises practice. Research findings are presented with the intention of informing and helping to develop interventions with a better understanding of the construction site context.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990437380325,"sku":"NP9781118817285","price":93.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118817285.jpg?v=1761787827","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/unpacking-construction-site-safety-isbn-9781118817285","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}