Case study of risk assessment in single family housing

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2018

Authors

Cristina Reis (Author) Other; Vera Gomes (Author) Other; Paula Braga (Author) Other; J. F. Silva (Author) Other; José António F. O. Correia (Author) FEUP; Carlos Oliveira (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HYGIENE VI

Pages: 551-553

6th International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO)

Guimaraes, PORTUGAL, MAR 26-27, 2018

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Authenticus ID: P-00Q-7QT

DOI: 10.1201/9781351008884-97

Abstract (EN): In civil construction, prevention is done by identifying and eliminating and/or controlling the accidents causes. Risk is present everywhere, so it's essential to prevent that what is a possibility may become a reality. Accidents always bring great damage to companies: humans; social rights; materials; image and confidence on the part of the insurance companies and banking entities. The builder should have in this document an aid in controlling the risks in order to reduce the above losses. Fewer accidents contribute to increased productivity and production quality. The management of worker safety is a matter of great importance to the developer, as is cost management. The present work has as background the study of the problematic related to the area of the security in the construction work. Although in recent years investing, more and more, in this topic has been a reality it has not yet been seen significant improvements in the construction sector. At a first stage of the investigation daily visit to works of the company Augusto and Afonso da Cunha Ld was made. During these visits, the nonconformities found were collected and later analyzed in detail. From this analysis 25 variables were defined, in terms of importance in the occurrence of accident risk. In a second phase of the study, the two-variable variables were cross-checked, which allowed the analysis and interpretation of the dependence relationship between them. By comparison with the mathematical model, a matrix was elaborated where the variables that, when conjugated increase the risk of accident, were observed.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3