MGT 485 Construction Safety Management (3-0-0) Course Objectives Afier completion of this course, the students will be able to: © identify problem and issues related to health and safety at construction site, and © make supervision to manage safety at construction site. Course Contents Unit | Introduction 2 hours 1.1 Health and Safety and its meaning 1.2 Scope and objectives of Health and safety management 1.3 Various aspects of health and safety 1.4 Scope for improvements Unit 1: Health and Environment at Construction Site Shours 2.1 Basic Health, Safety and Environment Education to Labor and Staff 2.2. Drinking water at site 2.3 Waste Management at Construction site 2.4 Selection of Labor Squatters 2.5 Provision of electricity and water at Labor and Staff Squatters 2.6 Management of Environment at Labor and Staff Squatters : 4 hours 3.1 National and international safety concept 3.2. Concern over health and safety of workers 3.3 Concern for general people and property 3.4 International Labor Organization (ILO) and labor act of Nepal Unit IV: Accidents and Their Causes S hours 4.1 Introduction about accidents 4.2 Causes of accidents: hardware causes and software causes 4.3. Different types of accidents at. construction site 4.4 Losses due to accidents and their types 3 4.5 Lost hour and lost resource calculation Unit V: Attending the Emergeney Shours 5.1 Definition of emergency and its conditions 5.2 Handling of emergency situation: Drowning, Electric shock, 5.3 Bur with acids and chemical, attending a person falling from height 5.4 First aid center and first aid at construction site Unit VI: Prevention of Accidents S hours 6.1 Role of legislation for minimizing accidents 6.2 Implementation of safety plan at construction site 6.3 Awareness, self-discipline and its importance 6.4 Design provisions for reducing accidents 6.5 Eliminating the accidents at construction siteUnit VII; Documentation for Safety Management 6 hours 7.1 Objectives of documentation and its advantage 7.2 Preparation of fire safety plan, emergency dealing plan and site security plan 73 Major documentation: daily observation records, machines condition and operation record, meeting minutes, test certificates and site activity records 7.4 Manufacturers instruction manual for storage and handling of hazardous substances Unit VIII: Work Place Safety Management 5 hours 8.1 Review and approval of safety plan and policy 82 Safety management during excavation, demolition 8.3 Scaffoldings, erecting of ladder, construction equipment 8.4 Plant and Equipment 8.5. Explosives 8.6 Safety sign and signal, electrical safety 8.7. Job safety analysis and method statement 8.8 Accident reporting 89 Safety supervision, qualifications and competence of safety personnel, role and responsibility of safety engineers and supervisors 8.10 Importance of safety performance monitoring, evaluation and control Unit IX: Motivating for Safety 4 hours 9.1 Motivation definition and its necessity 9.2 Motivating the workers, supervisors and managers for safety 9.3 Motivating the planners and designers for safety 9.4 Motivating contractor 9.5 Role of safety committee for motivation Unit X: Safety Cost 4 hours 10.1 Introduction to safety cost 10.2 Cost to contractor and employer 10.3. Cost of managing safety t construction site 10.4 safety cost calculation 10.5. provisions intender document References 1. NICMAR, Safety Management in the Construction Industry. Bombay: NICMAR Publication 2. Koirala, M-P. (2019). Why Construction Safety Engineering at Construction Site, An integrated Reference Book. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, omni Seriptum GmbH & Co.KG, Bahn Hofstra Be 28,66111 Saarbrucken, Deutschland/Germany cemail-info@omniscriptum.com, ISBN: 978-620-0-48522-9