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Raising the bar for occupational health management in construction
journal contribution
posted on 2019-07-22, 10:45 authored by Wendy Jones, Alistair G.F. Gibb, Roger Haslam, Jennie ArmstrongConstruction-related ill-health, including respiratory conditions, hand−arm vibration syndrome, musculoskeletal disorders and stress related issues, has enormous personal and financial cost. Following research on major construction projects, a range of interventions are proposed in this paper, illustrated by examples from the Thames Tideway Tunnel project in London, UK. It is concluded that a consistent approach to occupational health management and health surveillance is needed across construction, with a commitment to better training and improved portability of occupational health data. Major projects are critical to raising health management standards but good practices need to be universally adopted in small- to medium-sized enterprises to achieve lasting improvement.
Funding
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil EngineeringVolume
172Issue
4Pages
183 - 190Citation
JONES, W. ... et al, 2019. Raising the bar for occupational health management in construction. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering, 172 (4), pp.183-190.Publisher
© ICE PublishingVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.19.00029.Acceptance date
2019-07-02Publication date
2019-07-31ISSN
0965-089XeISSN
1751-7672Publisher version
Language
- en