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Abstract
It is of great importance to facilitate the risk assessment process in construction projects because risk assessment is a requirement in most legislation and safety standards. A great majority of construction SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) are not familiar with risk assessment concepts and methods. In particular, SMEs are very likely to have difficulty finding the qualified personnel or time to carry out a proper risk assessment. The method introduced in this paper has some distinct features. The method introduces a new method of risk assessment, replacing the traditional definition of probabilities with control levels because they are easier to implement and yield more accurate risk scores. The method was practically applied on 22 construction SMEs. From the practical application, it was observed that the method was found to be user friendly and the SMEs found it easy to update their risk strategies during various construction stages in their projects. The proposed risk assessment method introduces a powerful and practical control level strategy which would develop a safer, healthier and more competitive workplace for construction SMEs.
Highlights
Occupational safety and health has been and still is a topic of intense research and practical developments (Sousa et al 2014)
It is of great importance to facilitate the risk assessment process in construction companies because occupational safety risk assessment is the core of safety practices (Pinto 2014) as well as a requirement in most safety related legislations
Sousa et al (2015) developed an Occupational Safety and Health Potential Risk Model (OSH-PRM) that enables an enhanced management of the resources available to improve safety and health conditions in the various activities and for different group of workers involved in the execution stage of a construction project
Summary
Occupational safety and health has been and still is a topic of intense research and practical developments (Sousa et al 2014). One should not expect risk assessment to remove the hazards in a workplace in a short period of time Rather, this can be achieved through a long-term persistent study; the underlying principle should be continuous improvement. The risk assessment process should be supplemented by the continuous monitoring of the working conditions This would monitor the root causes of occupational diseases and accidents in such areas as safety behaviour, mechanical hazards, ergonomics, order and tidiness. In order to achieve the anticipated results of this risk assessment method, the utmost degree of management and worker participation is required. This risk assessment method has recently been introduced to the literature with unique characteristics which are discussed in the coming sections
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