The Perception of Safety from a Global Standpoint (T)
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Niamh Leonard
(CH2M, London, UK.)
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Challenges in Design and Construction of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 2016 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Stockholm, 2016 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 416-422 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 7 | ||||
| Year: | 2016 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/stockholm.2016.0393 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Do you consider safety a value or a need? At a recent Health and Safety (H&S) briefing I was posed with this question. My first response was safety is a need, justified by being a daily necessity that each individual is entitled to have. However, as the briefing progressed my decision changed and I was reminded of my voluntary experience in Rwanda. How would this question be answered in different countries? Is construction safety perceived to have the same importance as delivering a project to time and budget? In the UK we take it for granted that safety is paramount. In countries like Rwanda safety can and is jeopardised by lack of equipment, negligent mentality and poverty. The objective of this paper is to promote awareness and actions that need to be taken to ensure the effective implementation of systems such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations (OSHA), Health and Safety Executive (HSE) boards or Safety Management Systems in Rwanda and similar countries. |
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| Keywords: |
health and safety Rwanda UK HSE OSHA Risk Perception corporations leading by example
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