The Construction Industry Development Board

R. Williams Construction Company v. OSHRC is a case regarding the rules and regulations of OSHA verse the practices of a construction company. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) is a government regulated organization that was created to ensure the safety of employees while on the job. The regulations of OSHA have been put in place to eliminate and/or reduce the number of on the job injuries and deaths. Therefore, legal issue of this case is whether or not the courts should hold the construction company responsible for specific violations of OSHA standard regulations. Yet, in the case of Williams Construction the company was put under investigation by OSHA after a trench

Construction industry is known as one of the utmost hazardous activites (Hassan, 2007). In Malaysia, construction of skyscrapers and infrastructure had rapidly constructed due to the rapid influx of human workforce into the construction sites. (Omran, 2010). The increase in mega projects in Malaysia lead to more participation of the human workforce for the past few decades. (Omran, 2010). Hence, the influx of high participants had led to a high fatality rate in construction sites. (Omran, 2010). Health and safety awareness in construction industry is critical nowadays. The construction industry injury statistics reveal that the number of construction workers are injured and killed each year (Hinze, 2013). Besides that, the construction industry also characterized as one with a poor safety culture globally (Omran, 2010). Therefore, health and safety awareness level on construction sites have to improve in order to minimize the fatality rate in the construction industry.

OSHA'S decision to issue new construction standards (1926.501) demonstrates an application of safety procedure through design. This new standard is aimed at saving or safeguarding the lives of workers working on residential construction sites. It aims at protecting the lives of those employees who are working at a height level beyond six feet from falling. Under this standard, the enforcers of the regulations expect all construction employers to adhere to three crucial steps to prevent falls. These steps include planning, providing, and training. Full compliance to these procedures will not only be in compliance with the OSHA safety procedures but will also keep the workers safe from injuries and even death (Bahr and Stallcup, 2003).

Falls are the leading cause of death in the construction industry. OSHA 's mantra for preventing falls, and the injuries and fatalities that go with them, is: plan, provide, and train. While the number of deaths in other fields is not as high as it is in construction, falls are still the primary sources of injury in the vast majority of them. Sadly, these falls are every bit as preventable, and the mantra for protection is the same. Let 's take a closer look at the components of this three-part safety system.

The health care industry has the highest percentage of occupational hazards of any workforce industry (SIC division structure, 2015). To control these numbers, several state and federal agencies were established to regulate risks to health and personal safety. (OSHA) is one such agency was established to cover all workforce industries, including health services and insurance. The regulatory authority of OSHA is ranged to cover many types of occupational hazards and hazard communication. OSHA procedures are intended to be carried out quickly and decisively in order to ensure and maintain the safest possible working environment and to expose and halt any activities which cause risk.

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Beginning a new year of the construction industry with a report of 6% growth (achieved approximately $712 billion) in the financial profit of construction from Dodge Data & Analytics ' 2016 Construction Outlook, many analysts and experts predict that potential values for the construction business will be progressively increased with extensions of modern technologies and state-of-the-art concepts for improving construction performance, especially in project cost and schedule achievements (Peiffer, 2016). Although it is noticeable that diverse tendencies, including prefabrication or offsite constructions, green buildings, remodeling, etc., are taking higher place in the next decades, true collaborations, sophisticated building modeling tools, and practical value-boosted procedures are always bottom lines for a blossoming construction project. It is unquestionable that construction project costs and schedule are spectacularly difficult to predict by reason of complexity of building procedures and presence of thousands of dependent variables throughout a project. As a result, duties and responsibilities of forecasting and envisioning project cost and schedule performance are considered as momentous challenges and complicated issues for all construction experts and professionals (Ai et al., 2015). Growing from these concerns, a suggestion of synergizing components that particular affect the cost and schedule efficiency is becoming an

Hazard and Risk Identification and Assessment: The construction industry is a high hazard industry that comprises of a wide range of activities involving construction, alteration, and/or repair (OSHA, 2016). Like any other major industry, construction workers are engaged in many activities that may expose them to

On 20 March 2012, the Building and Construction Industry Improvement (BCII) Act of the Australian Government was replaced by the Fair Work Bill (FWBI) 2012 which was implemented on 1 June 2012 (FWBC, 2012a). It was regarded as bill for ‘Transition to Fair Work Australia for the Building and Construction Industry’. The bill is intended towards:

The main point of this project is to find out the reason why accidents are still happening on construction in relation to Construction (Design and Management) [CDM] regulations. These Regulations originally came in to place in 1994 and then were heavily revised in 2007 when the regulations were brought together with the Construction (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996. The purpose of this review is to both further understand the CDM Regulations and investigate why accidents in construction are still occurring by looking at the following possibilities:

This shows the importance and awareness of occupational health & safety needs to be addressed by each worker or management culture and environment to ensure that the workplace is safe and secure. Awareness of occupational safety and health (OSH) plays an important role in the prevention of occupational injuries and diseases. Following the enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) in 1994, various events have been organized by certain agencies to enhance the knowledge and awareness of occupational safety and health in the workplace. This includes the health care of every

In the United States, construction has always been one of the most dangerous industries to work in. The number of fatalities that occur in this industry year after year demonstrate this. In 2014, 19.6% of worker fatalities, in private industry, were in construction (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015) despite the industry comprising only 6.8% of the total work force. This epidemic is not unique to the United States. Essentially every country faces similar problems regarding construction safety. For example, in 2004 the Australian construction industry employed approximately 8% of the countries workforce. However, workers compensation statistics indicated that the industry’s incidence rate was 28.6 per 1000 employees,

Accidents are unfortunately inevitable in an industry as dangerous as the construction industry. It is not unknown that all-around construction is the occupational field that produces the most accidents and fatalities per year, which can definitely be intimidating for anyone desiring a career in this environment. Furthermore, the sad truth is that accidents will never cease to occur regardless of all of the strict rules and safety procedures implemented by supervisors and safety organizations such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), for there are situations where there are unwilling workers who choose not to cooperate with set safety rules. Construction individuals are solely responsible for their own health and safety; as a result, workers put themselves at risk by not following safety-implanted rules, which undoubtedly adds to the ever-growing list of injuries/fatalities per year in construction.

The nature of works in a construction site made it as a dangerous workplace. The hazards and dangers that are present in the work place are innumerable, causing injury, illness, or even death to site workers. These dangers include the COSHH risks that comprise the hazardous substances that include chemicals, dust and others. There are also accidents related to injuries due to manual handing, being hit by heavy equipment, and many more. The physical injuries, emotional stress, and illness of construction workers are very costly for the management. The legislation for the health and safety in the construction industries is also increasing with the last three decade. There is great responsibility placed among the supervisors and site managers. In effect, the qualifications set for these positions also increased (NEBOSH, 2013).

The construction industry is currently being recognized as a major economic force in Malaysia. It is also one of the most hazardous industries. Construction comprises of very small percentage of the overall workforce. Yet, the incidence rate for non-fatal injuries and illnesses exceeds that of many other industries. According to the Social Security Organization (SOCSO) report in 2000, the fatality rate in the construction industry in Malaysia was of more than 3 times of all workplaces. In