Recommendations and precautions to prevent accidents in construction

Abstract

The study was based on the analysis of fatal labour accidents in construction in Portugal. The data has been collected from the Labour Inspection Office files with the analysis of the official inquiries of labour accidents during three years. From this data emerged a data-base that, together with the model of analysis, has served as a test for a set of applied tests of hypotheses to verify a possible correlation between the variable that originates the accidents. This analysis allowed the formulation of innumerable recommendations to improve safety in construction sites. These indicators of risk are related with the probabilities of occurrence of fatal labour accidents in construction. With the conclusion of this study it is intended to elaborate a useful tool in the planning of the supervision/control and coordination of construction safety using these risk indicators.