Health

View full documentAs long ago as 1946 the World Health Organisation defined health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Occupational ill-health episodes can also be considered as ‘slow accidents’. Health has often been the poor relative of safety in the term ‘health and safety’. The SHE task force believes that there is an urgent need to consider and address occupational health in construction.

The task force has produced a Guide to Managing Occupational Health. The task force is currently working on a briefing note on occupational stress – If you are interested in helping with this please contact ECI.

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ECI Publications & Proceedings Year     View extract         
ECI Managing Stress 2011   View full document  
ECI SHE Management Guide 2008    View extract  
ECI Constructon Health and Safety in Developing Countries 2006    View extract  
Designing for Safety & Health 2000    View prodeedings  
Implementation of SHE Management Systems 1997    View proceedings  
     
Related Websites and publications   Website address
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work   http://osha.europa.eu/en
Institution of Civil Engineers   http://www.ice.org.uk/topics/healthandsafety
Loughborough University H&S   http://constructionsafety.lboro.ac.uk/
Association for Project Safety      https://www.aps.org.uk/
       
Related Incidents and lessons learned   Year  
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Contaminated Stainless Steel   2009  
Radioactive Stainless Steel Found in Germany   2009  

Note: These accident and incident reports are provided in good faith. Where possible they have been anonymised. ECI accept no responsibility for their accuracy.