Occupational safety and health in Spain

Sesé, Albert; Pol, Alfonso Luis Palmer; Cajal, Berta; Moreno, Juan José Montaño; Jiménez, Rafael; Aleixandre, Noelia Llorens

doi:10.1016/s0022-4375(02)00054-3

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“…The existence of a well-established and consolidated legal framework forces subcontractors to 330 continuously improve (Sese et al 2002). Since the approval of Spanish Law 31/1995 on Occupational 331…”

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Survival Factors for Subcontractors in Economic Downturns

Oviedo-Haito

Jiménez

Cardoso

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J. Constr. Eng. Manage.

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were carried out, resulting in the identification of eight factors for subcontractor survival: project 27 delivery method, demand, financial capital, relationship assets, managerial assets, human assets, 28 legal framework, and geographic scope. The project delivery method used by the owner and also by 29 the main contractor is mainly based on price. As a result, the subcontractors' bids get lower, making 30 them unsustainable in the long run. Furthermore, subcontractors do not get financial support from 31 banks easily in order to cover their additional financial costs. These facts push subcontractors to get 32 a guarantee of payment by the main contractor, while subcontracting companies may even ask for 33 payments in advance. Subcontractors also seek long-term relationships with the contractor. These 34 trusting relations are very often a prerequisite to qualify and bid for contracts. Subcontractors have 35 to continuously improve, plan ahead and adapt quickly to the new environment. Therefore, 36 subcontractors must remain flexible and maintain a lean hierarchical organization. Doing so makes it 37 is easier for subcontractors to compete in both their native markets, as well as abroad. To this end, 38 the most successful subcontractors have become international during the expansion phase of the 39 economic cycle; many of them went abroad with the help of a contractor from their home country. 40 41 42

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Section: Legal Framework 328 329mentioning

confidence: 99%

Survival Factors for Subcontractors in Economic Downturns

Oviedo-Haito

Jiménez

Cardoso

et al. 2014

J. Constr. Eng. Manage.

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“…Index Terms-Health and Safety, Management, Construction, Valencia Estudio de la Gestión de Seguridad y Salud en el Sector construcción valenciano Study of Safety and Health Management in the construction sector of Valencia tanto a nivel español (Sesé et al, 2002;Camino-López et al, 2008, Pérez-Alonso et al, 2012López-Alonso et al, 2015) como a nivel europeo (Ros-Serrano et al, 2013;Ulubeyli et al, 2015) y a nivel mundial (Huang et al, 2003;Teo et al, 2005;Loosemore et al, 2007;Esteban-Gabriel et al, 2015). Muchos de los accidentes en el sector construcción son causados por errores de organización, planificación y control (HSE, 1988;López-González et al, 2012), si bien una mayor implicación de los altos niveles de dirección de las empresas y una mejora sobre los sistemas de gestión son líneas de actuación para lograr una reducción del número de accidentes (Mattila et al, 1994;Teo et al, 2005;Loosemore et al 2007).…”

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“…Otra de las características del sector construcción es la existencia de una elevada subcontratación, y no solo a un nivel, sino a varios niveles, en especial los trabajos que únicamente conllevan mano de obra (Sesé et al, 2002;Teo et al, 2005;Ng et al, 2010). Esto exige una continua colaboración entre contratistas y subcontratistas, ya que la falta de comunicación, control y coordinación (Debrah et al, 2001) junto con el inadecuado comportamiento de las empresas subcontratadas son una de las principales causas del fallo del proyecto y de la siniestrabilidad (Ardite et al, 2005;Camino-López et al, 2008).…”

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Framework for project managers to manage construction safety

Teo

Ling

Chong

2005

International Journal of Project Management

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“…Among the professional sectors, the construction industry has always had a high rate of accidents at work (Camino, Ritzel, Fontaneda & González, 2008;Chi, Chang & Ting, 2005;Aneziris, Topali & Papazoglou, 2012;National Safety Council, 2011;Segarra, Villena, González, Romero & Rodríguez, 2017). Although statistics have gradually improved over the past years (European Commission, 2009;Haslam et al, 2005;López, Rubio & Gibb, 2012;Sesé et al, 2002;Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social, 2016), the construction sector has still a disappointing rate of incidence (Chen & Fosbroke, 1998), with huge direct and indirect costs (Waehrer, Dong, Miller, Haile & Men, 2007;Bobick, 2004). In Europe, as in other parts of the world, the reduction of work accidents is an immediate social priority and, as a result, accident prevention and risk management is a crucial issue within the construction industry (Martínez, Rubio & Gibb, 2010).…”

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Critical analysis of risk assessment methods applied to construction works

Pinos

González

2017

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This paper studies the possibility of using the following occupational risk assessment methods for construction works: INSHT, ANACT, THREP, SHERPA, RNUR, EVENT TREE, LEST, FINE, ERGONOMIC ANALYSIS and PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS. Of these methods, INSHT, ANACT, RNUR and FINE have been selected with the objective of applying them to real building works, in order to determine the discrepancies in the results obtained compared to the risks analyzed. The results make it possible to ascertain the types of risk which each method most reliably detects, there being methods which are not able to detect extreme or very low risks. It is concluded that if a single risk assessment method is used, the results do not entirely reflect reality, as such it is necessary to establish a new risk assessment methodology for construction works.Key words: Prevention, safety at work, methodology, risk assessment, construction. ResumenEn este trabajo se ha estudiado la posibilidad de emplear para obras de construcción los siguientes métodos de evaluación de riesgos laborales: INSHT, ANACT, THREP, SHERPA, RNUR, ÁRBOL DE SUCESOS, LEST, FINE, ANÁLISIS ERGONÓMICO Y FACTORES PSICOSOCIALES. De estos métodos se han seleccionado: INSHT, ANACT, RNUR y FINE con el objetivo de aplicarlos en obras reales para comprobar las discrepancias en los resultados obtenidos frente a los mismos riesgos analizados. Los resultados permiten comprobar los tipos de riesgo que cada método detecta con más fiabilidad, existiendo métodos que no son capaces de detectar riesgos extremos o muy bajos. Se concluye que si se emplea un único método de evaluación de riesgos los resultados no reflejan en su totalidad la realidad, por lo que es necesario establecer una nueva metodología de evaluación de riesgos en obras de construcción.Palabras clave: Prevención, seguridad en el trabajo, metodología, evaluación de riesgos, construcción.

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Occupational safety and health in Spain

Cited by 32 publications

References 15 publications

Survival Factors for Subcontractors in Economic Downturns

Survival Factors for Subcontractors in Economic Downturns

Framework for project managers to manage construction safety

Critical analysis of risk assessment methods applied to construction works

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