Safety and Health in Refurbishment Works Including Partial Demolition

Abstract:

In the context of refurbishment projects, providing a safety and health checklist could assist in reducing noncompliance with health and safety regulations and would lead to improvement in communication between different participants in refurbishment projects. The practical checklist for refurbishment project is developed by revising current demolition checklist since there is no specific checklist applicable for refurbishment work at the moment. To achieve this target, demolition techniques, methods and accident reports on the refurbishment project is critically reviewed and investigated. A semi-structured interview based on reviewed literature and existing demolition checklist is organized which addresses a panel of Malaysian refurbishment experts and workers. The final results are provided by analyzing the response of interviewees in listing the common hazards occurring in the site and their recommendations regarding to appropriate precautions to prevent accidents in work site. Finally, refurbishment checklist is developed based on different categories of work phase, activities, precautionary actions and recommendations in which contents directly extracted from data collection and literature review.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 735)
• Pages: 99-103
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.735.99
• Online since: February 2015
• Authors: Mansooreh Rakhshanifar, M. Hosseini, Arham Abdullah*
• Keywords: Demolition, Hazard, Refurbishment, Risk

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