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Montanaro, L. Coord
Safety in construction: manual for delegates on safety and hygiene

Montevideo: Cinterfor, 1998
93 p.

ISBN 92-9088-071-8
US$ 15.00

(Full text available only in Spanish pdf format)

 

Increasing safety levels in construction projects is a solution to the problem of labor accidents of the sector that goes through, undoubtedly, training in
all levels of this activity. This Manual, although directed to Project Delegates of Safety and Hygiene, will also be of great training and informational use for other operators of the industry: workers, entrepreneurs, labor representatives, subcontractors, supervisors, foremen, preventionists, technicians, security inspectors, etc. Written in clear and simple terminology, and with abundant graphic illustration, it will become a very useful contribution to the search for solutions that permit increases in the levels of safety, and to achieve a drop in the number of accidents in the industry. The Manual presents thirteen modules that cover the following topics:

• Introduction
• Legal frame. Norms in effect for the construction industry.
• Public institutions with competency in the control of working conditions.
• Electric risks.
• Platforms.
• Temporal Accesses.
• Railing, baseboards, nets and mesh. Risk of falling from heights.
• Demolitions.
• Excavations and propping.
• Movement of cargo.
• Protection of machinery.
• Personal protection.
• Conditions and working environment, and methodology for the detection and prevention of risks.
• First aid.

 

 

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