Methodology focused on the selection of construction operations for the standardization of work with an emphasis on the occupational safety criterion

Abstract

This article indicates that work standardization is an effective tool for the improvement of occupational safety in any process performed by people. Work standardization has an impact on improving productivity, quality and engaging employees in improving current working methods. The article shows that in the construction industry there are problems concerning the selection of operations for work standardization due to the specificity of the operations performed there. As a result, work standardization is not a common methodology used in the construction industry, which may be one of the reasons for the greater number of accidents and near misses when compared to the manufacturing industry. The article presents the author’s safety–complication–frequency (SCF) model for the selection of operations for work standardization, which is dedicated to the construction industry. The SCF model enables operations with the highest priority in terms of implementation for work standardization to be selected.

KEYWORDS:

• Training Within Industry
• construction site
• lean management
• occupational safety

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.