HAZARDS IN TUNNELLING AND ON FALSEWORK

The conference on construction site safety included the following papers which discussed cases of industrial injury and problems involved in making falsework safer. Structural Safety and the Department of the Environment, Bridle, RJ; Safety of Personnel on Engineering Construction Sites in Australia, Cook, GP; Some Tunnel Failures and What They Have Taught, Jacobs, JD; Tunnel Hazards: UK Experience, Muir Wood, AM: Medical Hazards of Tunnelling, Walder, DN, and McCallum, RI; Unforeseen Loads on Falsework, Mott, JCS; Making Falsework Safer, Bragg, SL; The Trade Unions Contribution to Safety, Smith, GF; The employers' Contribution to Safety, Ure, AW, and Hitchings, DC. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Third International Safety Conference.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Conference:
  • Institution of Civil Engineers, Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 124 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction sites; Failure; Falsework; Hazards; Injuries; Labor unions; Personnel; Safety; Tunneling; Tunnels
• Old TRIS Terms: Tunnel failures
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 8525: Conference; 3628: Construction site; 5520: Failure; 3423: Falsework (bridge); 1556: Legislation; 2264: Responsibility; 9150: Risk; 1665: Safety; 3374: Tunnel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147642
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1977 12:00AM