Skyddsombudets Roll
En undersökning av skyddsombudets säkerhetsarbete på byggarbetsplatsen
Safety agentsCooperationWork environmentInteractionConstruction siteSurveySafety.SkyddsombudSamarbeteSamverkanArbetsmiljöByggarbetsplatsEnkätundersökningSäkerhet
Safety in the construction industry has become a question of top priority in recent years. Despite a massive investment of time, money and knowledge, the occur-rence of fatal accidents in Sweden alone is around one a month.The purpose of this study is therefore to improve the safety on the construction site. By an examination of the role of the safety agents and their cooperation with the construction workers and supervisors as well as examine how safety agents can improve safety on the construction site, which is the goal of the study.Four questions were formulated based on the purpose and the goal of the study.The methods used to answer the questions were a questionnaire survey, multiple interviews, a literature review and a document analysis.The report describes the safety agent?s role as a complex one with many different tasks. The role of the safety agents is regulated in the health and safety law, but it can sometimes be difficult to interpret and the agents can therefore interpret their role differently. Some of the tasks and the rights that the law describes is the right to stop a dangerous task, and the right to affect the employer. The safety agents should also participate in the early planning and carrying out safety inspections.The surveys show that safety agent?s cooperation with both construction workers and supervisors worked well at the examined places. A major area for improve-ment is in the early planning, where the safety agents should participate, which they rarely do.To improve the safety on the construction site the safety agents can lead by exam-ple as role models in safety. They can also use their right to stop a dangerous task and their right to affect the employer to improve the safety.Creating a safe construction site requires that everyone works together. There should be a safety approach through the whole project, from the people who con-duct the early planning to the people involved in the production. Everyone must work actively to achieve a good working environment. The knowledge of the safe-ty agents should be used in all steps of the construction process, not just in the production.