SAFETY EVALUATION OF THE WORKING CONDITIONS ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITES

This paper intends to build up a method in conducting the construction safety assessment by testing the workmen's physical and mental reactions to the given environment based on the analytic results of the on spot experimental psychology. The demand for safety, including safety at work, has been increasing with the development of our economic construction. There used to be two kinds of methods for safety evaluation, one of which is qualitative method, and the other of which is quantitative analysis based on the analysis of the historic safety data. Both of the methods focus on the environmental point of view of Ergonomics. Based on the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the above two methods, the present paper has brought about its own method of assessment of safety measures by observing and analyzing the workmen's physical and psychological reactions on a given construction side. The method can be used for a comparative study on the safety measures of bamboo and metal scaffoldings. The result indicates that it can be used to conduct safety assessment more objectively and accurately.