Profile of the health and safety coordinator in civil engineering works: the Spanish case

  1. María José Rodríguez Largacha
  2. Gonzalo Fernández Sánchez
  3. Jesús Esteban
Journal:
Revista de la Construcción

ISSN: 0718-915X 0717-7925

Year of publication: 2019

Volume: 18

Issue: 3

Pages: 513-524

Type: Article

DOI: 10.7764/RDLC.18.3.513 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Theprofileandfunctionofthe healthandsafetycoordinatorincivilengineeringworkshastill nowreceivedinsufficientattention.Thispaperfirstanalyzedallpubliccontractsbetween2008to2016inSpainrelatedtohealthandsafety.Wethenproceededtoassessacasestudyofacompanyfocusedonhealthandsafetycoordinationintheperiod2012to2015andtheresultsofasurveyoftheviewsofdifferentstakeholders.Wethenusedtheknowledgeacquired,objectiveresults,andlessonslearnedtodeveloprecommendationsrelatedtotheprofile, mainfunctions,and bestpracticesfor theperformanceofhealthandsafetycoordination.