"Zero Injury" safety program implementation as related to current construction industry financial risk management: a success story

Author

Crangle, Tom F.

Author_Institution

Construction Risk Manage. Inc., Chattanooga, TN, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

26-30 April 1998

Firstpage

108

Lastpage

114

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe: results of research done by Clemson University for the Construction Industry Institute (CII) through the Zero Injury Task Force; successful implementation of Zero Injury Safety Program in the Tennessee Valley Authority Division of Transmission Construction where a Zero Injury Goal (Zero Lost Workday Case Incident Rate) was achieved and sustained for 2 1/2 years; and the latest in financial and construction risk management in the construction industry and applied to electric utility transmission construction, operation, and maintenance using inhouse and contract forces.

Keywords

construction industry; electricity supply industry; finance; power systems; risk management; safety; Clemson University; Construction Industry Institute; Tennessee Valley Authority; Zero Injury Goal; Zero Injury Safety Program; Zero Injury Task Force; Zero Lost Workday Case Incident Rate; construction industry; construction risk management; contract forces; electric utility transmission construction; financial risk management; inhouse forces; maintenance; operation; safety program implementation; Construction industry; Contracts; Costs; Electrical safety; Environmental management; Financial management; Injuries; Power industry; Railway safety; Risk management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation & Live-Line Maintenance Proceedings, 1998. ESMO '98. 1998 IEEE 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4883-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDCLLM.1998.668339

Filename

668339