Title :
"Zero Injury" safety program implementation as related to current construction industry financial risk management: a success story
Author_Institution :
Construction Risk Manage. Inc., Chattanooga, TN, USA
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/TDCLLM.1998.668339
