<p>This study includes several purposes which are to describe the concept of working environment, explain who is responsible for its functioning and how the working environment should look like. Other purposes the study have is to investigate how the working environment is in both Swedish and the two investigated companies construction sites and to share some operators proposing measures for the shortcomings and problems that exist in the construction sector working environment. To achieve these purposes was a qualitative study made with unstructured observations, interviews and survey where three construction sites were observed. The result shows that the concept of the working environment cover many aspects and is essentially about the environment we live in and experience in our work and this environment can be both an indoor as an outdoor environment. In this work, the concept is divided into four areas; it is the physical, the ergonomic, the psychosocial and the chemical. Since January 2009 applies new rules in the rules for building and construction engineering (1999:3) which argue that the building proprietor can waive his working responsibilities to an entrepreneur. The work environment for the construction sector is governed by regulations and by laws and regulations determined how different parts of the different working environment areas and the working environment process should be. Position in the Swedish and the surveyed construction sites contains many gaps and problems such as time pressures, ignorance of the working environment work, errors in design and planning, priorities of economic gains instead of a good working environment and workers' carelessness and oversight of the security. These outcomes have resulted in high death and accident among the construction workers and cases of fall accidents and musculoskeletal disorders are the most common occupational accidents and diseases. Suggested measures considered are increased safety and health inspections on construction sites which are more difficult today when the reductions are being made in the Work Environment Authority and arrange safety training courses at both secondary and higher education for everyone from the ground to account safety. The study concludes that the construction sector work environment will remain poor because the majority of building proprietor and contractors ignoring the regulatory framework although it is well constructed. What can slightly change the state is to increase punishment and compensation for companies that breach the working environment work.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-5957 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Fahme, Safen |
| Publisher | Mälardalen University, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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