This report reflects the work environment and personal safety atNCC's job site Sky City Office One (SCOO). The purpose was toexamine the workers usage of the personal safety equipment. Thisstudy also aims to identify whether there are any so-calledsuccess factors that could be linked to SCOO. Furthermore, thereport examines if there are any elements that NCC could improve.This study also aspires to give an improved understanding of thework environment at the job site.The chosen method consisted of surveys and interviews with themanagement staff and the Swedish and Latvian workers. The resultswere analyzed according to relevant literature and then presented.In a second step, the identified success factors were listed. Thereport concludes with suggestions for improvement.The result of this study demonstrates a difference between theSwedish personnel hired by NCC and the Latvian workers.Differences were mainly ascertained in the workers attitudetowards the work environment but also in the question of whetherlanguage barriers exist between the workers.The identified success factors were mainly good leadership, thehigh experience level amongst the workforce and NCC's concept of"Time out" which is aimed at the improvement of the workersattitude towards potentially dangerous situations.In the final chapter, improvements of the NCC worksite aresuggested and a future recommendation for improved safety of NCCworksites is given.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-326186 |
Date | January 2017 |
Creators | Malmström, Daniel, Olmenius, Sebastian |
Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Byggteknik, Uppsala universitet, Byggteknik |
Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
Language | Swedish |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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