Reasonability of Determination Equations for Assignment of Safety Engineers to Construction Sites

Three hundred questionnaires, which were created based on the subjective feedback from field safety engineers, were distributed nationwide to those in the construction field. The purpose of this was to receive feedback regarding current issues in the field. The questionnaire was reviewed by an advisory committee before being sent to safety management section chiefs at the top 100 construction companies, the goal of which was to ensure a high level of respondents. The grades and numbers of safety engineers who have to be assigned to construction sites are determined statistically based on the project cost for each type of project as well as the risk level of each type. 1) Through a review of the existing assignment system, it was found that experienced safety engineers should be assigned to construction sites. If more experienced engineers are assigned, it will lessen the possibility of accidents. 2) The determination equation for selecting safety engineers for apartment construction projects was verified to be very effective. A comparison was made with the German equation using risk level so as to allow reasonable assignments of safety engineers to be made according to the project characteristics.