Abstract
In order to reduce disasters on the construction sites, enhancement of the effectiveness of existing legislations is critical. In R.O.K, in spite of the elaborations of the government and the industry, the current level of the construction fatalities is very serious. Furthermore, the decreasing trend in construction disasters is staggering long before and significant changes in accident prevention strategies are strongly required. One of the useful way to seek better solution is to examine the best practice. The best practice in the construction accident prevention over the whole world is the case of U.K. So this study aims to find meaningful indications through the comparison the legislations of construction safety between those of U.K. and R.O.K. According to the comparison, the major differences in construction safety legislations between two countries can be summarized as follows; the simplicity of structure and contents of the legislations, the clarity of roles among participants as duty holders and the strength of penalty, the enforcing ways of obligators, the naming of safety professionals etc. In conclusion, in order to effectively reduce the construction disasters in R.O.K, enhancement of the effectiveness of the current legislations through significant amendment is inevitable. The suggested major revisions of relevant legislations are as follows; reasonable clarification of safety roles between duty holders including clients, simplified construction specific legislations from the existing complex legislations covering all industries, renaming safety professional as a key personnel ect.
