Accidents Preventive Practice for High-Rise Construction

Abstract

Abstract. The demand of high-rise projects continues to grow due to the reducing of usable land area in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The rapidly development of high-rise projects has leaded to the rise of fatalities and accidents. An accident that happened in a construction site can cause serious physical injury. The accidents such as people falling from height and struck by falling object were the most frequent accidents happened in Malaysian construction industry. The continuous growth of high-rise buildings indicates that there is a need of an effective safety and health management. Hence, this research aims to identify the causes of accidents and the ways to prevent accidents that occur at high-rise building construction site. Qualitative method was employed in this research. Interview surveying with safety officers who are involved in highrise building project in Kuala Lumpur were conducted in this research. Accidents were caused by man-made factors, environment factors or machinery factors. The accidents prevention methods were provide sufficient Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), have a good housekeeping, execute safety inspection, provide safety training and execute accidents investigation. In the meanwhile, interviewees have suggested the new prevention methods that were develop a proper site layout planning and de-merit and merit system among subcontractors, suppliers and even employees regarding safety at workplace matters. This research helps in explaining the causes of accidents and identifying area where prevention action should be implemented, so that workers and top management will increase awareness in preventing site accidents.

The Guatemalan Construction Industry: Approach of Knowledge Regarding Work Risks Prevention

“…The frequency with which the sampled companies verify the on-site risks and safety is, 22.0% at the start of a job, 19.0% at the beginning and the end of a job, and 19.0% at the start and daily. Accordingly, Goh and collaborators reported that exhaustive maintenance has to be performed along with periodic safety inspections [ 27 ], continuous safety training and the development of a plan to investigate accidents to prevent future injury; consequently, there are companies that not only possess such controls but that point them out as much as possible, in order to give them greater relevance among companies that work transparently and wish to gain greater legitimacy [ 58 ].…”

“…To prevent accidents, exhaustive maintenance is necessary along with periodic safety inspections, continuous safety training and the development of an accident investigation plan [ 27 ]. Therefore, there are a wide variety of works that investigate the causes of construction accidents and affect the safety of workers, such as the company size, its safety policy, the attitude of workers, preventative coordination at the project and execution phase of the planned work [ 15 , 28 , 29 ], and safety management in the company [ 26 , 28 , 30 ].…”

Analysis of the Influence of Socio-Economic Factors on Occupational Safety in the Construction Industry

“…The identification and analysis of accident factors is an important area of scientific research, as it is the basis for the proper design and planning of training and preventive actions, which in turn leads to reduced accidents at work [10,[12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

“…The authors of the studies published in [12] emphasize that all participants of a project, as well as the environmental conditions in which the construction is carried out, are responsible for occupational accidents. In papers [13,14], a significant number of accident factors were identified, which were then classified into five groups related to: clients, consultants, contractors, construction workers and construction sites. Among the identified factors, the most important factors were deficiencies in the personal equipment of employees, a defective technical condition of devices, a lack of training, and also inappropriate use of building materials and devices.…”

Developing a Low Cost Capacitive ECG via Arduino and Single-Board Computer Interfaced with Capacitive Electrodes for Prevention and Security Aspects

“…Additionally, Gyi, D. et al even [8] published a study, showing that there is a consistent and integrated approach necessary to measure safety and health performance for accidents avoidance at contraction site. Even in newer research results the issues for safety and health problems in construction industry is a topic [9], which proofs that up to now there are no sufficient solutions existing. Therefore, the authors proposes a capacitive ECG system that can be used to identify dangerous symptoms, which could distract the operator, or warn from a potential upcoming unconsciousness, and thereby support the accidence avoidance on construction site.…”