An investigation of fall accident in a high-rise building project

Abstract

Fall accident is an accident category that becomes a primary cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries among construction workers worldwide. The objectives of the paper are to report the results of a study investigating 100 reports of fall accidents in the high-rise building project in Indonesia. The study concludes that the impact/consequence of the fall accident mostly occurring involves a fatality, causing death (56%), major injuries, causing permanent physical defect (28%), and minor injuries, causing temporary wound (16%). The main factors of fall accidents causation are mostly related to personal factors (61%) and non-personal factors (30%). It was found that fall accidents mainly take place in the area of scaffoldings (52%), area of structure (28%), and area of working structure (20%). The fall accidents occurred mostly during afternoon time (42%), followed morning time (27%), and evening time (21%), and workers who are 20 – 30 years old and under 20 years old get a higher risk of getting accidents. The findings will be a recommendation to construction companies for developing effective safety programs for the prevention of fall accidents.

Investigation on the Nature of Safety Rule Violations in High-Rise Construction Projects

“…Huang and Hinze [42], for example, found that fall accidents were caused by workers' misjudgement of hazardous conditions, insufficient or non-existent personal protective equipment (PPE), and inoperative safety measures. Arifuddin et al [6] also discovered that poor housekeeping, faulty ladders, or technically inadequate work platforms can lead to falls. Similarly, the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) [11] has identified several factors contributing to high-rise construction accidents, such as flawed management systems, ineffective safety policies, a lack of safety awareness, job site circumstances, no safety inspections or signs, and the unique nature of the job site.…”

Analysis of the Complex Causes of Death Accidents Due to Mobile Cranes Using a Modified MEPS Method: Focusing on South Korea

“…Among the 56 fatal accidents, 25 were found to happen due to equipment failure: a drop of a heavy load, such as wire rope damage (11 cases), a lack of safety measures (seven cases), and the illegal use of worktables (seven cases). Among many fatal accidents caused by structural failures, there were many accidents involving human errors; there were many cases that were specified as indirect causes in the accident investigation reports [37]. The remaining 31 accidents were caused by inappropriate factors in the work environment, such as noncompliance with safety procedures.…”

Exploring Fatalities and Injuries in Construction by Considering Thermal Comfort Using Uncertainty and Relative Importance Analysis

“…As indicated in Table 1 , previous research in this area falls into three categories: (i) research related to the causes of construction disasters [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 ], (ii) research related to an analysis of the weather impact on injury and fatal accidents in construction [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , ...…”

“…Earlier work analyzed the causes of injury and fatal accidents in relation to specific weather conditions, such as those in the summer and winter seasons [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 ]. Other research analyzed ‘falls’ and ‘slips’ as frequent types of accident which can be affected by weather conditions [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 ]. Still others analyzed construction productivity using the predicted mean vote (PMV) by surveying the thermal comfort of construction workers [ 46 , 47 ].…”