Developing an Accident Causation Model for Accident Prevention at Building Construction Sites

Asan, Amran; Akasah, Zainal Abidin

doi:10.1007/978-981-287-290-6_24

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“…One of the most important points of safety issues in the construction sites is that all working groups such as workers, technicians, foremen, and supervisors who are responsible for project management and control, are directly exposed to the dangers of work (Baradan and Usmen, 2006;Pinto et al, 2011). Therefore, analyzing and troubleshooting these types of occupational accidents is very important (Asan and Akasah, 2015;Li et al, 2015).…”

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Analysis of occupational accidents induced human injuries: A case study in construction industries and sites

Soltanzadeh¹,

Mohammadfam²,

Moghimbeigi³

et al. 2016

J. Civ. Eng. Constr. Technol.

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There are many human injuries induced by occupational accidents in construction industries. Determination and analysis of construction accidents' contributing factors is a good way to accidents' prevention and reduction. Therefore, this study was done in view of identification and analyzing factors related to frequency and severity of construction accidents and injuries in the big construction industries. This analytical-cross sectional study was implemented on 500 occupational accidents during five years in the Iraninan big construction sites. Data gathering was done based on accident report form and information were related to all the reviewed construction accidents. Data analysis was carried out using statistical tests such as linear regression, independent sample T-test and One-way ANOVA, including statistical software of SPSS v22.0. The results revealed average values of accidents indices including accident frequency rate (AFR) and accident severity rate (AFR and ASR) respectively were 4.71 and 216.28. The findings showed that almost all factors including demographics, organization, accident type, work conditions and equipment, unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, nature of accidents, Health, safety and environment (HSE) training and control measures, and finally accident time and place were significantly related to the AFR and ASR (p<0.05). Conclusively, the results indicated that the frequency and severity of occupational accidents in construction industries were due to failures in combination of different contributing factors. Therefore, to promote HSE in the construction fields and reduce frequency and severity of the construction accidents, all these factors were considered.

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Analysis of occupational accidents induced human injuries: A case study in construction industries and sites

Soltanzadeh¹,

Mohammadfam²,

Moghimbeigi³

et al. 2016

J. Civ. Eng. Constr. Technol.

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“…Construction is one of the most hazardous industries in Malaysia (Asan and Akasah, 2015). The Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources releases an official statistic document showing that, on the contrary to other industry sectors, the construction sector scores a highest number of disabilities and mortalities occur to workers on site.…”

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Trends of construction industry in Malaysia and its emerging challenges

Dehdasht¹,

Ferwati

Abidin

et al. 2021

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Purpose The transition of Malaysia from a developing country to a developed country was considered in vision 2020, whereby an average construction contribution of 6.0% in growth domestic product (GDP) per annum was required. Despite this importance, still, the Malaysian construction industry has not reached the target yet. Understanding the weakness and strength of this industry can be an effective way to help the policymakers in selecting the best strategy in the promotion of the Malaysian construction industry in GDP growth. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the current issues and challenges faced by the contribution of the Malaysian construction industry in GDP growth. Design/methodology/approach To achieve this objective, all the latest statistical data presented by the Department of Statistic and Construction Industry Development Board in Malaysia until March 2018 being collected and interpreted. Furthermore, through the literature review, the most significant challenges encountered by the Malaysian construction industry identified, compared and presented. Findings The results highlight that the contribution of Malaysian construction into GDP is increasing with a gentle slope. Nonetheless, the Malaysian construction industry has a high impact on the employment rate. More investment in the construction sector is required to meet an average of 6% contribution in GDP. Also, to be able to seize new opportunities in the global construction market, more exerted efforts have to overcome the challenges faced by this industry. Practical implications This study offers practical implications to policy and decision makers in the Malaysian construction industry. Despite the constant growth of the Malaysian construction industry in recent years, there is a need for more investments and overcome to challenges to encounter an average of 6% contribution in GDP. This study provides an overview and insights to investors, stockholders and managers to formulate a long-term plan promoting the efficiency of the Malaysian construction industry. Originality/value This study through explaining, comparing and interpreting the real statistical data, through the tables, figures and graphs, simplified the understanding of the weakness and strength of the Malaysian construction industry.

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“…Previous studies have shown that after the accident happened, a lot of losses have to be incurred by parties involved (Jallon et al, 2011;Goestsch, 2013;Asan & Akasah, 2014;Pellicer et al, 2014;Feng et al, 2015;Stefanescu et al, 2018). These losses costs may include to victims, families, employers and society.…”

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Exploring the Occupational Safety and Health Cost Typologies in the Construction of Malaysian Urban Rail Infrastructure Projects

Kamar¹,

Ahmad²,

Derus³

et al. 2019

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Safety and health issues are very sensitive matters as they deal with human life. Unfortunately, the financial aspect of safety and health issues have been neglected as everybody wants safety, but nobody wants to pay a single cent for it. Work injuries create significant economic and humanitarian consequences to our society especially to the construction of urban rail infrastructure projects, where they involve billion of Malaysian Ringgit (RM). Understanding injuries and accident costs are necessary to an organisation when set up a budget on safety and health control. The objective of this paper is to review the literature on occupational safety and health typology costs for these projects. A review of the literature identified a set of components of safety and health cost typologies involved for the construction of these projects. The safety and health cost typologies comprise the 11 possible components for prevention, evaluation and monitoring costs, five components for direct costs of an accident, 16 for indirect costs of an accident and one component for an extraordinary cost. Underestimated cost of occupational safety and health could threaten the progress and overall project cost control and that affects the successful completion of these construction projects.

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Developing an Accident Causation Model for Accident Prevention at Building Construction Sites

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Analysis of occupational accidents induced human injuries: A case study in construction industries and sites

Analysis of occupational accidents induced human injuries: A case study in construction industries and sites

Trends of construction industry in Malaysia and its emerging challenges

Exploring the Occupational Safety and Health Cost Typologies in the Construction of Malaysian Urban Rail Infrastructure Projects

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