A STUDY OF FATAL AND NON-FATAL ACCIDENTS IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR

Authors

  • Yakubu Danasabe Mohammed Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Mohammad Bakri Ishak Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/mjce.v25.15846

Keywords:

Construction sector, construction accident, workplace, contribution, safety program

Abstract

Occupational accident in the construction sector in 2010 alone includes 66 fatal and 54 non-fatal. The objectives of this study are; to study fatal and non-fatal accident and to determine contribution of fatal and non-fatal accident to the total number of accident. The result indicates that there is no clear positive or negative trend in the number of fatal and nonfatal accident from year 2002 – 2010. Furthermore, the result of the Sensitivity Analysis shows that fatal accidents (53.53%) contribute more to accident rates than nonfatal accident (47.46%). This study provides useful information as regard to the contribution of fatal and nonfatal accident to the total number of accident and the key impact variable. Therefore, from the information provided, it is evident that an effort towards safety program is vitally needed at construction sites. Management commitment, safe working condition and safe work habits are all what are needed for effective implementation of safety program.

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Published

2018-06-25

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

A STUDY OF FATAL AND NON-FATAL ACCIDENTS IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR. (2018). Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.11113/mjce.v25.15846