Abstract
Construction industry has been recognized as a hazardous industry in many countries due to distinct nature of execution of works.The accident rate in construction sector is high all over the world due to dynamic nature of work activities. Occurrence of accidents and its severity in construction industry is several times higher than the manufacturing industries. The study was limited to a major construction organization in India to examine the trends in construction accidents for the period 2008-2014. In India, safety performance is gauged basing on safety indices; frequency, severity and incidence rates. It is not practicable to take decisions or to implement safety strategies on the basis of indices. The data used for this study was collected from a leading construction organization involved in execution of major construction activities all over India and abroad. The multiple regression method was adopted to model the pattern of safety indices wise .The pattern showed that significant relationships exist between the three safety indices and the related independent variables.
Highlights
Due to the high accident rates on construction sites internationally, strong health and safety legislation has been devised to minimize accidents and promote construction workers’ safety
Regression analysis was applied to examine the injury rate in Malaysian manufacturing industries and the results show that there is negative relation between organization size and injury rate (SAAD; FATIMAH; ZAINIHAN, 2012)
The multiple regression method was used to determine the relationships between frequency rate and number of accidents, total man hours worked, number of near misses & allocation of safety budget; severity rate and man days lost, total man hours worked, number of near misses & allocation of safety budget; incidence rate and average number of employees employed, total man hours worked, number of near misses & allocation of safety budget using the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS)
Summary
Due to the high accident rates on construction sites internationally, strong health and safety legislation has been devised to minimize accidents and promote construction workers’ safety. Accident statistics relating to the construction industry manifest that the accident rate in Malaysian construction industry is high and require a major overhaul from the current site safety practices (HAMID; MAJID; BACHAN SINGH, 2008). Safety professionals generally develop safe practices adopted in similar construction sites and in addition to previous exposure, data pertaining to accidents is useful for conducting hazard identification and risk assessment process (GURCANLI; MUNGEN, 2013). It is not good practice to compare two construction organizations based on their frequency and severity rates as type of hazards, working conditions, attitude of employees etc differ from organization. An attempt has been made in the present study to draw the trends of safety indices that are frequency, severity and incidence rates by using multiple regression
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