Significant Factors Contributing to Accidents Occurrence on Construction Site

Abstract

This paper aims to determine the significant factors contributing to construction site accidents in the Malaysian construction industry. As the party who carry out the construction work on site, the perception of Grade G7 contractors on the factors was gathered using questionnaire surveys. The 155 responses were obtained and analysed using descriptive analysis. The result reveals that there were nine (9) significant factors causing the construction site accidents namely lack of training, lack of safety culture, lack of regular inspection for material and machinery, lack of measurement of site condition, lack of safety meeting or toolbox meeting, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), lack of supervision by the supervisor in charge, lack of communication between manager and workers and attitudes of the workers. The findings of this study are crucial and must be put more concerned to reduce the occurrence of accidents and improve construction site safety performance in Malaysia. Adequate planning of activities, investment in safety and safety consciousness should be the major concern by the contractor and needed to be done constantly till zero-accident is realised on every site.