Accidents in Malaysian Construction Industry: Statistical Data and Court Cases

被引：56

作者：

Chong, Heap Yih ^{[1
]}

Low, Thuan Siang ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS | 2014年 / 20卷 / 03期

关键词：

accidents; causes; statistical data; court cases; construction industry; Malaysia; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; HONG-KONG; HEALTH; SITES; LEGISLATION; BEHAVIOR; PROJECTS; SYSTEMS; MODEL; RISK;

D O I：

10.1080/10803548.2014.11077064

中图分类号：

TB18 [人体工程学];

学科分类号：

1201 ;

摘要：

Safety and health issues remain critical to the construction industry due to its working environment and the complexity of working practises. This research attempts to adopt 2 research approaches Using statistical data and court cases to address and identify the causes and behavior underlying construction safety and health issues in Malaysia. Factual data on the period of 2000-2009 were retrieved to identify the causes and agents that contributed to health issues. Moreover, court cases were tabulated and analyzed to identify legal patterns of parties involved in construction site accidents. Approaches of this research produced consistent results and highlighted a significant reduction in the rate of accidents per construction project in Malaysia.

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页码：503 / 513

页数：11

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