The ranking of critical safety and health factor for construction site of high-rise residential building in Penang
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Date
2019-06
Authors
Ho Qin Ning
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Due to the high number of accidents that occur in construction and the
consequences this has for workers, organizations, society and countries, occupational
safety and health (OSH) has become a very important issue to take care of the human
resource. For this reason, and in order to know how OSH research in the construction
sector has evolved over time. This research is more focus on high-rise residential building
due to the demand of high-rise projects continues to grow due to the reducing of usable
land area in Penang, Malaysia. The rapidly development of high-rise projects has leaded
to the rise of fatalities and accidents. An accident that happened in a construction site can
cause serious physical injury. The continuous growth of high-rise buildings indicates that
there is a need of an effective safety and health management. Hence, this research aims
to identify the priority important of elements onsite inspection which is one of the ways
to prevent accidents that occur at high-rise building construction site. Qualitative method
was employed in this research. Interview surveying with safety officers who are involved
in high rise building project in Penang were conducted in this research. Accidents were
caused by man-made factors, environment factors or machinery factors. The accidents
prevention methods were provided sufficient Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), have
a good housekeeping, execute safety inspection, provide safety training and execute
accidents investigation. In the meanwhile, interviewees have suggested the priority
important of elements in site inspection among project directer, site engineer and safety
ofiicer at workplace. This research helps in identify the critical risk elements related to
the safety and health for high rise residential in Penang, Malaysia.