A Study on the Leading Factors, Impacts of Fatal Construction Accidents and Counter Measure to be Taken to Reduce the Construction Accident Rate in the Malaysia

Chan, Kar Peng (2021) A Study on the Leading Factors, Impacts of Fatal Construction Accidents and Counter Measure to be Taken to Reduce the Construction Accident Rate in the Malaysia. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

The construction accidents especially those will leads to fatalities are considered as a long term issue in Malaysia construction industry. The data shows that the rate of fatalities results from the construction accident is the highest as compared to the other sector. Thus, this research is aims to survey the leading factors and the impacts of fatal construction accident and the counter measure to be taken to reduce construction accident rate among the quantity surveyor, contractor and architect in Malaysian construction industry. The method adopted in the primary data collection is questionnaire survey through online and face-to-face delivery. By using descriptive analysis and ANOVA method, the result revealed that the overall awareness level of fatal construction accident is extremely high. Further comparisons were made to evaluate the leading factor of fatal construction accident among the construction practitioners from different age group, working experience and job position. The results show that falls is the most agreeable factor among the targeted population which is the quantity surveyor, contractor and architect. Based on the ANOVA method, it shows there is a significant difference in the impact of fatal construction accidents and the counter measure to be taken to reduce the construction accident among the working experience of the respondents. The limitations of this research were low response rate, time constraints due to the Covide-19 pandemic and not covering other construction practitioners except Quantity Surveyor, Contractor and Architect. Thus, future study may consider increase of sample sizes and integrated more data collection method.