Safety Management in the Malaysian Construction Industry: Likelihood, Examples, Factors and Practical Measures

Own, Janet QianYi (2023) Safety Management in the Malaysian Construction Industry: Likelihood, Examples, Factors and Practical Measures. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

The construction accidents especially those will lead 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 likelihood and examples of safety risks commonly encountered in the Malaysian construction industry, factors influencing safety risks in the Malaysian construction industry and the practical measures taken by contractors to mitigate or manage safety risks. The method adopted in the primary data collection is questionnaire survey through google form. By using descriptive analysis, the result revealed that the fall-related accident is high risk level and the other type of safety risk is in the medium risk level. Further comparisons were made to evaluate the factor influencing safety risks in the Malaysian construction industry among the construction division of construction practices which is consultant division and contractor division. The results show that excessive physical exertion is the most likely human error factor, failure to use safety helmets is the most likely personal protective equipment factor, unsafe equipment is the most likely unsafe act and site condition factor, employer fail to offer sufficient training is the most likely lack of progressive training factor and language barrier is the most likely poor communication factor among the targeted population which is consultant and contractor division. Based on the Mann-Whitney U test, it shows there is no significant difference in the factor influencing safety risks and the practical measure to manage and mitigate safety risks among the division of construction practice. The limitations of this research were low response rate due to time constraints. Thus, future study may consider increase of sample sizes and integrated more data collection method.