THE CAUSES OF MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION FATALITIES
UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA, Nur Nadia Adila Abdul Halim, Mohd Hafiidz Jaafar, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA, Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA, Nur Azzalia Kamaruzaman, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA, Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA
Abstract
The Malaysian construction industry continues to enhance the country's economy by displaying voluminous growth.Due to the unique nature of the process involved, this industry is being considered the most hazardous sector in terms of occupational safety and health (OSH).The statistics of fatal accidents recorded by Department of Safety and Health Malaysia (DOSH) presented that Malaysian construction industry has the highest number of fatalities within this period of study, making it the most critical sector that requires efficient OSH management in order to reduce a significant number of fatalities in construction sites.The main objective of this study is to identify the causes of fatalities in the Malaysian construction industry by analysing 145 fatalities investigated by DOSH during a period of five years (2013 to 2018) by applying the framework for causes of occupational accidents and illnesses.Johor has the highest occurrence of fatalities with 45 cases.These 145 cases were descriptively analysed.Falling from height (43%) recorded the highest number of accident cases and followed with struck-by (34%) as among the six listed categories in this study.The main accidents causes were discovered to be the management element (58 cases) followed by worksite element (57 cases) and human element (30 cases).