Accidents in Malaysian Construction Industry: Statistical Data and Court Cases
dc.contributor.author | Chong, Heap Yih | |
dc.contributor.author | Low, T. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T10:32:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T10:32:36Z | |
dc.date.created | 2015-06-23T20:00:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Chong, H.Y. and Low, T. 2014. Accidents in Malaysian Construction Industry: Statistical Data and Court Cases. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. 20 (3): pp. 503-513. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3597 | |
dc.description.abstract |
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. | |
dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis group | |
dc.subject | construction industry | |
dc.subject | statistical data | |
dc.subject | accidents | |
dc.subject | Malaysia | |
dc.subject | court cases | |
dc.subject | causes | |
dc.title | Accidents in Malaysian Construction Industry: Statistical Data and Court Cases | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 20 | |
dcterms.source.number | 3 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 503 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 513 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1080-3548 | |
dcterms.source.title | International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics | |
curtin.department | Department of Construction Management | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |