%T Variety of Accident Causes in Construction Industry
%V 203
%I EDP Sciences
%A I. Othman
%A R. Majid
%A H. Mohamad
%A N. Shafiq
%A M. Napiah
%K Accidents; Construction industry; Employment; Environmental engineering; Offshore oil well production, Accident cause; Construction sites; Construction works; Malaysia; Malaysian construction industry; Site safety, Accident prevention
%X Construction Industry is a high risk industry and widely recognised as one of most hazardous occupation in the world. The statistic of accidents in Malaysia give us a picture that Malaysian construction industry is one of the dangerous sectors that need a drastic overhaul from the current site safety practices. This paper describes a review of the accident causes occurred in construction site by various researchers during the last twenty (20) years. This paper discusses the accident causes in Malaysia construction works and entire world. The data collected shows that variety of accident causes in construction industry either in Malaysia or other country. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018.
%O cited By 14; Conference of 2018 International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering 2018, ICCOEE 2018 ; Conference Date: 13 August 2018 Through 14 August 2018; Conference Code:140464
%L scholars9970
%J MATEC Web of Conferences
%D 2018
%R 10.1051/matecconf/201820302006