The cause and effect of fall from height accidents and mitigation measures in Peninsular Malaysia
Falls from height (FFH) is a significant threat to the construction environment and are the leading cause of serious and fatal injuries for construction workers in Peninsular Malaysia and throughout the world. Working at a height increases the likelihood of being involved in a fall from a heig...
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| Language: | English English English |
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2022
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8278/1/24p%20MOHAMAD%20ARIFF%20MAT%20SALLEH.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8278/2/MOHAMAD%20ARIFF%20MAT%20SALLEH%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8278/3/MOHAMAD%20ARIFF%20MAT%20SALLEH%20WATERMARK.pdf |
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| Summary: | Falls from height (FFH) is a significant threat to the construction environment and are
the leading cause of serious and fatal injuries for construction workers in Peninsular
Malaysia and throughout the world. Working at a height increases the likelihood of
being involved in a fall from a height accident. Many previous researches or most
current incident investigation protocols concentrate on immediate accident
circumstances rather than exploring how the problems originate, the effect of accidents
and how to mitigate the accidents, often due to the need to prosecute offenders or
limitations in time and resources for the investigation. This research is motivated to
identify the cause and effect of fall from height accidents and its mitigation measures
in Peninsular Malaysia. The quantitative approach was adopted in identifying the
cause, effect and mitigation measures of fall from height accidents. A questionnaire
survey has been used as the main method in the data collection and was distributed to
365 respondents around Peninsular Malaysia. But, only 115 set questionnaires were
returned completely. Data were analysed using the Relative Important Index (RII). The
findings of this research indicate that the main causes of fall from height accidents are
individual attitudes, which are workers' negligence toward safety rules with an RII
value of 0.901. Then, the adverse effects of falls from height accidents are in
humanitarian categories, which are injuries, or permanent disabilities with an RII value
of 0.899. After that, the utmost possible mitigation measures with the highest RII
ranking are in the health protection categories, which are forbid working at height if
alcohol or drugs have been detected on workers with an RII value of 0.930. Lastly, the
identified causes, effects and mitigation measures of fall from height accidents were
selected and integrated into a framework of fall from height accidents, which are a
novelty for this research. The establishment of the framework is important to recognise
the root cause of the problem and enhance safety performance at site. |
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