A study on unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier for fall from height accident in construction industry

Malaysian construction industry growth is expected to fluctuate since it was announced by the Finance Minister as part of the infrastructure project for Malaysian Budget 2020. In Malaysia, construction industry is one of the sectors which contribute to fall from height accidents. It is one of the im...

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Main Author:	Othman, Siti Ummi Sarah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2020
Subjects:	HD28-70 Management Industrial Management
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8248/1/S824195_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8248/2/S824195_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8248/3/824195%20REFERENCES.docx
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spelling	my-uum-etd.82482024-01-29T08:29:13Z A study on unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier for fall from height accident in construction industry 2020 Othman, Siti Ummi Sarah Abdullah, Nor Azimah Chew School of Business Management School of Business Management HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management Malaysian construction industry growth is expected to fluctuate since it was announced by the Finance Minister as part of the infrastructure project for Malaysian Budget 2020. In Malaysia, construction industry is one of the sectors which contribute to fall from height accidents. It is one of the important issues that need to be addressed by every organization in order to understand the impacts on the organizations including the workers. Currently, fall from height accidents is a challenge that many organizations struggle to overcome. Thus, to gain better understanding, this study identifies the factors that influence fall from height accidents. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the safety problem when working at height in construction site, to identify the factors that cause fall from height accidents and to analyze the factors that influence the accident and the prevention. For data collection, 264 set of questionnaires were distributed to 12 different construction sites with two (2) target levels which is supervisors and site workers. The data collected were analyze using SPSS Version 26 and the result gain through analysis of Pearson correlation and Multiple regression indicated that unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier have positive relationship with fall from height accident. These finding provides useful information to the organization regarding their employees’ well-being. Besides that, it helps to enhance the underpinning theory in this study which is Accident Causation Model. 2020 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/8248/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/8248/1/S824195_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8248/2/S824195_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8248/3/824195%20REFERENCES.docx text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language	eng eng eng
advisor	Abdullah, Nor Azimah Chew
topic	HD28-70 Management Industrial Management
spellingShingle	HD28-70 Management Industrial Management Othman, Siti Ummi Sarah A study on unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier for fall from height accident in construction industry
description	Malaysian construction industry growth is expected to fluctuate since it was announced by the Finance Minister as part of the infrastructure project for Malaysian Budget 2020. In Malaysia, construction industry is one of the sectors which contribute to fall from height accidents. It is one of the important issues that need to be addressed by every organization in order to understand the impacts on the organizations including the workers. Currently, fall from height accidents is a challenge that many organizations struggle to overcome. Thus, to gain better understanding, this study identifies the factors that influence fall from height accidents. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the safety problem when working at height in construction site, to identify the factors that cause fall from height accidents and to analyze the factors that influence the accident and the prevention. For data collection, 264 set of questionnaires were distributed to 12 different construction sites with two (2) target levels which is supervisors and site workers. The data collected were analyze using SPSS Version 26 and the result gain through analysis of Pearson correlation and Multiple regression indicated that unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier have positive relationship with fall from height accident. These finding provides useful information to the organization regarding their employees’ well-being. Besides that, it helps to enhance the underpinning theory in this study which is Accident Causation Model.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	other
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Othman, Siti Ummi Sarah
author_facet	Othman, Siti Ummi Sarah
author_sort	Othman, Siti Ummi Sarah
title	A study on unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier for fall from height accident in construction industry
title_short	A study on unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier for fall from height accident in construction industry
title_full	A study on unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier for fall from height accident in construction industry
title_fullStr	A study on unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier for fall from height accident in construction industry
title_full_unstemmed	A study on unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier for fall from height accident in construction industry
title_sort	study on unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier for fall from height accident in construction industry
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	School of Business Management
publishDate	2020
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8248/1/S824195_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8248/2/S824195_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8248/3/824195%20REFERENCES.docx
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A study on unsafe act, unsafe condition and communication barrier for fall from height accident in construction industry

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