The Increasing Of Accident in Construction Industry
• Based on SOCSO statistics, the number of industrial accident had increased from 51,340 in 1980 to 95,006 in 2000.
• The OSHA (Occupations Safety and Heath Administration) assumes that there will be over 1,000 construction workers that will suffer a work-related fatality this year while many others will undergo substantial physical injuries which could have been avoided.
SOCSO is the abbreviation for Social Security Organization. It is commonly known in the Malay term as PERKESO or Pertubuhan Keselamatan Sosial.
SOCSO statistic which comprises all the active and registered workers are by far the most used source of data for occupational diseases and accidents in Malaysia. Based on SOCSO statistics, the number of industrial accident had increased from 51,340 in 1980 to 95,006 in 2000. Similarly, the number of industrial fatalities had also increased from 143 in 1980 to 1004 in 2000 (Table 1). This is mainly an evidence of the increased number of people covered under SOCSO.
Table 1: Distribution of Accidents and Fatality Frequency• Based on SOCSO statistics, the number of industrial accident had increased from 51,340 in 1980 to 95,006 in 2000.
• The OSHA (Occupations Safety and Heath Administration) assumes that there will be over 1,000 construction workers that will suffer a work-related fatality this year while many others will undergo substantial physical injuries which could have been avoided.
SOCSO is the abbreviation for Social Security Organization. It is commonly known in the Malay term as PERKESO or Pertubuhan Keselamatan Sosial.
SOCSO statistic which comprises all the active and registered workers are by far the most used source of data for occupational diseases and accidents in Malaysia. Based on SOCSO statistics, the number of industrial accident had increased from 51,340 in 1980 to 95,006 in 2000. Similarly, the number of industrial fatalities had also increased from 143 in 1980 to 1004 in 2000 (Table 1). This is mainly an evidence of the increased number of people covered under SOCSO.
The OSHA (Occupations Safety and Heath Administration) assumes that there will be over 1,000 construction workers that will suffer a work-related fatality this year while many others will undergo substantial physical injuries which could have been avoided. Even though construction workers are skilled laborers who are trained in basic safety, accidents will still occur on job sites. Just a few of the reasons some of these accidents will occur may be due to working with faulty materials, inferior tools and equipment, malfunctioning machinery and negligence.
When accidents in the construction injury occur, many of the hard working laborers can feel betrayed, frustrated and often times overwhelmed by the lack of legal options they are presented with. Many of these workers can become injured beyond the ability to work, and the loss of income acts as motivation for them to return to work even before their injuries are properly healed. This can further endanger the worker’s physical safety and health conditions. It is very important to realize that construction site accident injuries are not just ‘part of the job’. Construction site accidents should be seen as a threat to the safety for all workers as well as a threat to the project as a whole.