Evaluation of Safety and Health Performance on Construction Sites (Kuala Lumpur)..

Abstract

Occupational safety and act (act 514) obligate each employer to provide and maintain a safety and healthful work place for all his employees. construction is a risk business with a lot of injuries and illness due to poor safety performance. the aim of the study is to investigate the safety and health performance of contractors on construction sites. A comparative and sensitivity analysis conducted reveal that as allocation to the construction increases so also the rate of accident increases and that of fatal accident contribute more to the total accident rate, as such there is need to assess the performance of contactors as regard to safety an health, the result of the SHASSIC score reveal that the site consider for the study were 3- star in ranking were it risk/ hazard activities are well manage and documented, but there are other risk/hazard activities that are not taken care of due to negligent on the side of the contractors. The finding affirm the importance of safety program in construction sites, as such to ensure successful implementation of safety program, the following condition must be made; management commitment, safe work condition and safe work habit.