EVALUATION OF SCAFFOLD ACCIDENTS DURING BUILDING MAINTENANCE WORKS

The impact of construction related accidents to the individual, the construction sector and the economy is huge. In Malaysia about 6000 workers’ related accidents are reported annually. Scaffold accidents are one of the major causes of injury and death on Malaysian construction sites. This research investigated the scaffolding accidents during maintenance work in the Malaysian construction industry. This study provides answers to two questions: 1) what are the causes of scaffolding accidents during maintenance work? and 2) what are the possible measures to reduce scaffolding accidents during maintenance work? Primary data were collected through survey interview techniques involving 10 maintenance construction stakeholders. The research revealed that the scaffold accidents that occurred during maintenance works are due to lack of a fall protection system, lack of proper baseplate, user behavior, lack of proper guardrail and weather conditions. To reduce scaffolding accidents during maintenance works adequate poor cross bracing, safety netting, jack base, pin lock and adequate inspection of the scaffolding during operations are required. Implicit in the findings of this research is that scaffold accidents are due to behavioral issues of the sites operative and contractors’ organizations as whole. The findings provide feedback and feed for-ward information and knowledge to construction site operatives.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Proceedings of International Structural Engineering and Construction

• Publication date

  2021-07-01

• Fields of study

  Engineering, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.14455/isec.2021.8(1).csa-03
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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