Title :
Explaining the Causes of Construction Accidents and Recommended Solutions
Author :
Chen Zhenghui ; Wu Yaoxing
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Constr. Manage. & Real Estate, Chongqing Univ., Chongqing, China
Abstract :
Site accidents in construction industry are caused by various reasons. This paper specially explains the causes of high accident rate in Chong Qing´s construction industry, and indicates that there are two major problems contributing to the high construction accident rate, which include problems of management and problems of people. In addition, this paper emphasizes that the four major parties including the government, clients, contractors and individual site staff should take effective measures to reduce the numbers of site accidents. The author believes that the objective to improve safety performance on construction site must be realized through corporate effort of every concerned party.
Keywords :
accident prevention; construction industry; government; industrial accidents; occupational safety; personnel; accident rate; clients; construction accidents; construction industry; construction site; contractors; government; individual site staff; recommended solutions; safety performance; site accidents; Accidents; Companies; Construction industry; Government; Hazards; Training;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science (MASS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5325-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5326-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2010.5576704