Personal Protective Equipment In Construction, Accidents Involved In Construction Infrastructure Projects

Authors

  • Syed Ammad , Wesam Salah Alaloul , Syed Saad , Abdul Hannan Qureshi , Nadeem Sheikh , Mujahid Ali , Muhammad Altaf

Abstract

The construction industry is considered as being risky with frequent and high accident
rates and health problems. It is dynamic and changeable due to the advancement and complexity in
the field of infrastructure projects related to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Safety and health
at any given infrastructure site are associated with both the physical as well as psychological
dimensions of committed stakeholders during the construction lifecycle. Thus, this aspect has
become a primary concern for any organization affiliated with the day by day tasks assigned to the
site workers. Safety and health at this moment are crucial for the project objectives and achievements
as well as a charitable concern which involves proper management. The main purpose of this paper
is to measure the impacts of accidents frequency and consequences in the infrastructure projects, to
determine whether the PPE is properly practiced according to the health and safety (HSE) standards,
after extracting the critical factors from the various case studies. The critical factors (CF) highlighted
in this paper are reflected in the critical success factor (CSF) to narrow down the frequent accidents
and associated factors to mitigate the rate of inflations. The CSF clusters are further classified and
studied in-depth for further studies of parameters related to accidental impacts.
In order to do a critical literature review, a broad range of studies from 2004-2019 were followed,
based on the global statistics, it had been estimated that more than 2 000 000 people worldwide were
considered as disabled because of work-related injuries annually. Furthermore, it was also studied
that 25% or more accidents caused because of sudden injuries, including heads, eyes, arms, and legs.
The study reviewed that significant problems in infrastructure projects were permanent disabilities,
non-permanent disabilities, and sudden deaths. This paper will help to access the findings towards
reducing the number of CF at the workplace that causes sudden accidents, as reported in this paper.

Published

2020-10-23

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