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Safety aspect in management of construction project / Janidah Eman...[et al.]

One of the safety aspects that always emphasized by the government is using the safety equipments at construction sites. It is because most of the accident cases that have been reported currently in construction industry are usually related to this matter. As the consequence from the increasing of t...

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Main Authors: Eman, Janidah, Hassan, Siti Hafizan, Ahzahar, Nadira, Ahmad, Hazrina
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Labor. Work environment
Construction industry
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33360/1/33360.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.333602020-08-12T06:37:05Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33360/ Safety aspect in management of construction project / Janidah Eman...[et al.] Eman, Janidah Hassan, Siti Hafizan Ahzahar, Nadira Ahmad, Hazrina Labor. Work environment Construction industry One of the safety aspects that always emphasized by the government is using the safety equipments at construction sites. It is because most of the accident cases that have been reported currently in construction industry are usually related to this matter. As the consequence from the increasing of the accident cases, employers have to ensure that the standards and enrolments lay down by the law (especially statutes) in order to ensure the compliance is more effective. The employee themselves must also comply with the standard and requirements for their own safety while working at site. To make Malaysia become more aware of safety, it is hope that safe work procedure can be improve. The parties that involved are responsible in complying standard of work safety especially in provided and using of safety equipment. This matters are not only to the employer (the contractor), but also to the parties as well, such as consultants, clients and the employees. Some of the basic statutory requirement in using safety equipment relating to safety at workplaces (i.e. the construction site) is specified in Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 and Factories and Machinery Act 1967.This research solely discusses matters relating to this requirement and compliance of using safety equipment by workers while working at site. Questionnaires are also posted to several different parties that involved in the said matters. The result shows that almost all parties especially employer and workers, are aware of the requirements but still at a lower level of its compliance. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33360/1/33360.pdf Eman, Janidah and Hassan, Siti Hafizan and Ahzahar, Nadira and Ahmad, Hazrina (2010) Safety aspect in management of construction project / Janidah Eman...[et al.]. In: ICOPS 2010 : International Conference on Public Polices & Social Sciences : E-Proceedings, 26 to 27 May 2010, SP Inn Hotel, Sungai Petani Kedah, Malaysia.
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topic Labor. Work environment
Construction industry
spellingShingle Labor. Work environment
Construction industry
Eman, Janidah
Hassan, Siti Hafizan
Ahzahar, Nadira
Ahmad, Hazrina
Safety aspect in management of construction project / Janidah Eman...[et al.]
description One of the safety aspects that always emphasized by the government is using the safety equipments at construction sites. It is because most of the accident cases that have been reported currently in construction industry are usually related to this matter. As the consequence from the increasing of the accident cases, employers have to ensure that the standards and enrolments lay down by the law (especially statutes) in order to ensure the compliance is more effective. The employee themselves must also comply with the standard and requirements for their own safety while working at site. To make Malaysia become more aware of safety, it is hope that safe work procedure can be improve. The parties that involved are responsible in complying standard of work safety especially in provided and using of safety equipment. This matters are not only to the employer (the contractor), but also to the parties as well, such as consultants, clients and the employees. Some of the basic statutory requirement in using safety equipment relating to safety at workplaces (i.e. the construction site) is specified in Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 and Factories and Machinery Act 1967.This research solely discusses matters relating to this requirement and compliance of using safety equipment by workers while working at site. Questionnaires are also posted to several different parties that involved in the said matters. The result shows that almost all parties especially employer and workers, are aware of the requirements but still at a lower level of its compliance.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Eman, Janidah
Hassan, Siti Hafizan
Ahzahar, Nadira
Ahmad, Hazrina
author_facet Eman, Janidah
Hassan, Siti Hafizan
Ahzahar, Nadira
Ahmad, Hazrina
author_sort Eman, Janidah
title Safety aspect in management of construction project / Janidah Eman...[et al.]
title_short Safety aspect in management of construction project / Janidah Eman...[et al.]
title_full Safety aspect in management of construction project / Janidah Eman...[et al.]
title_fullStr Safety aspect in management of construction project / Janidah Eman...[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Safety aspect in management of construction project / Janidah Eman...[et al.]
title_sort safety aspect in management of construction project / janidah eman...[et al.]
publishDate 2010
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33360/1/33360.pdf
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