Major construction projects in Malaysia are subjected to unsafe conditions that can result accidents and subsequently undermine the project’s safety results. Despite alarming, studies examining thefactors influence performance of Malaysianconstruction industryremain scarce. Hence, this paper aims review literature related Malaysian industry. In particular, thispaper givesemphasis reviewing on p...

Construction site safety in China has aroused comprehensive concern all over the world. It is imperative to investigate the main causes of poor construction site safety. This paper divides all the causes into four aspects, namely the factors of workers, object, environment and management and sets up the accident causes element system based on Delphi Method. This is followed by the application o...

Construction jobsites are some of the most dangerous workplaces. According to the Bureau of Labor, in 2008 1005 fatalities resulted from construction accidents, and cost industry approximately $11.5 billion annually. Many construction accidents could be avoided through better engineering and administrative controls, and improved safety training. 3D visualization and analyses are situated to pla...

Background: The effectiveness and adequacy of occupational health and safety management system should be monitored and evaluated at organization level on a regular basis. Safety audit has a clear role in the development of organizations safety management systems. Internal safety audit is a method to appraise to the management the current status of occupational health and safety at workplace. Se...

Promoting safety management is always the top priority in construction business. Fostering safety culture will be one of the most effective ways. This paper is a case study, based upon the “Geller’s 10 principles for achieving a total safety culture”, to review how a construction companyin Hong Kong effectively promoting safety culture and enjoying pleasant safety records. Zero harmis not a “ze...

PROBLEM Safety in the construction industry is a major issue in Hong Kong, representing about 46% of all occupational injuries in 1998. This study explored linear and curvilinear relations between age and safety performance (accident rates and occupational injuries), as well as safety attitudes, in construction workers in Hong Kong. METHOD A Chinese version of the Safety Attitude Questionnair...

The construction industry is prone to major safety hazards owing the complex and onsite nature of projects. Hence, researchers have been pursuing concepts, methods, tools using advancing technologies improve management. Subsequently, rapid digitization work practices providing opportunities safety. Research has revealed that management can benefit from applications virtual design (VDC), such as...

Occupational accidents are wasteful and non-value-adding (NVA) events in any form of production system. Since Lean principles aim to reduce NVA elements of work processes, it follows that safeguarding construction workers from occupational hazards would be a natural outcome of the Lean Construction ideal of waste elimination. A literature review of the conference proceedings of the Internationa...

The study on food safety traceability system in China started from 2002. During the study and implementation, some related standards and guides have been gradually made, many traceable foods and traceable enterprises were created and a series of traceability subsystems were developed. This paper introduces the importance of food safety traceability system construction, the present construction ...