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Assignment 1 Research Methodology

Research title: The study on the occurrence of accident in construction site that lead to death of workers.

Research background: Construction industry is one of the most hazardous industries in the world because of its unique nature. The construction projects are being experienced troubles by many risks, uncertainties, complexities due to frequently happened accident in construction project (Sousa, Almeida, & Dias, 2014). According to Idris (2017), the construction sector in Malaysia encounters higher accident risk compared to other sectors. The accidents in construction sites not only cause fatality of workers, but also have great impact on construction companies.

Research Problem Statement: There are many causes of an accident on a construction site. The top causes of construction worker deaths on the job were falls, followed by struck by object, electrocution, and caught-in/between. These “Fatal Four” were responsible for nearly three out of five of the construction worker deaths. Many accidents may be attributed to some type of negligence and may involve unsafe work site conditions, improper use of tools and-or equipment, and lack of protective safeguards. CIDB (2018) identifies 6 common types of accidents occurring in construction sites in Malaysia from 2015 to 2017 and these are fall from a height or falling into dangerous location (38 cases), struck and hit by object (32 cases), pinned by building materials or machinery (16 cases), electrocution (6 cases), buried under collapsed holes (5 cases) and poisonous gas (2 cases) (Wahab, 2017).

Research Objectives: Three objectives has been established to achieve the aim of this research: to identify the causes of accident occurring in construction sites, to evaluate the impact on the construction companies involved and to propose preventive approaches to mitigate the accidents rate in construction sites.

Significance of the study: The aim of this research is to investigate the causes of accidents and propose preventive approaches to resolve high accident rates at construction sites....