Abstract:
The objective of this research is to examine the various types of accident and hazards that
construction workers are exposed to at work, the causes of accident and hazards at
industries can be reduced and prevented. Six (6) construction industries in Kumasi
metropolis were selected to identify impact of post-accident and hazards on construction
sites on the socio economic life of workers and their families. The same structured and
non-structured interview were used to collect data. Twenty-eight (28) construction
workers, 2 managers and 2 supervisors were interviewed by using snowball sample test, to
identify only accident in six (6) industries.
Findings that the rate of accident at construction industries was not regular since the
researcher had only 28 participants in 6 construction industries. The main causes of
accidents were identified to be ignorance and complacency of employees’ unsafe behavior
and working conditions. Measures were also adopted by management to curtail these
causes. Health and safety is linked to the economic progress of the country. It is therefore
economical and cheaper to maintain a healthy working environment and manage risk than
to administer loss due to job related injuries and illness. Recommendation that there should
be well established and abreast safety sections in each construction industry. Again, there
is the need to intensify training methods, in-service training, safety regulations and the need
of using the protective devices, to reduce and prevent accident and hazards at the
construction industries. It is concluded that the main causes of accident and hazards are
identify to be ignorance, negligence and complacency of workers, unsafe working
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environment and conditions. The management are to adopt measures to educate workers to
reduced accident and hazards in construction sites.
Description:
A dissertation in the department of CONSTRUCTION AND WOOD TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION, faculty of TECHNICAL EDUCATION, submitted to the school of
Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the award of Master of Technology Education (Construction) degree.
AUGUST, 2016
