Essay On Safety And Safety

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Safety is the responsibility of each staff in construction industry and it is related to his association with surrenders whether it is people, machinery, equipment, resources, methods of operation or others. Safety is an established procedure that aims on accidents and work-related injuries prevention, which are not less importance than the production of work and its quality and cost. It has been acknowledged that 25–40 percent of fatalities in the world’s occupational settings are contributed by construction (ILO 2005). Furthermore, construction is generally one of the industries which fatal injuries happened most frequently and many researches and studies has shown that high percentage of fatal occupational injuries come from construction industry (Im …show more content…

Employers, employees, self- employed persons, manufacturers, designers and suppliers have certain duties placed by the Act. Prevention of accidents, ill health and injury is also an emphasis placed by the Act. Creating a healthy and safe working culture among all Malaysian employees and employers is the Act’s Long term goal. (Bakri, Mohd Zin, Misnan, & Mohammed, 2006)

Employees should not be exposed to any hazard at the workplace and that is the duty ensured by employers under Section 15 (1) and (2) Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994. According to industry experts if only good safety practice were to be observed these injuries and fatalities would be completely avoidable. However, the objective of safety is to construct without accidents or injuries. Facilities of health and safety aims on protecting staff in different work sites from dangers of accidents and work-related injuries and diseases interrelated to their profession with the need to deliver a positive relationship between the individual staff and his work from one side and the environment surrounding his work from another

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