IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY REQUIREMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN LIBYA

IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY REQUIREMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN LIBYA

Implementation, Construction Industry, Construction Projects, Construction Company, Safety Requirement.

Construction industry is both economically and socially important. The prevention of construction accidents usually entails predicting future accidents and their nature under given circumstances. Due to the fact that accident rates in construction are high when compared to other industries, the construction and projects managers need to be fully prepared to deal with accidents when they occur, undertaking proper investigations and reporting procedures afterwards. Therefore the evaluation of the workplace safety can be conducted by evaluating all on site hazard elements. Safety performance of each element can then be measured by evaluating the correspondent on site hazard factors. The type of research method is used the quantitative method. Construction is noisy, duty, hazardous and sometimes the most uninhabitable work place one can ever be exposed to. It is also an industry that contributes persistently to high accident rates; especially fatalities. Everything that is taboo in the safety practitioner’s book can be found in the construction site. For example, employees are easily exposed to hazardous substances such as paints, thinners, glues, varnishes, asbestos, and also to toxic agents mainly from underground work. Sites can easily accumulate debris which can be a fire hazard or a health hazard. Drilling and excavation work can cause accidental fires or even explosion.

Mohamed Salem Masoud Zikri1), Kusdi Rahardjo2), Arik Darmawan3

https://jurnal.stie-aas.ac.id/index.php/IJEBAR

2022

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