Towards Zero Accidents In Construction Projects : Promoting Hirarc As An Effective Tools To Reduce Accidents

The construction industry contributes significantly to Malaysia’s economy, and yet construction projects are highly risky and hazardous to all walks of life. Accidents occurred in construction site is higher compared to the other industry. The Malaysian government has been giving vigilant attention...

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Main Authors:	Lee, Chia Kuang, Hasahudin, Hassan, Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	T Technology (General) TH Building construction
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1194/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1194/1/Lee_Chia_Kuang_Conference_Paper.pdf

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spelling	ump-11942018-03-28T07:33:57Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1194/ Towards Zero Accidents In Construction Projects : Promoting Hirarc As An Effective Tools To Reduce Accidents Lee, Chia Kuang Hasahudin, Hassan Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin T Technology (General) TH Building construction The construction industry contributes significantly to Malaysia’s economy, and yet construction projects are highly risky and hazardous to all walks of life. Accidents occurred in construction site is higher compared to the other industry. The Malaysian government has been giving vigilant attention and constructive efforts to reduce accidents on construction site due to its alarming fatality rates. DOSH particularly has given their highest attention to the implementation of safety management on construction projects, in the hope of achieving a zero accident industry particularly for construction. HIRARC, or known as Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control has been made compulsory for construction projects exceeding over the costs of RM 20 million. This paper has been done to introduce HIRARC, illustrating its concept affiliated with Domino Theory, and exemplified its effectiveness in reducing accidents by comparison based on projects. In the end, the findings show that governance of HIRARC in construction projects is actually effective in managing safety and reducing accidents on construction projects. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1194/1/Lee_Chia_Kuang_Conference_Paper.pdf Lee, Chia Kuang and Hasahudin, Hassan and Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin (2010) Towards Zero Accidents In Construction Projects : Promoting Hirarc As An Effective Tools To Reduce Accidents. In: 3rd International Graduate Conference On Engineering, Sciences & Humanities (IGCESH 2010), 02-04 November 2010 , Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor Bahru, Johor. pp. 1-3..
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description	The construction industry contributes significantly to Malaysia’s economy, and yet construction projects are highly risky and hazardous to all walks of life. Accidents occurred in construction site is higher compared to the other industry. The Malaysian government has been giving vigilant attention and constructive efforts to reduce accidents on construction site due to its alarming fatality rates. DOSH particularly has given their highest attention to the implementation of safety management on construction projects, in the hope of achieving a zero accident industry particularly for construction. HIRARC, or known as Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control has been made compulsory for construction projects exceeding over the costs of RM 20 million. This paper has been done to introduce HIRARC, illustrating its concept affiliated with Domino Theory, and exemplified its effectiveness in reducing accidents by comparison based on projects. In the end, the findings show that governance of HIRARC in construction projects is actually effective in managing safety and reducing accidents on construction projects.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Lee, Chia Kuang Hasahudin, Hassan Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin
author_facet	Lee, Chia Kuang Hasahudin, Hassan Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin
author_sort	Lee, Chia Kuang
title	Towards Zero Accidents In Construction Projects : Promoting Hirarc As An Effective Tools To Reduce Accidents
title_short	Towards Zero Accidents In Construction Projects : Promoting Hirarc As An Effective Tools To Reduce Accidents
title_full	Towards Zero Accidents In Construction Projects : Promoting Hirarc As An Effective Tools To Reduce Accidents
title_fullStr	Towards Zero Accidents In Construction Projects : Promoting Hirarc As An Effective Tools To Reduce Accidents
title_full_unstemmed	Towards Zero Accidents In Construction Projects : Promoting Hirarc As An Effective Tools To Reduce Accidents
title_sort	towards zero accidents in construction projects : promoting hirarc as an effective tools to reduce accidents
publishDate	2010
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1194/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1194/1/Lee_Chia_Kuang_Conference_Paper.pdf
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