Investigation on the Causes of Falling From Height and Fall Protection System at Sabah
The construction industry has been showing progressive growth over the past few years not only in terms of development of projects but also in improvement of safety measures. The bigger the projects are, the higher the risk workers faced in the construction site. This is applicable to workers who...
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| author | Sharma, Aldo Thirunavukarasu Kumarason, Rasiah Sudesh Nair, Baskara Kishan, Gunasegaran |
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| description | The construction industry has been showing progressive growth over the past few
years not only in terms of development of projects but also in improvement of safety measures.
The bigger the projects are, the higher the risk workers faced in the construction site. This is
applicable to workers who are assigned tasks on elevated positions such as high rise
constructions as they possess the risk of falling from height. This project aimed at
investigating the causes of falling from height as well as fall prevention and mitigation at Kota
Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The research data was collected through survey where close ended
questionnaires were distributed to construction companies that performed works related to
elevated height. The questionnaires are based on the Likert scale where the respondent
measures their level of agreement. The data was analyzed by applying Relative Importance
Index (RII). The results show that the highest cause was workers not using personal protective
equipment properly, followed by misjudgment and carelessness of workers as well as the usage
of defective equipment. For the prevention methods, using personal protective equipment is
the best solution to prevent these falls from happening besides conducting regular
maintenance check on the equipment. |
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| spelling | intimal-16072025-07-23T03:16:40Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1607/ Investigation on the Causes of Falling From Height and Fall Protection System at Sabah Sharma, Aldo Thirunavukarasu Kumarason, Rasiah Sudesh Nair, Baskara Kishan, Gunasegaran T Technology (General) TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TH Building construction The construction industry has been showing progressive growth over the past few years not only in terms of development of projects but also in improvement of safety measures. The bigger the projects are, the higher the risk workers faced in the construction site. This is applicable to workers who are assigned tasks on elevated positions such as high rise constructions as they possess the risk of falling from height. This project aimed at investigating the causes of falling from height as well as fall prevention and mitigation at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The research data was collected through survey where close ended questionnaires were distributed to construction companies that performed works related to elevated height. The questionnaires are based on the Likert scale where the respondent measures their level of agreement. The data was analyzed by applying Relative Importance Index (RII). The results show that the highest cause was workers not using personal protective equipment properly, followed by misjudgment and carelessness of workers as well as the usage of defective equipment. For the prevention methods, using personal protective equipment is the best solution to prevent these falls from happening besides conducting regular maintenance check on the equipment. INTI International University 2022-04 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1607/1/joit2022_07r.pdf text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1607/2/292 Sharma, Aldo Thirunavukarasu and Kumarason, Rasiah and Sudesh Nair, Baskara and Kishan, Gunasegaran (2022) Investigation on the Causes of Falling From Height and Fall Protection System at Sabah. Journal of Innovation and Technology, 2022 (07). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2805-5179 https://ipublishing.intimal.edu.my/joint.html |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TH Building construction Sharma, Aldo Thirunavukarasu Kumarason, Rasiah Sudesh Nair, Baskara Kishan, Gunasegaran Investigation on the Causes of Falling From Height and Fall Protection System at Sabah |
| title | Investigation on the Causes of Falling From Height and
Fall Protection System at Sabah |
| title_full | Investigation on the Causes of Falling From Height and
Fall Protection System at Sabah |
| title_fullStr | Investigation on the Causes of Falling From Height and
Fall Protection System at Sabah |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation on the Causes of Falling From Height and
Fall Protection System at Sabah |
| title_short | Investigation on the Causes of Falling From Height and
Fall Protection System at Sabah |
| title_sort | investigation on the causes of falling from height and
fall protection system at sabah |
| topic | T Technology (General) TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TH Building construction |
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