High Fatalities Risk Found in Gulf Construction

Tariq Umar; Charles Egbu; George Ofori; Mohamed Shaik Honnurvali; Messaoud Saidani; Alex Opoku

doi:10.1504/IJSRECE.2019.106544

High Fatalities Risk Found in Gulf Construction

Tariq Umar, Charles Egbu, George Ofori, Mohamed Shaik Honnurvali, Messaoud Saidani, Alex Opoku

School of Energy, Construction and Environment

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

546 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

It is predicted that the construction industry will be growing in the future, and that could lead to an increase in risks in work safety and accidents. This paper presents the current status of occupational safety and health in the Gulf region by providing a comparison with those of some of the most advanced countries in the world. According to our data, the Gulf countries have a poor record of work safety and health. Therefore, this research aimed to identify the main factors and provide some solutions for key areas, so that the construction industry could improve its safety performance. Our findings from the literature and from the semi-structured interviews held with the selected professionals suggest that the major areas are: lack of awareness of the importance of safety and costs resulting from accidents; environmental and climatic factors; implementation of rules for developing a culture of harmless working conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	351-376
Number of pages	26
Journal	International Journal of Sustainable Real Estate and Construction Economics
Volume	1
Issue number	4
Early online date	30 Mar 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSRECE.2019.106544
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 30 Mar 2020

Bibliographical note

Journal Volume backdated to 2019. Article first published online on 9th April 2020.

Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.

Keywords

Project management
Construction management
Safety and hazards
Management
health and safety
heat stress
safety climate
health factors
Systematic Review
GCC Countries

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1504/IJSRECE.2019.106544

Post-PrintAccepted author manuscript, 682 KBLicence: Unspecified

Cite this

@article{015615d4800d42c49d1d12ba8a9e100f,

title = "High Fatalities Risk Found in Gulf Construction",

abstract = "It is predicted that the construction industry will be growing in the future, and that could lead to an increase in risks in work safety and accidents. This paper presents the current status of occupational safety and health in the Gulf region by providing a comparison with those of some of the most advanced countries in the world. According to our data, the Gulf countries have a poor record of work safety and health. Therefore, this research aimed to identify the main factors and provide some solutions for key areas, so that the construction industry could improve its safety performance. Our findings from the literature and from the semi-structured interviews held with the selected professionals suggest that the major areas are: lack of awareness of the importance of safety and costs resulting from accidents; environmental and climatic factors; implementation of rules for developing a culture of harmless working conditions. ",

keywords = "Project management, Construction management, Safety and hazards, Management, health and safety, heat stress, safety climate, health factors, Systematic Review, GCC Countries",

author = "Tariq Umar and Charles Egbu and George Ofori and Honnurvali, {Mohamed Shaik} and Messaoud Saidani and Alex Opoku",

note = "Journal Volume backdated to 2019. Article first published online on 9th April 2020. Copyright {\textcopyright} and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. ",

year = "2020",

month = mar,

day = "30",

doi = "10.1504/IJSRECE.2019.106544",

language = "English",

volume = "1",

pages = "351--376",

journal = "International Journal of Sustainable Real Estate and Construction Economics",

issn = "2059-7789",

publisher = "Inderscience",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - High Fatalities Risk Found in Gulf Construction

AU - Umar, Tariq

AU - Egbu, Charles

AU - Ofori, George

AU - Honnurvali, Mohamed Shaik

AU - Saidani, Messaoud

AU - Opoku, Alex

N1 - Journal Volume backdated to 2019. Article first published online on 9th April 2020. Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.

PY - 2020/3/30

Y1 - 2020/3/30

N2 - It is predicted that the construction industry will be growing in the future, and that could lead to an increase in risks in work safety and accidents. This paper presents the current status of occupational safety and health in the Gulf region by providing a comparison with those of some of the most advanced countries in the world. According to our data, the Gulf countries have a poor record of work safety and health. Therefore, this research aimed to identify the main factors and provide some solutions for key areas, so that the construction industry could improve its safety performance. Our findings from the literature and from the semi-structured interviews held with the selected professionals suggest that the major areas are: lack of awareness of the importance of safety and costs resulting from accidents; environmental and climatic factors; implementation of rules for developing a culture of harmless working conditions.

AB - It is predicted that the construction industry will be growing in the future, and that could lead to an increase in risks in work safety and accidents. This paper presents the current status of occupational safety and health in the Gulf region by providing a comparison with those of some of the most advanced countries in the world. According to our data, the Gulf countries have a poor record of work safety and health. Therefore, this research aimed to identify the main factors and provide some solutions for key areas, so that the construction industry could improve its safety performance. Our findings from the literature and from the semi-structured interviews held with the selected professionals suggest that the major areas are: lack of awareness of the importance of safety and costs resulting from accidents; environmental and climatic factors; implementation of rules for developing a culture of harmless working conditions.

KW - Project management

KW - Construction management

KW - Safety and hazards

KW - Management

KW - health and safety

KW - heat stress

KW - safety climate

KW - health factors

KW - Systematic Review

KW - GCC Countries

U2 - 10.1504/IJSRECE.2019.106544

DO - 10.1504/IJSRECE.2019.106544

M3 - Article

SN - 2059-7789

VL - 1

SP - 351

EP - 376

JO - International Journal of Sustainable Real Estate and Construction Economics

JF - International Journal of Sustainable Real Estate and Construction Economics

IS - 4

ER -

High Fatalities Risk Found in Gulf Construction

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this