Site Accidents in the South African Construction Industry: Cleaning the Augean Stables

Mathew Ikuabe; Douglas Aghimien; Clinton Aigbavboa; Ayodeji Oke; Wellington Thwala

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-80876-1_14

Site Accidents in the South African Construction Industry: Cleaning the Augean Stables

Mathew Ikuabe, Douglas Aghimien, Clinton Aigbavboa, Ayodeji Oke, Wellington Thwala

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

Safety in construction processes is still a major subject of discourse among stakeholders in the construction industry. Accidents on construction sites have been a perennial problem and the issues still persist despite the renewed efforts in making sure it is drastically curtailed. The South African construction industry is not spared from the daunting challenges of site accidents. To this end, this study makes efforts in reassessing the measures of abating site accidents in the South African construction industry. A quantitative approach was adopted, which employed the use of questionnaire as the instrument for data collection. Acquired data was subjected to appropriate methods of statistical analysis. Findings from the study showed that the correct use of equipment and tools, and carrying out risk analysis are the most significant measures for the abatement of site accidents. The study made insightful recommendations that will help stakeholders in the construction industry in adhering to safety practices which in turn will bring about a mitigation of accidents occurrence on site.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2021
Editors	Jussi Ilari Kantola, Salman Nazir, Vesa Salminen
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	92-99
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9783030808754
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80876-1_14
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	AHFE Conferences on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 25 Jul 2021 → 29 Jul 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	267
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3389

Conference

Conference	AHFE Conferences on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	25/07/21 → 29/07/21

Keywords

Accidents
Construction
On-site
Safety
South Africa

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Signal Processing
Computer Networks and Communications

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Ikuabe, M., Aghimien, D., Aigbavboa, C., Oke, A., & Thwala, W. (2021). Site Accidents in the South African Construction Industry: Cleaning the Augean Stables. In J. I. Kantola, S. Nazir, & V. Salminen (Eds.), Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2021 (pp. 92-99). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 267). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80876-1_14

Ikuabe, Mathew ; Aghimien, Douglas ; Aigbavboa, Clinton et al. / Site Accidents in the South African Construction Industry : Cleaning the Augean Stables. Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2021. editor / Jussi Ilari Kantola ; Salman Nazir ; Vesa Salminen. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 92-99 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems).

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Ikuabe, M, Aghimien, D , Aigbavboa, C, Oke, A & Thwala, W 2021, Site Accidents in the South African Construction Industry: Cleaning the Augean Stables. in JI Kantola, S Nazir & V Salminen (eds), Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 267, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 92-99, AHFE Conferences on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2021, Virtual, Online, 25/07/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80876-1_14

Site Accidents in the South African Construction Industry: Cleaning the Augean Stables. / Ikuabe, Mathew; Aghimien, Douglas ; Aigbavboa, Clinton et al.
Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2021. ed. / Jussi Ilari Kantola; Salman Nazir; Vesa Salminen. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. p. 92-99 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 267).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Ikuabe M, Aghimien D , Aigbavboa C, Oke A, Thwala W. Site Accidents in the South African Construction Industry: Cleaning the Augean Stables. In Kantola JI, Nazir S, Salminen V, editors, Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2021. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2021. p. 92-99. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-80876-1_14

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