![]() ![]() Site safety supervision must also be stepped up.” “Moreover, it will jeopardise public confidence towards safety in the construction industry. He said that frequent accidents at construction site also do not speak well for the stakeholders’ safety performance. ![]() ![]() At the end of the day lessons, be they preventive or remedial measures, remain unlearnt.” “The public often hears about investigations being carried out by the authorities after a major accident but the findings are not made known. Lee said authorities could start by making its reports public in the interest of accountability, transparency as well as to create awareness. He said the partial collapse of the apartment under construction in Taman Desa which had trapped two construction workers was a reminder to this. Lee who is also Alliance for Safe Community (Ikatan) chairman urged all stakeholders to step up efforts so that such tragedies do not recur. He said that Malaysia’s Fatal Accident Rate (FAR) was not only 10 times worse than that of the United Kingdom but had in fact deteriorated by 20 per cent since the turn of the century, according to a Construction Industry Development Board report. “The health and safety performance of the Malaysian construction industry certainly leaves much to be desired,” the former Chairman of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health told New Straits Times. ![]() “The rate of fatality per 100,000 workers in the construction sector is 13.44 in 2018, as compared to 14.57 in 2017. Social activist Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said the Occupational Safety and Health Department’s (DOSH) statistics recorded 169 deaths and 3,911 accidents in the construction sector for 2018. In 2018 alone, the industry recorded the highest number of deaths across the nation’s economic sectors. KUALA LUMPUR: The growing number of deaths and injuries related to the construction industry is troubling. ![]()
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