| Author | Luu Truong Van |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ST-02-21 |
| Subject(s) | Construction industry--Vietnam--Safety measures
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Construction work is hazardous work as is evidenced by an increase in the annual labor
accident rate (ALAR) in Vietnam. More people are involved with labor accidents, so the
safety awareness of construction personnel plays a key role in labor accident prevention.
This thesis presents the results of a construction safety survey conducted in Ho Chi Minh
City (HCMC), the biggest city of Vietnam. Two-hundred and forty-nine construction
personnel including 83 injured workers, 74 on-site engineers and foremen, 76 home-office
engineers, 16 top managers were interviewed to assess their awareness and attitudes
towards labor safety issues, current safety practices, factors affecting labor accident
occurrences as well as safety performance. The survey indicates that there is a noticeable
lack of safety awareness and poor safety performance at all levels in the Vietnamese
construction industry and pertinent improvements are required to reduce ALAR. The most
crucial safety factors are as follow: ineffective attitudes of superintendents towards safety,
overtime working and fatigue, inadequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and
harnesses, and equipment/tools without safety devices. Falling from heights, electric
shocks, stepping on and striking against objects were identified as the common accident
types. Based on the Accident Root Causes Tracing Model (ARCTM), root causes as well
as the problems behind fatal accidents and injuries were also determined to be able to make
effective accident prevention strategies because it will result in a better understanding of
the relationship between human behavior and accident occurrence. |
| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Structural Engineering (STE) /Former Name = Structural Engineering and Construction (ST) |
| Chairperson(s) | Chotchai Charoenngam |
| Examination Committee(s) | Ogunlana, Stephen Olu ;Truong Quang |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Japan |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002 |