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The impact of post accidents and hazards at construction site on the socio-economic life of construction worker and their family (a case study Kumasi metropolis).

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dc.contributor.author Afrifa, S.K
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-22T16:27:16Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-22T16:27:16Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.uri http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/1481
dc.description A dissertation in the department of CONSTRUCTION AND WOOD TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, faculty of TECHNICAL EDUCATION, submitted to the school of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Master of Technology Education (Construction) degree. AUGUST, 2016 en_US
dc.description.abstract The objective of this research is to examine the various types of accident and hazards that construction workers are exposed to at work, the causes of accident and hazards at industries can be reduced and prevented. Six (6) construction industries in Kumasi metropolis were selected to identify impact of post-accident and hazards on construction sites on the socio economic life of workers and their families. The same structured and non-structured interview were used to collect data. Twenty-eight (28) construction workers, 2 managers and 2 supervisors were interviewed by using snowball sample test, to identify only accident in six (6) industries. Findings that the rate of accident at construction industries was not regular since the researcher had only 28 participants in 6 construction industries. The main causes of accidents were identified to be ignorance and complacency of employees’ unsafe behavior and working conditions. Measures were also adopted by management to curtail these causes. Health and safety is linked to the economic progress of the country. It is therefore economical and cheaper to maintain a healthy working environment and manage risk than to administer loss due to job related injuries and illness. Recommendation that there should be well established and abreast safety sections in each construction industry. Again, there is the need to intensify training methods, in-service training, safety regulations and the need of using the protective devices, to reduce and prevent accident and hazards at the construction industries. It is concluded that the main causes of accident and hazards are identify to be ignorance, negligence and complacency of workers, unsafe working University of Education, Winneba http://ir.uew.edu.gh environment and conditions. The management are to adopt measures to educate workers to reduced accident and hazards in construction sites. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Education Winneba en_US
dc.subject Post accidents en_US
dc.subject Hazards en_US
dc.subject Construction site en_US
dc.subject Socio-economic life en_US
dc.subject Construction worker en_US
dc.subject Family en_US
dc.title The impact of post accidents and hazards at construction site on the socio-economic life of construction worker and their family (a case study Kumasi metropolis). en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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