Accidents of Electrical and Mechanical Works for Public Sector Projects in Hong Kong
by
Francis K. W. Wong 1,
Albert P. C. Chan 1,
Andy K. D. Wong 1,
Carol K. H. Hon 2
and
Tracy N. Y. Choi 1,*
Francis K. W. Wong 1,
Albert P. C. Chan 1,
Andy K. D. Wong 1,
Carol K. H. Hon 2 and
Tracy N. Y. Choi 1,*
1
Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
2
School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St., Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15(3), 485; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15030485
Received: 17 January 2018 / Revised: 26 February 2018 / Accepted: 6 March 2018 / Published: 10 March 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Improving Safety, Health, and Wellbeing in Construction)
A study on electrical and mechanical (E&M) works-related accidents for public sector projects provided the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the causes of accidents by analyzing the circumstances of all E&M works accidents. The research aims to examine accidents of E&M works which happened in public sector projects. A total of 421 E&M works-related accidents in the “Public Works Programme Construction Site Safety and Environmental Statistics” (PCSES) system were extracted for analysis. Two-step cluster analysis was conducted to classify the E&M accidents into different groups. The results identified three E&M accidents groups: (1) electricians with over 15 years of experience were prone to ‘fall of person from height’; (2) electricians with zero to five years of experience were prone to ‘slip, trip or fall on same level’; (3) air-conditioning workers with zero to five years of experience were prone to multiple types of accidents. Practical measures were recommended for each specific cluster group to avoid recurrence of similar accidents. The accident analysis would be vital for industry practitioners to enhance the safety performance of public sector projects. This study contributes to filling the knowledge gap of how and why E&M accidents occur and promulgating preventive measures for E&M accidents which have been under researched.
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Wong, F.K.W.; Chan, A.P.C.; Wong, A.K.D.; Hon, C.K.H.; Choi, T.N.Y. Accidents of Electrical and Mechanical Works for Public Sector Projects in Hong Kong. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 485.
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