Aiming at the improvement of safety at Indian construction workplace

Abstract

Accidents in construction industry have the major negative impacts in many countries. The objectives of this paper are: (1) examine the current safety practices in Indian construction industry (2) identify the causes of accidents (3) recommend solutions to improve safety performance at Indian construction workplace. Interviews were conducted with experienced professionals in Indian construction industry. Results indicated that accidents were caused by the combination of organizational and individual factors. Based on these findings, it was suggested that adoption of information technologies in various ways would help to reduce accidents by addressing the following issues (1) safety planning, (2) safety education and (3) safety monitoring.