Improving Electrical and Mechanical Safety Awareness in Construction Industry

Abstract

Safety in the construction project has always been a major issue. Wherever reliable records are available, construction is found to be one of the most dangerous on safety and health criteria, particularly in developing countries construction sites are characterized by rapid pace and complicated organization of work processes,one of the important safety issue on a construction site is Electrical and Mechanical (E&M) works. The (E&M) works was identified as one of the most hazardous in the construction industry worldwide, thisresearch provides a closer look at some common E&M hazards in the workplace and how to be safe around them. The safety of E&M works has not been given the attention it deserves. Only limited safety research and accident statistics specifically on E&M works could be found. This research project aims to improving safety awareness in construction sites and Minimize the number of electrical & mechanical accidents and Maximize level of safety performance on sites and make safety stander main issue on workers’ culture. - There are three specific objectives with this research, including (1) Identify risks and E&M hazard thus reducing rate of accident; (2)Encouragement firms to follow health and safety standards; (3) Help worker to use safety culture at construction sites A field survey was conducted through a questionnaire at construction companies in Khartoum State. The collected data were analyzed to presents statistical measures It was concluded that There are lack of safety awareness among E&M labor and technician and Commitment to safety roles reduced the probability of potential hazard during E&Mworks execution Finally, in order to improve the E&M safetyin construction industry, a set of recommendations were made.