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Falling Hazards within the Construction Industry
Falling from heights is the most common cause of fatality in the construction industry (Zhang et al., 2013, p. 188; Lai et al., 2011, p. 1021). Also, the European Commission (2008, p. 52) reported that falls from heights cause the highest number of work – related fatalities. Around 52% of falling from heights fatal accidents took place within the construction industry. Similarly, the Construction Safety Association of Ontario (CSAO) (2007) indicates that working at heights is a frequent work requirement. Therefore, over 50% of Ontario constructions scaffolding related injuries are falls from height. This can help in concluding that, scaffold accidents are one of the most serious safety problems in the construction industry today.
General Construction Hazards and Injures
The Construction Safety Association of Ontario, (CSAO) (2007) warns that many work – related injuries originate from poor housekeeping in the workplace especially caused by poor storage of construction materials. Also, using the wrong tool for a job is another typical cause of injuries. Furthermore, heavy vehicles and equipment often pose a significant safety problem for workers in construction projects, which results to frequent fatal accidents involving workers being run over by dump trucks and or other equipment. Thus, falls from height, reversing vehicles, struck by/against objects, electrocution and overexertion are the major causes of injuries in the construction industry.
Injuries and Fatalities in the Saudi Construction Industry
Al – Ghamdi (1997) claims that, as a consequence of fast development in KSA, more workforces are needed, which has led to many injuries and ill – heaths due to exposure to various po...

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... workers died in construction related activities giving a rate of 20.53 per 200,000 workers with 93% of those injured workers recovering fully to continue with their careers.
Among other industries and other economic activities in KSA, 36,367 injuries occurred in the Construction Sector that scored a percentage of 48.00% out of the total reported injuries. In accordance to the GOSI (2013), Construction industry had 10,546 cases of Non – Specified upper extremity injuries, 11,590 cases of Struck By/Against out of the total of 21,224 injuries and 10,440 cases of Falling from height out of the 19,579 injuries. Because of these figures, the Construction Sector in KSA is considered the highest injuries contributor for the year 2011. More details can be found in Appendix 3 – The General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) Chapter III – Employment Injuries Statistic.

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