2.1 Importance of Safety in Construction
The construction industry has traditionally been
considered as a hazardous occupation due to the high
incidence of occupational injuries and fatal accidents.
The number of fatal occupational accidents in
construction all users the world is not easy to
quantify, as information on this issue is not available
for most countries. The outlay on construction in
successive live year plans of India has been in the
range of 36% to 50%.