2. Safety problems in construction
Construction industry recorded the highest accident rate
in the whole industry according to the statistics of Hong
Kong’s Labour Department on industrial accidents and
accident rates in major industries (see Table 1). The construction
accident rates in Hong Kong is about 68.1 per
1000 workers were also usually much higher than most of
the neighboring countries, such as Singapore only with
about 9.4 per 100,000 workers (Ling et al., 2009).
Although there is a distinct improvement on the safety
performance, the local construction industry is now still
recording an extremely high accident rates when comparing
to other local industries, and construction industry of
other countries. There are some major reasons for the high
accident rates in Hong Kong (The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, 2003):
2. Safety problems in constructionConstruction industry recorded the highest accident ratein the whole industry according to the statistics of HongKong’s Labour Department on industrial accidents andaccident rates in major industries (see Table 1). The constructionaccident rates in Hong Kong is about 68.1 per1000 workers were also usually much higher than most ofthe neighboring countries, such as Singapore only withabout 9.4 per 100,000 workers (Ling et al., 2009).Although there is a distinct improvement on the safetyperformance, the local construction industry is now stillrecording an extremely high accident rates when comparingto other local industries, and construction industry ofother countries. There are some major reasons for the highaccident rates in Hong Kong (The Hong Kong PolytechnicUniversity, 2003):
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