DOMINANT FACTORS CAUSING FATAL WORK ACCIDENTS IN HIGH-RISE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
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Fatal Work Accidents, High-Rise Construction, Risk Factors, Occupational Safety, Systematic Literature ReviewAbstract
High-rise building construction projects are high-risk work environments for both construction workers and the public. Fatal work accidents on high-rise construction projects remain a serious issue in the construction industry in Indonesia. This research aims to identify the dominant factors that are the main causes of fatal work accidents through a systematic literature review approach. The method used is PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses), by reviewing scientific articles published from 2019 to 2024 from various academic databases such as Google Scholar, Scopus, and DOAJ. The review results show that there are four main groups of factors that contribute to fatal accidents, namely: (1) human factors, such as work fatigue, negligence, and lack of occupational health and safety training; (2) managerial factors, such as weak supervision and minimal safety culture; (3) technical factors, such as the unfit condition of equipment; and (4) environmental factors, such as extreme weather and working conditions at heights. This study concludes that fatal workplace accidents result from a complex interaction of various factors, thus requiring comprehensive preventive efforts, including enhanced training, strict supervision, and strengthening the occupational safety management systems comprehensively
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