developing a model for integrating safety, quality and productivity in ...
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e aware of importance of accident report to document an accident, <strong>in</strong>juries <strong>and</strong>casualties.Sometimes,32.79%Yes, 37.70%No, 29.51%Figure 4. 16: Companies which have accident reports at projectsIt is essential to ensure that reach<strong>in</strong>g a compensatory settlement <strong>in</strong> a constructionaccident, requires fil<strong>in</strong>g construction accident reports immediately follow<strong>in</strong>g the<strong>in</strong>jury. A number of people can be held accountable <strong>for</strong> a construction accident, fromthe subcontractor <strong>and</strong> contractor to the owners, architects, <strong>in</strong>surance companies <strong>and</strong>equipment manufacturers. The only way to prove or not is an accident report.Contractors may be held accountable if the construction accident reports them<strong>in</strong>efficient.Table 4.9 displays who is <strong>in</strong> charge of writ<strong>in</strong>g the accident report <strong>for</strong> those companieswhich have accident reports documented as shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 4.13. It can be noticedthat site eng<strong>in</strong>eer is the most responsible <strong>for</strong> writ<strong>in</strong>g the report of accident (40.00% ofcompanies which have accident reports, 19.67% of total respondents). Site eng<strong>in</strong>eer isthe most long-stay<strong>in</strong>g person at workplace <strong>and</strong> is close to workers <strong>and</strong> thus siteeng<strong>in</strong>eer could be the best one <strong>for</strong> produc<strong>in</strong>g realistic <strong>and</strong> accurate accident reports.89
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