Investigation on the most Appropriate Health and Safety Practices: A Case Study of Indian Construction Industry

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Outline of the Study1

Background of the Study1

Rationale of the Study3

Aims and Objectives of the Study4

Limitations of the Study4

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW5

CHAPTER 3: METHODLOGY12

Research Approach12

Data Collection Method12

Ethical Considerations12

REFERENCES14

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Outline of the Study

The study is based on exploring the most appropriate health and safety practices specifically in the Indian construction industry. The first chapter aims to introduce the research topic by describing the background, aims, and significance of the study. The second chapter aims to provide the numbers of literature reviews related to the topic by highlighting the work of previous researchers on the same proposed topic. The chapter three provides the methodology which indicates the research approach and data collection method used in the study. The forth chapter analyzes the findings of the study as per the information collected from the literature reviews in order to identify the health and safety issues which the workers come across in the construction industry of India. The last chapter presents the conclusion of the study where in it attempts to summarize the research and puts forward the final thoughts on the proposed research topic in the brief manner.

Background of the Study

The construction industry is considered as the most important industries that has the direct contribution in the gross domestic product of the economy in both developed countries and the developing countries. However, this industry also comprises of significant affects on the health of the workers due to the safety concerns. This industry is rated for the most workplace accidents and disasters that may also end up taking the lives of workers. Hence, the construction industry is quite dangerous industry which causes to lead the workers towards the numbers of serious health concerns (Leigh et al., 1999). The workers in the construction industry exposes to the host of hazardous substances which contributes in developing occupational diseases which include the absestosis, silicosis, lead poisoning, and etc. The construction industry also has the risk of serious fires due to the use of flammable substances as well as there is also a chance of disaster due to the collapse of structures (Bagi, 2008).

India comes amongst the rapidly developing countries in the world but if we take a closer look of the industries we can see there are a number of problems that the Indian employees are experiencing. Specially, the workers in the construction industry experience the adverse environmental conditions that are causing them to become the prey of serious health concerns. The construction industry is the most unsafe industry but beside this fact, there are no appropriate measures are taken to ensure the health of workers (Saiyed and Tiwari, 2004). The construction industry exposes to various safety concerns on the daily basis such as use of old tools and vehicles which indicates that the construction industry does not care about the provision of safety equipment. Moreover, the poor storage of materials where the materials are piled up in an ...