Figure 1: The Industrial Accident Statistics of Construction in Malaysia from 2008 to 2012
(Source: Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Malaysia, 2013)

Table 1: Industrial Accident Statistics of Construction in Malaysia from 2008 to 2012 Year | Death | Permanent Disability | Non – Permanent Disability | 2008 | 72 | 2 | 55 | 2009 | 71 | 6 | 38 | 2010 | 66 | 4 | 50 | 2011 | 51 | 5 | 43 | 2012 | 67 | 12 | 40 |

The chart above shows the industrial accident statistics of construction in Malaysia for the past five years, from 2008 to 2012. It can be divided into three categories, which are death, non – permanent disability and permanent disability. From the chart, in 2008, it gives the highest number of death, with 72 victims, whereas in 2011, it gives the lowest number of death, with 51 victims. In 2008 to 2011, the numbers of death are decreased, but it was suddenly increased in 2012. As we can see, the permanent disability gives the lowest number compare to the death and non-permanent disability. The highest and lowest numbers of the permanent disability are in 2008 and 2012, with 2 and 12 victims, respectively. For the first four years, which is from 2008 to 2011, is fluctuated dramatically, falling from 55 to 38 victims, before it increasing to 50 victims. However, in 2012, it decreased again by 40 victims.

In our opinion, there are many causes for the accidents that occur in construction industry. This is because in the construction industry, there are more people are being employed in order to build, repairing and maintains the buildings and it gives the highest possibility to expose them to injury or an accident. Even though the workers are exposed to danger in their workplace, they must have been given a safety training and safety briefing before they started their work. However, most of the workers have a lack of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) awareness that can contribute them to an accident in their workplace. Besides, poor working attitude and supervision can be the major causes in this construction accident. This is because, from their attitude, it will lead to non – permanent disability that can become death. Also, inadequate knowledge and experience can became one of the causes to the accident occur.

There are many ways to reduce these accidents. By improving the supervision in the workplace and improve the training program in the construction company is one of the ways to reduce the accidents occur. This can be done by the company itself to gives strict supervision of their workers in the workplace and gives highest priority to the workers to attend the training program before they start to work in the company. The company also must introduce the important of OSH in the workplace by giving a safety talk to all of their workers. This is because most of the workers are not aware about the important of the OSH and what danger can occur if they did not take the OSH seriously in the workplace. Most people know the important of using personal protection equipment (PPE) in the workplace, but many of them take it for granted. The employees must know their responsible to ensure their own safety at the workplace. Besides that, the company must use the safety machines and the work environment must be safe to avoid an injury or accident happen from failure to do those in the workplace. Good maintenance is important to ensure the machines and the work environment safe and trustworthy to work in the workplace. In conclusion, the number of victims for death and non-permanent disability was decreased, but the number of victims for permanent disability was increased as the year increased from 2008 to 2012. The number of victims for permanent disability was increased because the workers did not take it seriously since it happen with a small number only for the first year, 2008. Both, employers and employees should take the responsibility about their own safety and health in order to maintain the safety of the work environment and to reduce the accident occurs.
As the conclusion the number of victims from year to 2008 to 2012 was decreased