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Rapid development and technological progress within the nation have significantly affected the performance of construction industry in Malaysia. Likewise, the risk of accidents at construction sites is increasing correspondingly as much of construction work involves the wide-use of machinery, equipment and technologies. Moreover, construction workers are still lacking awareness of safety culture and safety tools application. Safety professionals have suggested that most work-related accidents result from employees committing unsafe acts rather than unsafe conditions. Organization X, a Malaysian project-based company which specializes in the installation of scrubber systems that control the generation of pollution into the atmosphere was chosen as the case study in investigating the at-risk behaviors that construction workers may pose and perform during the installation activities of scrubbers. Scrubber installation was selected as in year 2013 alone, 39 cases of incidents were recorded when installing scrubbers at construction sites. The prevalence of such incidents not only presented an economic burden due to increased medical expenses and claims, but has also affected the work efficiency, resulting in deterioration of the company’s performance and reputation. Hence, this study investigated the use of behavior-based safety (BBS) approach to control and mitigate accidents during at-site scrubber installation. A customized Safety Behavior Checklist (SBC) was employed to minimize unsafe acts and behaviors committed by workers. It also studied the impact of implementing the SBC and applying intervention initiatives on observed at-risk behaviors of workers. It is found that the implementation of customized SBC contributes to modify and subsequently improve workers’ safe behavior.

Safety Behavior Checklist for Scrubber Installation Activities at Construction Site