Identification of Root Cause of Construction Accidents and Solution to Method Related Causes

IDENTIFICATION OF ROOT CAUSES OF CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS AND SOLUTION TO METHOD RELATED CAUSES

A Thesis

Submitted by

V. BALAJEE

in partial fulfilment of the requirements

for the award of the degree of

MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY

in

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DIVISION

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS.

MAY 2010

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the thesis entitled "IDENTIFICATION OF ROOT CAUSES OF CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS AND SOLUTION TO METHOD RELATED CAUSES" submitted by V. BALAJEE (CE08M142), to Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Technology in Civil Engineering, is a bonafide record of work carried out by him under my supervision. The content of this thesis, in full or in parts, have not been submitted to any other institute or University for the award of any degree or diploma.

Dr. Koshy Varghese

Professor

BTCM Division

Department of Civil Engineering

IIT Madras

Date: May 3, 2010

Dr. K. Rajagopal

Head of the Department

Department of Civil Engineering

IIT Madras

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I am forever indebted to Prof Dr. Koshy Varghese whose inspirational guidance and invaluable suggestions made this project a great learning experience. I also wish to thank Dr. K.N. Sathyanarayana and Dr. K. Ananthanarayanan, who as Review Committee members have offered useful comments during the project reviews.

I wish to express my sincere thanks to Mr. K.N. Sen, HSE Manager of Larsen &Toubro (L&T) HCP for sharing his knowledge about Safety Management and providing me with ideas for my research at different stages of the project.

Special thanks to Mr. R. Bharadwaj, Mr. Gabriel Fernandez and Mr. R.V. Gopinath