Factors Causing Accident Falls from Height in the Construction Sector: Literature Review

Abstract

The construction sector has a large safety risk in the implementation process. In Indonesia, during the last five years, the number of work accidents has been increasing. BPJS TK, as an institution that serves occupational health insurance, noted that the accident rate increased by 5.65% from the previous year, and one of the jobs that contributed to the fatal accident rate in construction activities was working at heights. The research used literature review method by discussing the results of research related to the factors that cause accidents falling from heights in the construction sector. Library materials are taken from scientific search engines such as Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Pubmed. Based on the results of the search for scientific papers that are relevant to the factors causing accidents falling from heights, there are 9 scientific works that meet the criteria with 6 factors identified as factors causing accidents falling from heights, namely risky behavior, unsafe conditions, management and organization, human factors, work factors and external factors. This study focused on the factors that lead to fatal falls from altitude injuries. This is done so that it is easier for companies to prevent falls from a height by mitigating the factors that cause falls from a height.