Occupational Safety and Health Risks in Building Construction Projects : A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

Although quite a few studies have focused on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)-related issues 
within the context of sustainable building construction projects, there has been dearth of a study 
developing a management framework to comprehensively identify, analyze, evaluate, and control the 
safety risks threatening the involved Building Construction Workers. Risk is always present in every 
construction project. Occupational safety and health risks in building construction projects have 
various risks and are likely to be affected due to their difficulty and multiple operations and threats. 
Risk factors are divided into three categories, namely internal factors, projects, and external factors. 
Three categories above is further divided into two technical and non-technical risk. This paper review 
40 selected papers that discuss risk identification and risk management in residential construction 
projects. Risk factors in residential projects are generally very diverse and give us an idea that the 
interrelationships between the parties with an interest in the project contribute to the risk factors 
themselves occurring the course of the project. It has been mentioned that the risk factors that occur in 
residential projects is something that is commonplace in various countries, in this case contributing to 
the success of the project. Outline on this paper has succeeded in providing information on the extent 
to which risk factors are currently occurring and there is a high potential for a change in the 
percentage of risk factors according to the classifications presented in this journal for other 
construction projects in the future.