Impacts of occupational safety and health (OSH) management towards work accident in achieving sustainable construction

Occupational Safety and health (OSH) management has become important part of to be taken on the construction site. The main aim is to reduce the work accident in construction site and reach the objective which is to have a safer workplace for all workers. Systematic OSH management is expecting the unexpected or in other words it is a tool which helps reduce hazards in construction projects. OHS includes the laws, standards, and programs which need to be followed at all construction site. Despite of OSH management are being applied, the accident is still occur at the construction site. This research objective to recommend the suitable strategy to improve the OSH management in achieving sustainable construction. Based on the review of the literature on construction hazard and OSH management on construction site, an online survey was distributed to potential professionals on safety in construction site. Five respondent were chosen from construction site based across Johor Bharu, Johor. Analysis of the responses demonstrated that a knowledge is very important in to avoid accident during construction as most of the responses was to educate the workers about the safety in the construction site. The result indicate that the Occupational Safety and Health management do reduce the work accident, increase the efficiency and improve the productivity in the construction industry.