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Construction Safety Measures Implementation Status in Nepal

Sunil Shrestha, Hari Mohan Shrestha

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Safety is primary requirement in construction projects as it is concern with the lives of people. The objective of this research was to access construction safety practices being implemented by Nepalese contractors. A case study has been done observing 5-underconstruction projects with the help of check list survey. The study shows that majority of respondents were implementing preventive and control measures for the safety of worker. However, PPE was first priority and elimination and substitution measures were least priority. The major preventive measure was safety training and major control measure was PPE. Thus, this research pointed out that the safety practices of Nepalese construction projects is gradually growing up but not sufficient as they are still in traditional way of safety management like PPE as first priority for the safety which is last line of preventive measure and less effective. Thus, contractors should be responsible and accountable as they are key party to implement safety during the construction and development of any project.

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