Crane Accidents: Identifying the Impact on Construction Cost among Contractors

Abstract

Cranes are frequently utilized in the construction industry due to their physicality and functionality, which are essential for constructing engineering and architecture and other big project works as investigated in this paper. However, if the safety measures are not followed properly and skillfully by the workers employed on the job sites, this machinery can contribute to fatal accidents. As a result, crane accidents will have an impact on all aspects of the construction project, particularly the high costs involved. These costs include project delays, medical expenses, safety training, and new hires. The purpose of the study is to determine the significant cost impacts of crane accidents in Malaysia among contractors. This is a quantitative data study that used a questionnaire to collect data. The questionnaires were distributed to 313 random sample respondents from G7 CIDB registered contractors in Kuala Lumpur, of which 38 of them were completed and returned. The data is then analysed using SPSS software. The findings indicated that crane accidents have three significant cost impacts namely costs of project delays, medical expenses, and repairing damages to completed works and adjacent buildings. All of these effects obtained a mean value greater than 3.5. In view of this, crane accidents must be taken absolutely and seriously by the construction parties concerned, particularly the contractor and the client, in order to avoid rising costs that may eventually result in project delays and overruns.