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Added on  2021-02-20

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION1Elaboration of Newspaper Article 1Causes of occupational injuries1Impacts of occupational accidents 3Suggestion to avoid the occupational accidents in Malaysia5SUMMARY 6REFERENCES8

INTRODUCTIONOccupational accident is considered as unexpected as well as unplanned occurrence thatcan includes acts of violence, or in the connection that can be results injury into a personal injuryas well as disease and death (Scanlon. And et.al., 2019). Present Report focuses on theoccupational accidents of the Malaysia. It highlights on a case study of two workers crushed intodeath due to the closed on the slaps of the 16 floor of a building. It also focuses on the causesthat creates occupational injuries. Furthermore, it highlights on the Measures that avoid theOccupational accidents and at last it lay emphasis on the summary.Elaboration of Newspaper Article Newspaper- New Straits Times Article-Two people crushed to death within accident of construction siteIn Kuala Lumpur two workers at the construction site crushed to death (Garbarino, andet.al., 2016).The accident occurs at 2 am when the couple of concrete slabs on the 16 floor of abuilding were collapsed on Thursday(14 july ,2018) (Fernández-Muñiz. and et.al., 2018)..Whenthe accident occurred there are already six workers working there on the formwork structure ofthe 15 floor building. The Employees working on at Jalan Dewan Sultan Sulaiman . Out of twoone man died on the spot while other man was dead at the nearby hospital called Kuala LumpurHospital. A team of Department of occupational safety and Health (Dosh) conducted research onthe accident site and give an immediate notice of stop work .It means that there is urgent legalaction is taken if any violation occurs regarding the Occupational safety and Health within theworkplace(1994) as well as Factories and machinery Act of (1967) had occurred. It is said by theHuman Ministry that it is responsibility of the workers and employee's to assures safety andhealth of the people within workplace (Salminen, 2017).Causes of occupational injuriesFalling from Heights- It is considered as the most common occupation Hazard as 27 and 14cases were reported in 2014 and 2015 (Hämäläinen, Takala,. and Kiat, 2017). Factorresponsible such as failure to wear suitable personal protective equipment by theemployees ,avoid the safety as well as health Standards and also lack of occupational proceduresthrough the onsite employees can contribute to the falling from the height related casulaites.These fatalies occur due to height usually recorded at Sarawak,WP Kuala Lumpur,Kedah ,Joharand Pulau Pinang (Garbarino, and et.al., 2016).1

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