ABSTRACT
The construction industry is one of the most hazardous employment sectors in the United Kingdom, with the HSE reporting that construction industry injury rates are among the highest for both fatal and major injuries (HSC, 1999). Existing data and research do not give a conclusive picture of causative factors in construction accidents especially given problems with inadequate data collation, over concentration of interpretation at accident event level (Whittington et al, 1992) and under-reporting (Gyi et al, 1999, HSC, 1999).
