ABSTRACT
Safety has been recognized as one of the besetting problems with the Hong Kong construction industry. The HongKong Construction Industry ReviewReport (HKCIRC 2001) highlighted safety to be one of the six major areas for improvement. With shrinkage of the construction market and reduced volume of new works, repair, maintenance, minor alteration and addition (RMAA)works are playing an increasingly important role in the local construction industry. RMAA works refers to thoseminorworks such as construction projects for village-type houses in the NewTerritories, minor alterations, repairs, maintenance and interior decoration of existing buildings (Labour Department 2008b). Research on safety performance of RMAA works, however, has been rather limited.
