Article Title The causes of workplace accidents and their relation to construction equipment design Authors Bianca Vasconcelos Béda Barkokébas Junior Date Published 2015 Introduction The persistent repetition of accidents in the construction industry is quite alarming and this results in both long term and short term effects on the workers organization society etc and in the process has raised concern in occupational safety and health of workers Construction industry is such an industry that contributes largely to the economy of a country especially for most industrialized countries This implies that it attracts a large volume of workforce which are its human resources However there are claiming impact on the health and safety of workers with each worker carrying out different task and each task with its associated risk United states record of 296 fatal accident reports from OSHA has accident recorded from task related to excavation operations from 1997 to 2001 Several models are being considered by different school of thought after examining records and analyzing accidents for different countries so as to prevent the accident Authors also proposed that there are several factors involved in the main types of work drainage tunneling installation earthwork paving and structures and they go a long way in helping in identifying and responding to accidents and mitigation road accidents It is therefore becomes a culture to analyse accident as a tool for prevention given the importance of knowledge of causal factors of these events for effective prevention and risk management