Accidents in Building Construction Sites in Nigeria; A Case of Enugu State

Construction processes in Nigeria are characterized by unsafe practices leading to accident that leaves severe consequences on both the project and the workers.  Accidents in building construction sites, whether minor or fatal could result to injuries, loss of resources, partial or permanent disability and death in case of fatalities.  This paper explores the class of workers that are mainly responsible for construction accidents, the factors that causes accidents and the types of accidents that is been encountered in building construction sites and the frequency of their occurrence.  It was achieved through the review of existing literature and use of survey. The literature reviewed the consequences and causes of building construction accidents while the field survey used questionnaire to obtain data from respondents.  This was administered through convenience sampling techniques in Enugu State.  The descriptive analysis tools were used for the analysis and the findings revealed that labourers are the major class of workers that are responsible for construction accidents, failure to use personal protective equipment is the major factor that causes accident on sites and injuries from equipment are often encountered.  Conclusion was reached and recommendations based on the findings were made in the paper.