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Research on Personal Safety Risk of Labor Service in Africa from the Perspective of Contractors

In: Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate

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  • Pengcheng Xiang

    (Chongqing University
    Chongqing University)

  • Zhaoying Ye

    (Chongqing University)

  • Chi Jin

    (Chongqing University)

  • Sanshan Wei

    (China Railway Beijing Engineering Group Co., Ltd.)

  • Aiping Deng

    (China Railway Beijing Engineering Group Co., Ltd.)

Abstract

The “Belt and Road” Initiative creates great opportunities open to Chinese International Construction Enterprises (ICEs). Compared with domestic projects, foreign projects are facing complicated external environment. The personal safety of engineers threatened by terrorism, contagious disease, kidnap, etc. The probability of personal safety risk also increases dramatically. Africa, as one of the regions with most frequent foreign economic and trade exchanges in China, has signed a great number of construction projects with ICEs. Every year millions of engineers and labors heading for Africa. However, the serious condition of frequent accident in labor personnel safety needs close attention as construction industry has been universally regarded as one of the most dangerous industries in the world. Therefore, this paper identified the personnel security risks faced by ICEs staff in Africa to illuminating the importance and urgency of overseas labor safety issues. Mixed methods are utilized to analysis risk events and risk factors. Finally, this paper identified three risk events(armed conflict event, criminal crime event, disease and accidental injury event) from case study and 36 risk factors are from politics, economy, society and culture, natural environment, contractor enterprises and engineering personnel themselves.

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  • Pengcheng Xiang & Zhaoying Ye & Chi Jin & Sanshan Wei & Aiping Deng, 2021. "Research on Personal Safety Risk of Labor Service in Africa from the Perspective of Contractors," Springer Books, in: Gui Ye & Hongping Yuan & Jian Zuo (ed.), Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, pages 1445-1453, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-15-8892-1_101
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-8892-1_101
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