Integrating Eye Care on construction sites: The need & considerations (A Literature Perspective)

Oluwatayomi Daniel Fadumo, Barine Priscila Nkor and Iyamu Osafanmen Victor
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Oluwatayomi Daniel Fadumo: Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka-Anambra State
Barine Priscila Nkor: Resident Doctor, Credible Eye Clinic, Awka-Anambra State, Nigeria.
Iyamu Osafanmen Victor: Department of Works and Services, Federal College of Education Technical Asaba, Nigeria.

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 2, 1113-1118

Abstract: Since the construction activities is done in the open and involves exposure to parties that can clog the vision, there is the tendency to have reduced productivity thereby hampering getting job done efficiently and effectively. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the need and considerations in integrating Eye Care on Construction Site. The study adopted descriptive secondary data to identified to identify the need for good eye-health on construction activities in Nigeria, find construction work conditions exposes the eye to problems, evaluate the common eye conditions on construction sites, establish the common causes of Eye injuries and precautions, describe the effects of eye diseases on construction sites and cost of eye injuries, recommend measures are necessary for integrating eye care on construction sites and suggest precautions to prevent eye Injuries on construction Sites. The results concluded that there are different forms of common eye conditions exist on construction sites due to its dangerous nature. There is therefore a need to ensure good eye health and creating a system to implement safety eye measures in construction activities. Its absence has been responsible for accidents, low turnover, project abandonment and fatalities on construction sites in Nigeria.

Date: 2023
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