CONTENTS
ABSTRACT I
UNDERTAKING III
CERTIFICATE V
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VII
LIST OF TABLES XIII
LIST OF FIGURES XV
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Need for study 2
CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH DESIGN 3
2.1 Research objectives 3
2.2 Scope of work 3
2.3 Research methodology 3
2.4 Research schedule 3
CHAPTER 3: LITERATURE REVIEW 5
3.1 Workers on construction sites 5
3.2 Who is an old person? 5
3.3 Older construction workers 8
3.4 Importance of older workers 8
3.5 Injuries sustained by older construction workers 11
3.6 Reasons for defecting or retiring from current job 12
3.7 Literature review papers 13
CHAPTER 4: METHODOLOGY 25
4.1 Methodology flowchart 25
4.2 Definition of age for thesis 26
4.3 Respondents 28
4.4 City for data collection 28
4.5 Questionnaire 28
CHAPTER 5: DATA COLLECTION 29
5.1 Questionnaire 29
5.2 Respondents 31
5.3 Responses 37
CHAPTER 6: DATA ANALYSIS 39
6.1 Respondent profile 39
6.2 Health 39
6.3 Safety 45
6.4 Wellbeing 46
6.5 Ranking of factors 52
6.6 Suggestions by the workers 57
CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSION 61
7.1 Limitations 62
7.2 Future scope 62
CHAPTER 8: RECOMMENDATIONS 65
8.1 Awareness of BOCW act 65
8.2 Provision of exoskeleton equipment 65
8.3 Longer breaks during summer 65
8.4 Emotional exhaustion to be reduced 66
8.5 Provison of flexible working hours 66
REFERENCES 67
APPENDIX 71
Appendix (a) : Literature Review Table 71
Appendix (b): Methodology for various literature review papers 77
Appendix (c): Questionnaire 82
Appendix (d): Project details 88