https://doi.org/10.46335/IJIES.2022.7.3.1 e-ISSN: 2456-3463 Vol. 7, No. 3, 2022, PP. 01-04 International Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Science, www.ijies.net 1 Assessment of Risk at High Rise Construction Site – A Review Dr. Aditya Tiwary 1 , Tushar Hiratkar 2 1 Associate Professor, Fire Technology & Safety Engineering Department IPS Academy Institute of Engineering & Science, Indore, India, 452012 2 Final year PG student, Fire Technology & Safety Engineering Department IPS Academy Institute of Engineering & Science, Indore, India, 452012 Email- tusharhiratkar@gmail.com Received on: 17 March, 2022 Revised on: 13 April, 2022, Published on: 15 April, 2022 Abstract – Statistics from the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 have shown that the number of fatalities in the construction industry is five times greater than in other sectors. Utilizing 2011-2019 information from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, scientists distinguished 1,103 development laborer fatalities in 2019. Thus, there is a critical need to alleviate this issue. A study has been conducted to investigate the root causes of fall hazards on construction sites. Therefore, this research is intended to identify and highlight the types of fall hazards that are most commonly found at construction sites today and the main causes that contribute to falls, as well as the most effective solutions to overcome the fall hazards. The discoveries will be a suggestion to development organizations for creating compelling security programs for the avoidance of fall mishaps. Keywords- Fall hazards, fall accidents, analysis, site working condition, risk identification and assessment, safety in construction I- INTRODUCTION Construction sector is very essential and integral part of infrastructure development which gives – the tremendous boost to our country’s economy. The development business has enlisted gigantic development worldwide lately. Albeit the advancement of innovation is fast in a large portion of the areas, development work is still work concentrated. The development area is the most risky ventures. Consistently, individuals pass on because of word related mishaps or business related sicknesses. Altogether, it arrives at more than 2.78 million passing and about 374 million non-deadly business related wounds and ailments every year [26]. The human expense of this everyday misfortune is huge, and the monetary weight of poor word related security and wellbeing rehearses is assessed at 3.94% of global Gross Domestic Product each year [26]. Internationally, among all, accidental wounds address a significant general medical issue and a main source of passing [27]. After street traffic wounds, falls address the subsequent driving reason for accidental injury passing around the world. Estimation is a number of 646000 fatal falls and some 37.3 million non-fatal falls each year, severe enough to require medical attention [28]. A peril is an expected wellspring of mischief or an antagonistic wellbeing impact on people. Risk is the probability that an individual might be hurt or experienced antagonistic wellbeing impacts whenever presented to a peril. Hence, chance can be limited, albeit the risk is there. Two significant perils that are normal in building locales have been distinguished by Abdul et al [1]. Actual injury dangers are regularly brought about by hardware utilized, for example, frameworks, power access gear, stepping stools, plant and apparatus for uncovering and cycles like manual dealing with, and