Abstract

The study focused on the role of stress which is accumulating in the cause of performing work that are stressful and dwelled on psychosocial work factor affecting construction workers in diverse form ranging from low productivity, absenteeism. It pointed out different types of Ergonomic Risk Factors (E R F) that are verse in many sectors which remain unknown to construction workers. It generates two research purposes, two research questions and two hypotheses. It shows how the results of this study will be useful to construction industry workers in providing those with useful knowledge and skills in will also be useful to Medical Research Centers in Nigeria. It laid down the methodology including the research design up to the presentation of the results in tabular form and the interpretations of the results, and the findings revealed that ergonomic risk factors had high effects and high factors on its development. Conclusion was made with these recommendations: Managers of Construction industry should organize seminars and workshops on ergonomic to construction industry workers to expose them on the effects of ergonomic risk that includes fracture, fatal death, fractures in body parts, damage of properties and materials or loss of jobs. Extra training should be organized by construction industry managers to construction workers on the factors that lead to the development of ergonomic risk among workers on construction industry