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Withemploying more than 5 crore workers at present, Indian Construction Industry is showing immense growth from the past few decades and is the second largest employerafter agriculture.For the success of any construction project, safety of both, the structures and the workers plays an important role. Accidents and known injuries are more frequent on construction sites than in any other manufacturing sector. Thus, safety has to be a matter of utmost importance starting from the design stage to completion and handling over the construction sites. The lack of proper coordination among workforce, contractors, and clients in Indian construction industries adds to the poor safe work conditions. Despite of several safety practices and available labour safety laws, the accidental incidents are increasing continuously. There becomes a requirement to gather the understand the causes of these accidents and identifying preventive measures to provide a safer work environment for the construction workers. This review talks about a systematic way for the assessment of safety practices of construction workers through analytical hierarchy process (AHP).