The construction industry accounts for the highest number of incidents among the other industry. Part of these incidents is caused due to the involvement of construction heavy machinery and equipment. Accidents caused by heavy machinery result in fatalities and widespread damage. This work extensively discusses the hazards and other factors responsible for incidents from heavy machinery at construction sites. A thorough review was conducted for this, and the key risks found as a result of it included ergonomics, dust, noise, falling from a vehicle, overturning, being hit by an object, receiving an electric shock, being crushed or compressed by moving parts, and crushing or compression in running equipment. Lack of safety system knowledge, inadequate training, improper or no inspection, a lack of teamwork among team members, disregard for safety rules and protocols, poor equipment maintenance, and overtime work are the causes of these risks. In this study’s comparison of different heavy machinery safety technologies, object monitoring devices are discovered to be a widely used technology among others.