Challenges with the monitoring of safety of operatives on the construction sites in Ghana
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2021-07-05
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Abstract
Safety is particularly of high significance in the construction industry as it is to all
branches of industry. It has always been a major issue as the construction industry is
considered as among the most exposed sectors when it comes to occupational
accidents. This study therefore seeks to investigate into the challenges with the
monitoring of Safety of operatives on construction sites in Ghana. The objectives are
to: identify the safety monitoring practices adopted on construction sites in Ghana, to
identify the challenges with the adopted safety practices on construction sites and to
find out the causes of the challenges to safety monitoring on construction sites in
Ghana. Fifty-three (53) out of sixty-three (63) questionnaires distributed to the
construction operatives in the Kumasi Metropolis, were retrieved representing a
response rate of 84.13%. The data was analysed using descriptive analysis, mean
score ranking and the Kendall’s coefficient of concordance. The Kendall’s coefficient
of concordance was used to assess the level of agreement on the variables. The
findings indicated that, having toolbox safety talk daily was the most frequent safety
monitoring practice adopted by the construction operatives in Kumasi Metropolis,
Ghana. It again revealed that ―subcontracting practices resulting in unclear
responsibility for maintaining safety‖ is a major challenge with adopting safety
monitoring on construction sites. The study recommends that toolbox safety talks
should be adopted frequently on construction sites daily before the start of operations
and also responsibilities pertaining to maintaining safety should be clearly defined.
The research study therefore suggested that, further research should be done on the
strategies to help alleviate the causes of the challenges to safety monitoring practices
of operatives on construction sites. Safety monitoring policy to help effective safety
monitoring of sites on construction sites and safety monitoring programmes on
construction sites should be adopted to help improve the situation.
Description
A dissertation submitted to the Department of Construction Management and
Technology,
College of Art and Built Environment
in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of
Master of Science.
Keywords
Challenges, Construction Site, Monitoring, Ghana