Challenges with the monitoring of safety of operatives on the construction sites in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorAddai, Francis
dc.contributor.author
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-05T12:14:09Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-19T04:19:59Z
dc.date.available2021-07-05T12:14:09Z
dc.date.available2023-04-19T04:19:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-05
dc.descriptionA 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.en_US
dc.description.abstractSafety 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.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKNUSTen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/14232
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectChallengesen_US
dc.subjectConstruction Siteen_US
dc.subjectMonitoringen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titleChallenges with the monitoring of safety of operatives on the construction sites in Ghanaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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