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ASSEMENT OF WORKERS SAFETY PRACTICE IN PUBLIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: IN THE CASE OF ADDIS ABABA CONSTRUCTION OFFICE PROJECTS
In recent years in developed country the health & safety of workers has improved but it is not improved in developing country like Ethiopia,specifically Addis Ababa public construction projects hence, the actual number of accident higher in reality than the reported number and much data on health & safety.The construction industry in Addis Ababa is characterized by high incidents rate of accidents .The objective of this research is an assessment of safety practice involving workers in public building project in the case Addis Ababa public building construction projects. Accordingly, survey research design was used to accomplish the objectives of the study.Mainly a five point Likert scale questionnaire was distributed to engineers and professionals who are working in public building construction projects as a contractor and consultants to may help collect the data for knowing the levels of health and safety conditions in public building construction projects activities used SPSS (Statical Package For Social Sience )software,Eview software for Descriptive analysis and analytical tools used to identify the importance and relative significance of the safety factors that were ultimately utilized to develop the proposed safety framework or safety model.The results show that the safety of workers in Addis Ababa public building construction projects are classified as unsafe practice and required high improvement that is due to a major five causes factors of accidents on the response failure to use Personal Protective Equipment’s (PPE),Lack of safety training, Unsafe loading arranging and placing, Lack of education,Negligence & carelessness, Inadequate management of work environment, Taking unsafe positions or postures and Lack of experience. Most of construction companies don’t have safety training, safety meeting, safety policies, safety officer, medical and first aid facilities and reporting system. Moreover, the roles of government towards safety are almost minimal under implementation of the General Condition Contracts and Occupational Safety & Health rules.
ASSEMENT OF WORKERS SAFETY PRACTICE IN PUBLIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: IN THE CASE OF ADDIS ABABA CONSTRUCTION OFFICE PROJECTS
In recent years in developed country the health & safety of workers has improved but it is not improved in developing country like Ethiopia,specifically Addis Ababa public construction projects hence, the actual number of accident higher in reality than the reported number and much data on health & safety.The construction industry in Addis Ababa is characterized by high incidents rate of accidents .The objective of this research is an assessment of safety practice involving workers in public building project in the case Addis Ababa public building construction projects. Accordingly, survey research design was used to accomplish the objectives of the study.Mainly a five point Likert scale questionnaire was distributed to engineers and professionals who are working in public building construction projects as a contractor and consultants to may help collect the data for knowing the levels of health and safety conditions in public building construction projects activities used SPSS (Statical Package For Social Sience )software,Eview software for Descriptive analysis and analytical tools used to identify the importance and relative significance of the safety factors that were ultimately utilized to develop the proposed safety framework or safety model.The results show that the safety of workers in Addis Ababa public building construction projects are classified as unsafe practice and required high improvement that is due to a major five causes factors of accidents on the response failure to use Personal Protective Equipment’s (PPE),Lack of safety training, Unsafe loading arranging and placing, Lack of education,Negligence & carelessness, Inadequate management of work environment, Taking unsafe positions or postures and Lack of experience. Most of construction companies don’t have safety training, safety meeting, safety policies, safety officer, medical and first aid facilities and reporting system. Moreover, the roles of government towards safety are almost minimal under implementation of the General Condition Contracts and Occupational Safety & Health rules.
ASSEMENT OF WORKERS SAFETY PRACTICE IN PUBLIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: IN THE CASE OF ADDIS ABABA CONSTRUCTION OFFICE PROJECTS
WEGEN SOLOMON TESFAYE (author)
2017-01-01
doi:10.20372/nadre:1550928938.17
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Electronic Resource
English
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690
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