Prioritization of Factors Influencing Safety Performance on Construction Sites: A Study Based on Grade Seven (G7) Main Contractors' Perspectives

Construction industry is one of the major industries that propels Malaysia's economy. Although the construction industry itself highly contributes to our nation'��s GDP growth, yet the high fatality rates on construction sites have caused grave concern among safety practitioners and the st...

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Main Authors:	Lee, Chia Kuang, Yusmin, Jaafar
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	HD28 Management. Industrial Management TH Building construction
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3399/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3399/1/CK_LEE_ICBMG_Paper.pdf

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spelling	ump-33992018-02-01T01:08:12Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3399/ Prioritization of Factors Influencing Safety Performance on Construction Sites: A Study Based on Grade Seven (G7) Main Contractors' Perspectives Lee, Chia Kuang Yusmin, Jaafar HD28 Management. Industrial Management TH Building construction Construction industry is one of the major industries that propels Malaysia's economy. Although the construction industry itself highly contributes to our nation'��s GDP growth, yet the high fatality rates on construction sites have caused grave concern among safety practitioners and the stakeholders. The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the degree of importance of the factors that influence the safety performance on construction sites as perceived by the contractors on sites. A survey which took the form of a questionnaire was administered to 110 major construction companies in Malaysia to implore the safety factors from Grade Seven (G-7) Main contractors. About 63 main contractors participated in this survey, which achieved a high response rate of 61%. This study prioritized the factors by using relative importance indices (I). The result revealed that the most important major factor was (1) Management Activities on Site, followed by (2) Personnel, (3) Process, (4) Policy, (5) Technical, and (6) Incentives.; while the top three most important factor elements were (1) Safety Inspection, (2) On site and HQ Management attitude towards safety, and (3) Safety Regulation Enforcement. Accordingly, this study prescribed several suggestions on the prioritized factor elements specifically as means of managing safety on sites proactively, taking the industry towards zero accident and strive for better improvements. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3399/1/CK_LEE_ICBMG_Paper.pdf Lee, Chia Kuang and Yusmin, Jaafar (2013) Prioritization of Factors Influencing Safety Performance on Construction Sites: A Study Based on Grade Seven (G7) Main Contractors' Perspectives. In: International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research: International Conference on Business, Management and Governance (ICBMG2012), 29-30 December 2012 , Hong Kong. pp. 6-12., 57. ISSN 2010-4626
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description	Construction industry is one of the major industries that propels Malaysia's economy. Although the construction industry itself highly contributes to our nation'��s GDP growth, yet the high fatality rates on construction sites have caused grave concern among safety practitioners and the stakeholders. The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the degree of importance of the factors that influence the safety performance on construction sites as perceived by the contractors on sites. A survey which took the form of a questionnaire was administered to 110 major construction companies in Malaysia to implore the safety factors from Grade Seven (G-7) Main contractors. About 63 main contractors participated in this survey, which achieved a high response rate of 61%. This study prioritized the factors by using relative importance indices (I). The result revealed that the most important major factor was (1) Management Activities on Site, followed by (2) Personnel, (3) Process, (4) Policy, (5) Technical, and (6) Incentives.; while the top three most important factor elements were (1) Safety Inspection, (2) On site and HQ Management attitude towards safety, and (3) Safety Regulation Enforcement. Accordingly, this study prescribed several suggestions on the prioritized factor elements specifically as means of managing safety on sites proactively, taking the industry towards zero accident and strive for better improvements.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Lee, Chia Kuang Yusmin, Jaafar
author_facet	Lee, Chia Kuang Yusmin, Jaafar
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title	Prioritization of Factors Influencing Safety Performance on Construction Sites: A Study Based on Grade Seven (G7) Main Contractors' Perspectives
title_short	Prioritization of Factors Influencing Safety Performance on Construction Sites: A Study Based on Grade Seven (G7) Main Contractors' Perspectives
title_full	Prioritization of Factors Influencing Safety Performance on Construction Sites: A Study Based on Grade Seven (G7) Main Contractors' Perspectives
title_fullStr	Prioritization of Factors Influencing Safety Performance on Construction Sites: A Study Based on Grade Seven (G7) Main Contractors' Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed	Prioritization of Factors Influencing Safety Performance on Construction Sites: A Study Based on Grade Seven (G7) Main Contractors' Perspectives
title_sort	prioritization of factors influencing safety performance on construction sites: a study based on grade seven (g7) main contractors' perspectives
publishDate	2013
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