Contractors’ compliance with occupational health and safety legislation in South Africa

Windapo, Abimbola; Olatunji, Oluwole Alfred; Umeokafor, Nnedinma

doi:10.1201/9780429455377-3

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“…Previous studies suggest that legal and regulatory challenges among other factors contribute to low OHS performance in Ghana [15] [16] [17]. Whilst it is established that compliance with OHS laws and regulations in developing countries is weak, comprehensive studies on the effectiveness of OHS laws and regulations in these countries do not exist.…”

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An Assessment of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in Ghana: A Study of the Construction Industry

Eyiah¹,

Kheni²,

Quartey³

2019

JBCPR

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Occupational health and safety continues to be a major component of the built environment. The study investigates the effectiveness of occupational health and safety laws and regulations in the construction industry in Ghana and identifies the influencing factors. Face-to-face interviews were conducted among 49 stakeholders from four relevant groups-regulatory institutions, consultants, contractors, artisans and labourers. The findings of the study suggest that the existing occupational health and safety legal and regulatory framework is barely effective. Stakeholders were aware of the existence of some laws and regulations but mostly could not identify the specific laws and their relevant contents. Consequently, compliance is found to be irregular. The key recurring factors affecting effectiveness of occupational health and safety laws and regulations include: negligence and lack of priority for occupational health and safety, lack of training, lack of funds for occupational health and safety, lack of capacity of regulatory and supervisory institutions, and lack of occupational health and safety education within construction firms. The findings of the study are foundational in strategic interventions aimed at improving compliance with occupational health and safety laws and regulations in the construction industry of Ghana.

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“…Other studies on OHS in developing countries as noted by [19] largely focus on the investigation of causes of accidents or the development of theoretical models to reduce accidents. Studies on OHS regulations are limited to few African countries such Nigeria and South Africa [16] [20].…”

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An Assessment of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in Ghana: A Study of the Construction Industry

Eyiah¹,

Kheni²,

Quartey³

2019

JBCPR

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“…The implementation of management strategies is crucial to the improvement of OH&S performance management through the development of factors adopted to influence OH&S positively. When factors are ignored or there is a lapse in their adoption, poor OH&S performance is experienced which leads to high incidents such as accidents, injuries, fatalities and exposure to work-related diseases, increased costs and unmotivated employees [10,15,16]. Failure to adopt management strategy factors hinders firms' effort to take advantage of their full benefits.…”

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“…Previous studies conducted only addressed management strategy in relation to challenges and benefits, and did not highlight the factors that can be used as management strategies in improving OH&S performance in the electricity industry [4,7,[11][12][13]. While a good number of studies [7,[13][14][15][16][17] have identified success factors critical for management strategy to implement OH&S in other industries and countries, and the improvement of performance in the construction industry, no known study has been conducted on the management strategy success factors for SSCs in the electricity industry in Zambia using the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) through principal component analysis. Due to of the nature and scope of SSCs in the electricity and the use of EFA, this study sought to investigate management strategy success factors for the improvement of OH&S with the focus on SSCs in the electricity industry in Zambia.…”

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Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Management Strategy Success Factors for Small-Scale Contractors in Zambia

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Small-scale contractors (SSCs) require management strategies in implementing occupational health and safety (OH&S) performance at projects to reduce accidents, injuries, fatalities and diseases. Management strategy success factors have been acknowledged to be of great benefit in improving in OH&S performance. Hence, the study sought to assess the management strategy success factors for the improvement of OH&S performance by SSCs in Zambia’s electricity industry. Using quantitative methods, data was collected using a survey questionnaire from 246 respondents representing firm owners, managers, project managers and OH&S representatives at electricity industry projects at 70.3% response rate. Descriptive and inferential statistics were adopted as methods of data analysis using exploratory factor analysis. After analysis, the success factors were clustered into three construct categories within OH&S performance namely, compliance and workplace processes, policy and human resource development, and leadership and structure significant values ranging from 0.513 to 0.972. The independent reliability was tested using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient. The study exposed management strategy success factors are well recognised by most SSCs and contributed to the body of knowledge in this mastery by introducing three success factors for OH&S performance. It is recommended that these factors be adopted and considered to improve OH&S performance management by SSCs in the electricity industry in Zambia.

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“…The main reasons associated with the low level of compliance in Nigeria include lack of commitment from management, lack of monitoring and enforcement, cost of compliance and lack of awareness (Adebiyi et al, 2020). In other countries, the reasons for the low level of compliance are; lack of knowledge or understanding of health and safety practices by construction workers, profit maximisation and motive (Windapo & Oladapo, 2012). Others include negligent attitudes by workers on site and most contractors and designers regard the cost of compliance as an unnecessary additional financial burden (Windapo & Oladapo, 2012).…”

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Perceived Implications of Non-Compliance with Safety Practices in Construction Projects: Construction Professionals’ Awareness Level

Ijaola

Omolayo

Akerele

et al. 2021

INTREST

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Despite the numerous implications of non-compliance with safety practices in construction projects, there are still reports of a low level of compliance with safety rules on construction sites. The study seeks to investigate the awareness level on the implications of non-compliance with safety practices among professionals in construction projects. From the existing literature, two major types of implications namely; direct and indirect cost implications of non-compliance with safety rule were investigated. Questionnaires were used to elicit information from respondents. A hypothesis that examines the differences in the level of awareness on the implications of non-compliance with safety practices among construction professionals was postulated. Kruskal-Wallis test was used to test the hypothesis. The findings show that the awareness level on the implications of non-compliance with safety practice among each professional is high and that there are significant differences in the level of awareness on six implications of non-compliance with safety practices; ‘physical injury/fatality to persons’, ‘workmen’s compensation’, ‘liability insurance premiums, ‘low morale of supervisors and workers’, ‘costs of delay’ and ‘time of cost’. The study concludes that professionals are aware of the implications of non-compliance with safety practices and their professional background affects the awareness level of six of the implications of non-compliance with safety practices. The study contributes to knowledge by identifying the six implications of non-compliance with safety practices where disparity exists in the awareness level among construction professionals. In cases where disparity exists in the awareness level among professionals, construction firms should adopt group discussion as a means of sensitization to increase awareness levels.

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Contractors’ compliance with occupational health and safety legislation in South Africa

Cited by 6 publications

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An Assessment of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in Ghana: A Study of the Construction Industry

An Assessment of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in Ghana: A Study of the Construction Industry

Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Management Strategy Success Factors for Small-Scale Contractors in Zambia

Perceived Implications of Non-Compliance with Safety Practices in Construction Projects: Construction Professionals’ Awareness Level

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