EXPLORING SAFETY MANAGEMENT AT CONSTRUCTION SITE (CASE STUDY –FIJI ISLANDS)

ODROVAKAVULA, SOKOVOLI BASUTUKA (2019) EXPLORING SAFETY MANAGEMENT AT CONSTRUCTION SITE (CASE STUDY –FIJI ISLANDS). Masters thesis, UNIVERSITAS ATMA JAYA YOGYAKARTA.

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Abstract

Having a comfortable safe office environment is best for office workers to perform their duties, however for constructions workers on site is totally a different story. In line with proposed future construction developments that are in place, the construction industry will be growing rapidly in the coming year in Fiji. It will involve a larger number of workers to participate and engaged in these various projects. Nevertheless, cases of workplace injuries always happen. The current study was conducted with its aim to contribute to help in understanding the knowledge of site safety management. The objectives of this research are to identify the current safety practices at construction sites, to identify the safety practices related problems and to identify the strategies to reduce the safety practices related problems. To achieve the objective of this study, two case studies were conducted for data collection. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with the safety representative and safety manager of the respective project. Qualitative analysis and cause effect technique was adopted to explore in depth overview on the understanding of implementation of site safety management for both the cases. From the research findings, it is concluded that in general, the construction site has well-structured safety practices in place. These safety practices are safety policy, safety inspection, safety zones, personal protective equipment, safety training, safety meetings, emergency support, and fall systems. However, there were few problems being identified that are encountered with these safety practices. These are poor communication at the site, poor management commitment, poor behaviour and attitude of workers, and lack of funds. To reduce the safety practices related problems, some strategies have been identified such as providing effective safety training, full commitment from the management team, allocation of sufficient budget and issuing of fine and penalties to unsafe behaviours. The findings of this research would contribute and can be used as a source of reference to various government and non – government construction departments on the aspects of site safety management not only towards the construction industry within the Central Division but the economy as a whole.

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