A Review of Barriers to Safety Incentives Design and Implementation in the Construction Industry

Kunle E. Ogundipe, Babatunde F. Ogunbayo, Clinton O. Aigbavboa

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Abstract

As the construction industry seeks to improve health and safety practices, there are increased barriers to designing and implementing safety incentive schemes among construction firms. Hence, it becomes essential to identify and understand barriers to the design and implementation of safety incentive schemes to abate the problems encountered in project delivery. This study systematically reviews the extant literature on barriers to safety incentive scheme design and implementation to further enrich the knowledge gap about its application in the construction industry. The study identified relevant studies using keywords safety incentive definitions, concept, construction industry, health and safety practices, and barriers to safety incentives. The thematic areas of discourse include the safety incentives concept in the construction industry, barriers to safety incentives design and implementation in the construction industry, the study’s implication and conclusion and recommendations. The study findings indicate that the significant barriers to the design and implementation of safety incentive schemes in the construction industry are construction firms’ systems of governance; conflicting performance goals setting; employees’ inadequate knowledge of SI; absence of a national safety incentive policy; conflicting SI selection process; and lack of incentive funding planning. Conclusively, this study recommends measures to improve the administrative processes of safety incentives design and implementation in the construction industry.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Engineering Management, Innovation, and Sustainability - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2023
EditorsJames Olabode Bamidele Rotimi, Wajiha Mohsin Shahzad, Monty Sutrisna, Ravindu Kahandawa
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages459-470
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783031565434
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event13th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management, EPPM 2023 - Auckland, New Zealand
Duration: 29 Nov 20231 Dec 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume480
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management, EPPM 2023
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Period29/11/231/12/23

Keywords

  • Accident
  • Barriers
  • Construction
  • Health and safety
  • Safety incentives

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering

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