Contractor’s health and safety practices model

Wellington Didi Thwala; Zakari Mustapha; Clinton Aigbavboa

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_55

Contractor’s health and safety practices model

Wellington Didi Thwala, Zakari Mustapha, Clinton Aigbavboa

Construction Management and Quantity Surveying

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Abstract

Small and medium-sized (SME) contractors’ form the bulk of contractors in the in Ghanaian construction industry. SME’s contractors’ health and safety issues have been a major problem to the construction industry. The laid down rules for health and safety (H&S) have been neglected, which has resulted into accidents on sites. Health and safety practices model of contractors in Ghana is presented. A six factor theoretical model developed from literature was used to develop the H&S model and safety practices of the Ghanaian contractors’. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted on the selected variables to ascertain their suitability for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Three factors were retained from the six factor theoretical model during the CFA. Different factors for the model were obtained by combining some of the factors. Eight factors were obtained for the current model; with two factors having five variables and five factors have four variables each respectively. One factor has three variables.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018
Editors	Pedro Miguel Arezes
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	563-579
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	9783319945880
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_55
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	AHFE International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018 - Orlando, United States Duration: 21 Jul 2018 → 25 Jul 2018

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	791
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	AHFE International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	21/07/18 → 25/07/18

Keywords

Compliance
Construction industry
Ghana
Health and safety
Model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
General Computer Science

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Thwala, W. D., Mustapha, Z., & Aigbavboa, C. (2019). Contractor’s health and safety practices model. In P. M. Arezes (Ed.), Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018 (pp. 563-579). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 791). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_55

Thwala, Wellington Didi ; Mustapha, Zakari ; Aigbavboa, Clinton. / Contractor’s health and safety practices model. Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018. editor / Pedro Miguel Arezes. Springer Verlag, 2019. pp. 563-579 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Thwala, WD, Mustapha, Z & Aigbavboa, C 2019, Contractor’s health and safety practices model. in PM Arezes (ed.), Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 791, Springer Verlag, pp. 563-579, AHFE International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018, Orlando, United States, 21/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_55

Contractor’s health and safety practices model. / Thwala, Wellington Didi; Mustapha, Zakari; Aigbavboa, Clinton.
Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018. ed. / Pedro Miguel Arezes. Springer Verlag, 2019. p. 563-579 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 791).

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Thwala WD, Mustapha Z, Aigbavboa C. Contractor’s health and safety practices model. In Arezes PM, editor, Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018. Springer Verlag. 2019. p. 563-579. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_55

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