Challenges of implementing Safety and Health at work in the Construction Industry in Sabah.

Jess, Renny (2011) Challenges of implementing Safety and Health at work in the Construction Industry in Sabah. Final Year Project (Other), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

This study is based on the “performance and Implementation” of Occupational Safety and Health in the Construction Industry in Sabah in particular and in Malaysia in general, focusing more on the management team especially the roles and responsibilities of Project Managers. The three main objective is to identify factors in the construction industry that contributes to the difficulties in implementing safety and health at work effectively, to assess the current status of compliance to safety and health management system in the construction industry, and finally is to propose practical solutions to meet the minimum requirements of the various elements of safety and health management system, thereby raising the standard of safety and health in the construction industry. The aim here is to formulate a practical solution to help the construction industry in Sabah to raise its safety and health standard at work. The implementation of Safety & health Management system MS1722:2005 to the construction sites will result in increase of safety levels. In this study, the elements of Safety & health Management system MS1722:2005 is used as a benchmark to establish the states of compliance. Each element is explained in detail at Chapter 2 – literature review. Each element In Safety & health Management system MS1722:2005 is being reviewed as to whether it has been fully complied which is crucial to ensuring safety and healthy at the construction site. An example of element, is the safety and health officer solely responsible to ensure the safety and welfare at site? As a top safety rule all employers and employees is responsible for the safety and welfare at site.