Implementation of Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) in Malaysian Construction Industry

Lim, Jie Yi (2020) Implementation of Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) in Malaysian Construction Industry. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

This research discusses about the implementation of the Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) approach, the awareness level, the behavioural factors, implementation process and barriers. Construction industry is considered as a hazard industry which various parties is facing numerous challenges at the work environment. Due to the unqualified worker intensive and involves the motion of materials and equipment within a confined region, it is resulting in a high rate of safety risks. Although there are rules or acts that set by few of the Legislative Intervention and Regulative Institutions such as DOSH, OSHA, CIDB and SOCSO, but the accident rates in Malaysian Construction Industry are still the highest compared to others industry. The factors involved include human behaviour, inappropriate use of dangerous machinery and equipment, non-compliance to the various set of working procedure and unpleasant working condition based on incident reports and high injury rates. An effective safety management system should be developed to overcome the occupational safety and health problem in order to improve safety performance in this industry. The main objective of this research is to justify the implementation of BBS system in Construction Industry. Through literature review, the awareness level, behavioural factor, process guidance and also the barriers of implementation of Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) system were developed where it is adopted from the previous researchers. The data collection from the questionnaire survey were analysed by using the Standard Package for Social Science (SPSS). This research shows that the human behavioural were positively related with the safety performance in Construction Industry. BBS also considered as an effective management in order to reduce accident rate and enhance the safety management in this sector.