Okonkwo Patrick N, Wium Jan A
Department of Civil Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2023 Jun;29(2):785-795. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2022.2082137. Epub 2022 Jul 11.
Previous studies presented the advantages of implementing health and safety management systems (HSMSs) in the construction industry. Few studies have investigated the effectiveness of HSMSs in developing countries. This study adopts a strategic management and multilevel perspective to assess the three main construction HSMS types in South Africa in terms of their adequacy across 14 HSMS dimensions. A literature review identified 14 health and safety (H&S) management dimensions as building blocks of the strategically developed component of a HSMS. Statistical methods analysed the feedback from a questionnaire survey amongst 59 construction companies on the adequacy of three HSMS types observed in these companies across 14 HSMS dimensions. Differences between the three H&S management types were identified, with inadequacies in three of the 14 H&S management dimensions across all three HSMS types. The three dimensions are accountability and incentives for employee participation, management of subcontractors, and employee competence and training. This could indicate less attention is paid to behavioural-based safety control strategies. The study quantified the differences between the three H&S management types and will help contractor organizations to improve their HSMSs.
以往的研究阐述了在建筑业实施健康与安全管理体系（HSMSs）的优势。很少有研究调查HSMSs在发展中国家的有效性。本研究采用战略管理和多层次视角，从南非三种主要建筑HSMS类型在14个HSMS维度上的充分性方面进行评估。一项文献综述确定了14个健康与安全（H&S）管理维度，作为HSMS战略发展组成部分的基石。统计方法分析了对59家建筑公司进行问卷调查的反馈，内容涉及在这些公司观察到的三种HSMS类型在14个HSMS维度上的充分性。确定了三种H&S管理类型之间的差异，所有三种HSMS类型在14个H&S管理维度中的三个维度存在不足。这三个维度是员工参与的问责制和激励措施、分包商管理以及员工能力与培训。这可能表明对基于行为的安全控制策略关注较少。该研究量化了三种H&S管理类型之间的差异，并将有助于承包商组织改进其HSMSs。
