Boadu, E. F.; Wang, C. C. and Sunindijo, R. Y. (2021) Challenges for occupational health and safety enforcement in the construction industry in Ghana. Construction Economics and Building, 21(1), pp. 1-21. ISSN 2204-9029
Abstract
Many previous studies have reported that the occupational health and safety (OHS) enforcement is poor in developing countries. However these studies have mainly focused on the broader enforcement problems and not fully considered the challenges confronting the institutions responsible for enforcing OHS standards at workplaces. In this study, twelve potential challenges were identified from an extensive literature review, then an empirical investigation was carried out via a questionnaire survey from OHS inspectors and professionals in the Ghanaian construction industry. The twelve challenges were confirmed and ranked. Also, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and correlation were used to determine the statistical significance of the responses and the relationships between the challenges. Based on these findings, this study provides practical strategies for government, OHS inspectors and other professionals within the construction industry to improve the OHS enforcement. The research findings can also be adopted as a basis to assess challenges confronting OHS institutions in other developing countries.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | challenges; enforcement; Ghana; OHS |
| Index terms: | investigation, strategy, occupational health and safety, questionnaire, developing country, survey, Ghana, literature review, variance, enforcement, construction industry |
| Subjects: | measurement and scaling, data analysis and analytics, Geography, data collection methods, occupational health and safety management, health safety and environment, development economics, management, industry analysis |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Health and Safety, Geographical Context, Business Strategy, International Construction |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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