Workers participation in safety management system in construction projects in Thailand | |
| Author | Gahari, Alvin Agustinus |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CM-08-21 |
| Subject(s) | Construction industry--Safety measures Construction workers--Safety measures |
| Note | 52 leaves : ill. |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. CM-08-21 |
| Abstract | Safety in construction projects has greatly risen In current years particularly in Thailand. The relationship between workers participation in safety program and workers participation encouragement was very important in this study. It caused that different construction projects have generated some troubles, one of which is accident during construction. Accidents do not happen naturally but are caused by certain reasons, most of which can be predicted, controlled or avoided. Prior to works begin can be happened by accidents, and also subsequent to the works have been completed can be happened by them, because of lacking design or construction, causing fatality or wound to those engaged on maintenance work and to members of the public. The success of any business counts on the workers and they are the bottom line as well. Protecting workers from hazards not only constructs good business sense, but also the right thing to do. In addition, manager level was able to erect Safety Management System with workers participation. Thus, it is proposed that this research was able to focus on safety responsibility in safety program, leadership, trust, open communication, skill and knowledge, incentive and clear safety program. The required data was collected by using questionnaire survey. The objectives were to investigate the workers participation in safety programs and investigate methods to encourage the workers participation in Thailand construction project. The statistical methodology that used for examine the hypotheses was the Pearson's correlation method. The result indicated that workers participation affects safety program. Some methods to encourage workers participation tended to follow safety programs. There were 54 respondents returned questionnaires from their projects. All of questionnaires were visited personally and tracked through phone call and more visits were also conducted. The construction projects that have in-house safety rules and regulations in their construction projects have a tendency to improve safety performance instead of without in-house safety rules and regulations. This safety program was the first rank or else the most important in this study. Furthermore, some methods can encourage workers participation in safety programs. Further study is supposed to include not only less experience but also more experience especially for the person who has responsibility in safety. Moreover, this study would be better if it includes the estimation value of the construction project so it can be known the construction projects which have a good or bad safety program |
| Year | 2008 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. CM-08-21 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CM) |
| Chairperson(s) | B.H.W. Hadikusumo |
| Examination Committee(s) | Chotchai Charoenngam;Sununta Siengthai |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Andi |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2008 |