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Costs Of Health And Safety Management In Building Sites
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Construction
Industry is indisputable for its overt position in the economy of any
nation. However, the poor safety performance of the construction
industry has continued to give international cause for concern staring
challenge in its effort to tackle the developmental initiative of many
nations including Nigeria. Workplace Health and Safety on its own is a
global challenge to the sustainable development of our society and
civilization. According to the International Labor Office (ILO), work
related accidents and illness contribute 3.9 percent of all deaths and
25 percent of the world’s population suffers a minor/major occupational
accident or work related disease in any one year (Smallwood, 2004).
Other than the moral concerns, the economic cost is huge, this
undermines the industry’s efforts towards sustainable construction and
development.
Health and safety programmes were first introduced in
Nigeria during the time of the British Colony (Onyejeji, 2011). These
programmes ensured that occupational health workers were dispatched to
industrial plants and other commercial undertakings, including plans for
monitoring. The initiative led to legislation that produced the Labour
Act of 1974, the factories Act of 1987, and the Workman’s Compensations
Act 1987.Other relevant acts to occupational health and safety in
Nigeria are Labour Acts 1990, and Workman’s Compensation Act 2004.
Theoretically, the goal of regulatory policies is to isolate incidents
where misinformation about health risks leads people to make non-optimal
decisions in order to internalize the situations, where health and
safety risks are not already realized in the market decision. Policy
needs to strike a balance between the costs of prevention, borne by
employers, and the costs of injuries and ill health which fall upon the
individual and society.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The construction industry is inherently hazardous. Thus, there is a need to make the construction site a safe place to work although the poor safety record remains a concern. The determination of the aggregate costs of health and safety programmes is considered a leap for achieving construction safety in construction project delivery. This study evaluated the costs of health and safety programmes in building project delivery. The study determined among others, cost-related factors affecting heal ... Continue reading---
