Creating and Innovative Safety Culture Model for Construction Industries in Chennai
Journal Title: International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Construction Sector is very essential and an integral part of infrastructure development which gives tremendous boost to our country’s economy. The construction industry has registered enormous growth worldwide in recent years. Safety plays vital role in the construction sectors which are widely used in the above sector. This project discuss about safety culture and safety climate. Safety Culture is the enduring value and priority placed on workers and public safety by everyone in every group at every level of an organization. Safety climate is a theoretical term used by safety and personnel professionals to describe the sum of employee perceptions regarding overall safety within the workplace. The objective of this project is to examine the current culture in the workplace regards to themanagement of safety and health and create a safe working environment for the small scale construction company. The methodology isbriefly explained which includes various steps such as review of literature, data collection, SPSS software study, result analysis and developing model for Safety Culture. A questionnaire is prepared based on many criteria such as accidents, safety in emergency period, safety information, workplace hazards, workplace risks, workplace health & safety, welfare and time regulations and finally about review. The Questionnaire prepared is circulated to many construction companies. Data are primarily collected to provide information regarding a specific topic. The purpose of data collection is to obtain information to keep on record, to make decisions about important issues, or to pass information on to others. SPSS software study is done. SPSS is a software package used for statistical analysis. Here descriptive statistics which includes Cross tabulation, Frequencies, Explore and Descriptive Ratio Statistics are done using the SPSS software and results are obtained. The results for the analysis are graphically represented in pie charts and bar charts for various criteria classified in questionnaire. The final conclusion is arrived based on the results and the model of safety culture for construction industries in Chennai has been developed.
Authors and Affiliations
S. Binil Sundar, A. Anitha
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