FACTORS INFLUENCING O N SAFETY MANAGEMENT STATUS AND EVALUATIONOF SAFETY MANAGEMENT STATUS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN CAMBODIA

Abstract

The objectives of this paper are to present the factors influencing on safety management (SM) status and the evaluation of safety management status in construction projects in Cambodia. The probability of factors affected to safety management status were explored by interviewing both local and international contractors. The status of safety management in construction sites were evaluated by the probability of the factors used for the safety management that were obtained from construction the site observation and the interviews with evidences presented. The status of safety management was classified into five levels by ranges of the probability. The results of this research show that the probability of the factors influencing the safety management in construction sites of both local and international contractors were divided into two groups, including the high probability and low probability groups. The nine factors in high probability groups were accepted that they can influence on the safety management in construction site such as budget allocated for safety management, safety policy, awareness of project managers, safety training, safety organization, safety regulation, usage of personal protective equipments (PPE), site-accident investigation, and safety committee. The results were accepted based on the reliability of the data set from the respondents that were verified by Cronbach’s Alpha (α ≥0.6). Moreover, the status of safety management in construction sites of the international contractors was better than the local contractors since the probability of all factors used for the safety management in construction sites of the international contractors were in medium level, high level, and very high level. On the other hand, for the local contractors, the probability of all factors used for the safety management in construction sites were in medium level, low level, and very low level that they have been required for improvement.