scholarly journals Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Management Strategy Success Factors for Small-Scale Contractors in Zambia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4696
Author(s):  
Mwewa Mambwe ◽  
Erastus M. Mwanaumo ◽  
Wellington D. Thwala ◽  
Clinton O. Aigbavboa
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Electricity Industry ◽  
The Body ◽  
Small Scale

Small-scale contractors (SSCs) require management strategies in implementing occupational health and safety (OH&S) performance at projects to reduce accidents, injuries, fatalities and diseases. Management strategy success factors have been acknowledged to be of great benefit in improving in OH&S performance. Hence, the study sought to assess the management strategy success factors for the improvement of OH&S performance by SSCs in Zambia’s electricity industry. Using quantitative methods, data was collected using a survey questionnaire from 246 respondents representing firm owners, managers, project managers and OH&S representatives at electricity industry projects at 70.3% response rate. Descriptive and inferential statistics were adopted as methods of data analysis using exploratory factor analysis. After analysis, the success factors were clustered into three construct categories within OH&S performance namely, compliance and workplace processes, policy and human resource development, and leadership and structure significant values ranging from 0.513 to 0.972. The independent reliability was tested using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient. The study exposed management strategy success factors are well recognised by most SSCs and contributed to the body of knowledge in this mastery by introducing three success factors for OH&S performance. It is recommended that these factors be adopted and considered to improve OH&S performance management by SSCs in the electricity industry in Zambia.

Management Systems Integration for Organizational Sustainability: Quality, Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety, and Energy

2013 ◽  
Vol 465-466 ◽  
pp. 1155-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadzilah Mohamad ◽  
Nor Hazana Abdullah ◽  
Musli Mohammad ◽  
Nor Kamariah Kamaruddin
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Management System ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Organizational Sustainability ◽  
Implementation Barriers ◽  
Critical Success

This paper identifies the trends in existing literatures on management system standards such as Quality (Q), Environmental (E), Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), and Energy (En) Management System (MS). Literatures related to these management system standards (MSSs) and its integrations published between year 1980 to 2012 have been critically analyzed. It provides a general overview of the Integrated Management System (IMS) implementation and the composition of MSSs in developing IMS in various organizations. Based on the analysis, it is firm that the integration of these four (4) MSSs has not been well established. Despite that, the recurring themes of the literatures related to IMS are mainly, model for implementation, strategies and guidelines for implementation, benefits of implementation, barriers/ problems of implementation, audit of IMS, Critical Success Factors for implementing IMS and IMS Audits.

scholarly journals AN ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION OF OCCUPATIONAL ERGONOMICS PRINCIPLES IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR OF HARARE AND MUTARE IN ZIMBABWE

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Jerie
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Informal Workers ◽  
Employee Relationship ◽  
To Come

<p>A major challenge for the city authorities of Harare and Mutare in Zimbabwe is to come up with clear policies and actions aimed at supporting and nurturing the informal sector as well as improving health and safety in the sector. This study thus aims at assessing the awareness of ergonomics principles in the small scale enterprises of Harare and Mutare.<strong> </strong>The level of awareness of ergonomics principles is low in the small scale informal sectors of Harare and Mutare. It was expected that builders, woodworkers and welders would have a higher level of ergonomic principles, but this was not the case. The informal workers are employed in a high-risk sector, but survey results indicated that improving their work environment is not one of their top priorities. The financial situation and the fact that occupational hazards and diseases are not always visible means that their limited resources are allocated to field other than occupational health and safety. Workers in the informal sector are not affected by the traditional employer-employee relationship as that obtains in the formal sector where the employee is obliged to care for the workers occupational health and safety needs. In order to address occupational health and safety discrepancies in the informal sector there is need for change of mindset and this can be catalysed by the local authorities and other organizations. The local authorities can begin by ensuring basic occupational hygiene skills among the informal sector workers so that they may realize their economic potential and hence sustained businesses.</p>

scholarly journals The Role of Emotional Intelligence Factors in Workers’ Occupational Health and Safety Performance—A Case Study of the Petroleum Industry

Safety ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustine O. Ifelebuegu ◽  
Oluwakemi A. Martins ◽  
Stephen C. Theophilus ◽  
Andrew O. Arewa
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Work Place

Introduction: Despite improvements in occupational health and safety due to technological advancements and the adoption of management systems, accidents continue to occur in the oil and gas (O&G) industry. These accidents are often linked to human factors. The emotional intelligence (EI) of workers, however, has the potential to influence some of the human factors that predispose to accidents. Methods: In this study, we investigated how the EI factors of workers influence their health and safety performance in the work place. A total of 124 O&G industry workers completed a web-based questionnaire. Five and 14 key success factors of EI and effective occupational health and safety management systems were respectively identified through a systematic evaluation of the literature. Results: EI success factors of ‘being able to rule one’s own emotions to facilitate thinking’, ‘being able to deal with the emotions of others’ and ‘being able to discuss one’s own emotions accurately’ were found to have a relationship with health and safety performance of workers. Conclusion: The findings demonstrated that certain success factors of EI are vital for improving the health and safety performance of workers and that the development of these competencies should be part of the workers’ professional development.

scholarly journals Qualitative Evaluation of Employer Requirements Associated with Occupational Health and Safety as Good Practice in Small-Scale Enterprises

2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Kuroki ◽  
Nana Miyashita ◽  
Yoshiyuki Hino ◽  
Kotaro Kayashima ◽  
Yoshihisa Fujino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Small Scale

scholarly journals KESELAMATAN KERJA DALAM PELAYANAN PENANGGULANGAN BENCANA DI BADAN PENANGGULANGAN BENCANA DAERAH KAB SIDOARJO

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Seto Michiko
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Internal Auditors ◽  
External Auditors ◽  
Management Agency

In accordance with Article 3 of the Minister of Manpower Regulation No. 05/1996, the Disaster Management Agency of the Sidoarjo Regency began introducing Occupational Health and Safety (K3) activities starting with introducing K3 management in 2000 who had obtained SMK3 certification. During the process of using internal auditors, companies also use external auditors every 3 years with fairly good results. This research is phenomenology using quantitative methods. The Number of samples in this studied 55 employees from the Sidoarjo Regional Disaster Management Agency population. From Knowledge Management variables, the Attitudes and Subjective Norms together towards Intentions were found to be 85.2%. While the remaining 14.8% is influenced by other variables not examined in this study, every increase in Knowledge Management (X1) of 1 unit, it will increase Intention (Y) by 0.325 units. Every increase in Attitude (X2) of 1 unit, it will increase Intention (Y) of 1,116 units. Each increase in Subjective Norms (X3) is 1 units, it will increase Intention (Y) by 0.203 units.

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