Critical Success Factors of Safety Program Implementation in Construction Projects in Iraq

Purpose Contrasted with some other industries, the construction industry has been linked with the most noteworthy accident occurrence rate, the majority of which has been related to poor health and safety practises. This paper therefore sets out to conduct a comprehensive review of the critical success factors that can aid sustainable health and safety practises on construction sites in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThe review focussed heavily on published reports, drawn between the years 2000 and 2022. The Scopus database was used for gathering the articles reviewed for this study.Findings After reviewing various literature studies, a total of 106 critical success factors were identified. All these factors were then categorised under the three pillars of sustainability. A total of 48 factors were grouped under the economic factors, 37 factors were grouped under the social factors and the remaining 21 factors were grouped under the environmental factors.Originality/valueThis paper conducted a comprehensive review of the critical success factors for bridging sustainability and health and safety. This study will help in developing a sustainable health and safety model that can drastically reduce the accident rate on the construction site.

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“…Buniya et al. (2021) looked into the critical success factors for implementing safety programs in Iraqi building sites.…”

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“…Technology was mentioned by the interviewers as a new factor. Buniya et al (2021) looked into the critical success factors for implementing safety programs in Iraqi building sites. The purpose of the research was to identify the CSFs that influence how safety measures are implemented in the Iraqi building construction industry.…”

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Review of critical success factors affecting Malaysia's construction industry's sustainable health and safety practices

Oni

Olanrewaju

Khor

2022

FEBE

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“…Several studies also support this assertion. According to the study by Buniya et al, there is an immediate need for training about the COVID-19 virus and pandemic measures (Buniya et al, 2021b). In addition to a lack of awareness, the unwillingness of construction companies to pay the higher costs of health and safety regulations is a significant obstacle to the implementation of pandemic measures at construction sites.…”

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Şantiyelerin COVID-19 pandemisine uyumu: Türk inşaat sektörü için Güvenli Şantiye Sertifikası

Gültekin

SARI

2022

GRID

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Bu çalışmanın amacı, şantiyelerde COVID-19 pandemisine yönelik alınacak önlemlerin belirlenmesi, bu önlemlerin incelenen şantiyelerdeki uygulanma durumunun analiz edilmesi ve şantiyelerin daha sağlıklı hale getirilmesi için bir Güvenli Şantiye Belgesi önerisi hazırlanmasıdır. Söz konusu amaç çerçevesinde, Türkiye’de 15 ilde yer alan konut şantiyelerinde 38 şantiye şefine e-posta yoluyla anket yapılmıştır. Açık uçlu yarı yapılandırılmış anket soruları aracılığıyla şantiyelerin uygulama sahası, yönetim ofisleri, yatakhaneler ve yemekhanelerinde alınan COVID-19 pandemi önlemleri sorgulanmıştır. Verilerin analizi için içerik analizi yöntemi ve fenomenolojik yaklaşımdan yararlanılmıştır. Sonuç olarak, COVID-19 pandemisi kapsamında Dünya Sağlık Örgütü’nün önerdiği önlemlerin bazı şantiyelerde uygulanmadığı, bazılarında ise çok düşük düzeyde uygulandığı belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, aynı şantiyede bulunan farklı tesislerde önlem birliği sağlanamadığı ve önlemlerin kişisel ölçekte kaldığı saptanmıştır. Söz konusu yetersizlik ve eksikliklerin giderilerek şantiyelerin sağlıklı hale getirilmesi için Türk inşaat sektörünün ve şantiyelerin dinamiklerini dikkate alan bir Güvenli Şantiye Sertifikası önerilmiştir.

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“…Construction safety management in Iraq is plagued by a high incidence of construction accidents, with 2018 seeing a 38% increase in accidents within the country's construction industry [7]. Atta and Curtis [8] believe that working This could be related to the traditional approach to occupational safety and health management in Iraqi construction projects [9].…”

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Using the Pivot Pair-Wise Relative Criteria Importance Assessment (PIPRECIA) Method to Determine the Relative Weight of the Factors Affecting Construction Site Safety Performance

Qaddoori¹,

Breesam²

2023

IJSSE

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In the construction industry, safety issues are considered major concerns. Despite recent attempts to improve safety in the construction sector, this sector is considered dangerous and unsafe. Construction safety management in Iraq is plagued by a high incidence of construction accidents, resulting in a higher number of injuries and fatalities. Creating a safety program is one strategy to alleviate this problem by making safety an intrinsic part of construction projects. Defining which factors are the most significant and have the greatest effect on safety performance is crucial to building a complete safety program. It ensures that construction companies are not wasting money on inadequate safety programs. As a result, this article aims to identify the critical safety factors that influence safety performance in Iraqi construction projects and assign a relative weight to them based on their importance. First, relevant literature was reviewed to identify the safety performance factors. Second, the Pivot Pairwise Relative Criteria Importance Assessment (PIPRECIA), a recently proposed technique for calculating criteria weights, was employed to determine the relative weight of factors. In this paper, a list of 21 sub-factors classified into 8 categories of main factors was identified. Finally, the findings of PIPRECIA show that the "Management Practices" factor has the top rank with a weight of 0.4221 among the other main safety factors. The results also showed that among the 21 sub-factors, the three with the highest weights, 0.0686, 0.0665, and 0.0619, belonged to "Personal protective equipment (PPE)", "First aid and medical care" and "Housekeeping program", which were under the "Management Practices" factor. Further, the "Regular safety inspections" and "Contractor safety rewards and punishment programs" sub-factors were identified as the least important sub-factors with weights of 0.0350 and 0.0333, respectively.

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Critical Success Factors of Safety Program Implementation in Construction Projects in Iraq

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Review of critical success factors affecting Malaysia's construction industry's sustainable health and safety practices

Review of critical success factors affecting Malaysia's construction industry's sustainable health and safety practices

Şantiyelerin COVID-19 pandemisine uyumu: Türk inşaat sektörü için Güvenli Şantiye Sertifikası

Using the Pivot Pair-Wise Relative Criteria Importance Assessment (PIPRECIA) Method to Determine the Relative Weight of the Factors Affecting Construction Site Safety Performance

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