Improving Construction Health and Safety: Application of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) for Accident Prevention

Ikpe, Elias; Hammond, Felix; Proverbs, David; David, Oloke

doi:10.1080/15623599.2011.10773159

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“…The strength in this systematic literature review is that business cases are searched systematically using the Internet searchengine (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13) . This literature review emphasizes CBA to ensure the commitment and approval of top management (decisionmakers)to implementOccupational health and safety (OHS) (18) .…”

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Cost Benefit Analysis of Implementation Occupational Health and Safety: Literature Review

Lestari¹,

Lestari²,

Tejamaya³

et al. 2021

IJPHRD

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Assessment of management commitments is required for investment in Occupational health and safety program. This systemic literature review evaluates 15 cases of Occupational health and safety (OHS) interventions to assess whether the implementation of OHS is beneficial. Search engines used in literature review are Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Pubmed. Studies related to benefit cost analysis included in the search include also looking at company productivity. The focus of this analysis includes samples, design, theoretical framework, implementation OHS, validity and results.Results show,in 15 cases, cross-sectional research design looked at pre-after comparisons in the absence of control groups. The positive return on investment from the implementation of OHS is shown in 13 studies. Two other studies concluded that their chosen implementation of OHSwas not cost-effective. The main benefit is to reduce sick leave. In 3 cases the perceived benefit is an increase in productivity and quality. The conclusions in this study required a guideline for the evaluation of the implementation of OHS.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Cost Benefit Analysis of Implementation Occupational Health and Safety: Literature Review

Lestari¹,

Lestari²,

Tejamaya³

et al. 2021

IJPHRD

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“…The desultory indicated that the rate of accidents decreased by 67% and the rate fatal reduced by 10.3% among the top 100 construction companies in South Korea over the studied period. Elias et al [44] investigated 79 various sized contractors. They found that the cost benefit of improving and commitment to health and safety outweighs the accident or adverse safety costs at 62% benefit to 38% loss.…”

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“…Occupational accident prevention costs prevent occupational accident injuries, on the other hand, have the potential to reduce employer costs while also increasing profits [69]. According to a set of writers and organizations, the value of accidents caused by not implementing OHS measures are substantially more than the costs of OHS prevention, and thus investing in occupational accident prevention is justified for economic reasons [70,71]. The installation of OHSMSs is not a money worry, but rather a chance for businesses, since they have a beneficial impact on company performance.…”

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The Impact of Safety Priorities on the Economic Management of Projects: A Review

Marzooq¹,

Rashid²

2023

IJSSE

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A systematic study for analyzing the foundational concerns of safety economics was presented in this study. Firstly, safety, its historical background, and the accidental issues in construction were explored. Then, for the sake of this research, safety economists are defined as a multidisciplinary topic that examines the interrelationships and covariation of economics with safety. The cost of safety serves as a bridge between economics and safety in the field of safety economics. The definition of safety economics highlights its function in the choice of safety measures and the amount of money spent on manufacturing. Reviewing the literature highlighted the concerns regarding the economic safety including awareness and tackling the conflicts between safety and economics. At the end, a section highlighted the importance of safety economics in construction was provided.

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“…Construction related accidents result in a huge cost to the employer and the society as a whole including both the direct and indirect costs (Haupt and Pillay, 2016, p. 373). Ikpe et al (2014) discovered that contractors stand to gain 62 per cent benefits of accident prevention to 38 per cent benefit loss.…”

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Strategies for health and safety management in Ghana

Sam

2019

JEDT

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the contemporary strategies for Health and Safety (H&S) management practices at the construction sites in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The study used a mixed method approach in conducting a cross-sectional survey at 28 active construction sites in the Kumasi and Accra metropolises of Ghana using questionnaires and interview guide by using purposive, convenience and snowball sampling techniques. Data were collected from 170 survey respondents and 18 interview participants comprising artisans and management staff. Findings On H&S management practices, the study found that most construction sites have policies for H&S delivery and are duly followed and enforced. Nonetheless, construction workers moderately agreed that there was reward for; the avoidance and reduction of accidents and illnesses, good H&S behaviour and provision for insurance and hospital claims. It was also revealed that most of the construction sites adopt either one or a combination of mandatory H&S standards. Generally, most workers possessed a fairly positive perception about the H&S management practices at their sites and were either satisfied or very satisfied with its performance. Research limitations/implications Generalizing the findings beyond the study areas is limited because of the use of the non-probability sampling techniques. Originality/value This study focused on the active construction sites in the study areas to investigate their H&S practices against the backdrop of numerous publications describing the general H&S situation in Ghana as poor. It revealed the current H&S performance of the construction sites for the benefit of the construction industry, researchers and the academia.

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Improving Construction Health and Safety: Application of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) for Accident Prevention

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Cost Benefit Analysis of Implementation Occupational Health and Safety: Literature Review

Cost Benefit Analysis of Implementation Occupational Health and Safety: Literature Review

The Impact of Safety Priorities on the Economic Management of Projects: A Review

Strategies for health and safety management in Ghana

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