The global construction sector is infamous for high levels of injuries, accidents and fatalities, and poor health and well-being of its workforce. While this record appears in both developed and developing countries, the situation is worse in developing countries, where major spending on infrastructure development is expected. There is an urgent need to improve construction health and safety (H&S) in developing countries. The improvement calls for the development of context-specific solutions underpinned by research into challenges and related solutions.
This edited volume advances the current understanding of construction H&S in developing countries by revealing context-specific issues and challenges that have hitherto not been well explored in the literature, and applying emergent H&S management approaches and practices in developing countries. Coverage includes countries from the regions of sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe. This book, which is the first compendium of research into construction H&S issues in developing countries, adds considerable insight into the field and presents innovative solutions to help address poor H&S in construction in developing nations. It is a must read for all construction professionals, researchers and practitioners interested in construction and occupational H&S, safety management, engineering management and development studies.
Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 1 - AN INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Patrick Manu, Fidelis Emuze, Tarcisio Saurin and Bonaventura H. W. Hadikusumo
Section One – Occupational Health and Safety Legislation
CHAPTER 2 - IMPLICATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN A COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
Nnedinma Umeokafor, Konstantinos Evangelinos and Abimbola Windapo
CHAPTER 3 - CONTRACTORS’ COMPLIANCE WITH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE BENEFITS OF SELF-REGULATION
Abimbola Windapo, Oluwole Olatunji and Nnedinma Umeokafor
CHAPTER 4 - A NARRATIVE REVIEW OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH LEGISLATION IN PAKISTAN
Abdul Qayoom and Bonaventura H. W. Hadikusumo
CHAPTER 5 - SAFETY LAW, SYSTEM AND REGULATION INFLUENCING CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN INDIA
Duddukuru Sri Datta and Bonaventura H. W. Hadikusumo
Section Two – Occupational Health and Safety Management
CHAPTER 6 - THE STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE SAFETY PERFORMANCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OF PAKISTAN
Hafiz Zahoor and Albert P. C. Chan
CHAPTER 7 - HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE IN THE UGANDA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Moses Okwel, Henry Alinaitwe, and Denis Kalumba
CHAPTER 8 - TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL (SHEM-CMM) FOR UPTAKE BY CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IN GHANA
Millicent Asah-Kissiedu, Patrick Manu, Colin Booth and Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu
CHAPTER 9 - AD-HOC AND POST-HOC ANALYSIS OF CONTRACTORS’ SAFETY RISKS DURING PROCUREMENT IN NIGERIA
Oluwole Olatunji, Abimbola Windapo and Nnedinma Umeokafor
CHAPTER 10 - INTEGRATING HEALTH AND SAFETY INTO LABOUR-ONLY PROCUREMENT SYSTEM: OPPORTUNITIES, BARRIERS AND STRATEGIES
Nnedinma Umeokafor, Abimbola Windapo and Oluwole Olatunji
CHAPTER 11 - TERTIARY BUILT ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
John Smallwood
Section Three – Behavioural and Cultural Issues in Safety Management
CHAPTER 12 - SAFETY COMMUNICATION AND SUGGESTION SCHEME IN CONSTRUCTION
Victor N. Okorie and Fidelis Emuze
CHAPTER 13 - MAKING SENSE OF SAFETY IN SYSTEMIC AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
Andrea Y. Jia, Steve Rowlinson, Martin Loosemore, Mengnan Xu, Baizhan Li, Marina Ciccarelli and Heap-Yih Chong
CHAPTER 14 - MANAGING CONSTRUCTION SAFETY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS
Ran Gao and Albert P.C. Chan
CHAPTER 15 - LEARNING FROM FAILURES (LFF): A MULTILEVEL CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR CHANGING SAFETY CULTURE IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Clara Man Cheung, Akilu Yunusa-Kaltungo, Obuks Ejohwomu and Rita Peihua Zhang
CHAPTER 16 - SAFETY BEHAVIOUR AND CULTURE MATTERS IN THE MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Mazlina Zaira Mohammad and Bonaventura H.W. Hadikusumo
Section Four – Construction Workers’ Well-Being
CHAPTER 17 - DETERMINANTS OF RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS BY SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
Paul A. Bowen and Peter J. Edwards
CHAPTER 18 - CONSTRUCTION MIGRANTS FROM ‘DEVELOPING’ COUNTRIES IN ‘DEVELOPED’ HOSTS
David Oswald
CHAPTER 19 - OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS PREDICTING EARLY RETIREMENT OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Justus N. Agumba and Innocent Musonda
Section Five – Technologies for Safety Management
CHAPTER 20 - DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE HORIZONTAL LIFELINE SYSTEMS
Marcelo Fabiano Costella, Valéria Cristina da Motta and Leticia Nonnenmacher
CHAPTER 21 - DEVELOPMENT OF RFID AUTOMATION SYSTEM TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION SITES IN BRAZIL
Victor Hugo Mazon de Oliveira and Sheyla Mara Baptista Serra
