Patrick Manu Patrick.Manu@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Innovative Construction and Project Management
Health and safety management practices of contractors in South East Asia: A multi country study of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
Manu, Patrick; Mahamadu, Abdul Majeed; Phung, Van Manh; Nguyen, Thuan The; Ath, Chandavid; Heng, Abel Ying Teng; Kit, Soh Chuin
Authors
Abdul Mahamadu Abdul.Mahamadu@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Lecturer - CATE - AAE - UAAE0001
Van Manh Phung
Thuan The Nguyen
Chandavid Ath
Abel Ying Teng Heng
Soh Chuin Kit
Abstract
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The construction sector is notorious for accounting for numerous occupational deaths, injuries and illnesses in many countries. In emerging economies this situation could be direr, and health and safety (H&S) management by contractors is important to tackling this. This study investigated the H&S management practices of contractors in three South East Asian countries (Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia) with the view to highlighting implementation issues. A questionnaire instrument containing 40 H&S management practices was administered to contractors in the three countries. Analysis of the data revealed that in each of the three countries there are at least seven practices that are not commonly implemented by contractors. Whilst the study further suggests this to be acute in Malaysia and Cambodia, it also elucidates that the apparent situation could be due to inter alia: a significantly greater proportion of the contractors in the Malaysia sample being micro size firms; and also the effect of two national occupational H&S programmes implemented in Vietnam from 2006 to 2015. Overall, the findings offer an opportunity for contractors and key industry stakeholders (e.g. state authorities) to reflect on their approach/initiatives to improving H&S management in construction. Further studies which could offer additional empirical realities are also suggested.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 14, 2017 |
Publication Date | Aug 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jul 28, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 28, 2017 |
Journal | Safety Science |
Print ISSN | 0925-7535 |
Electronic ISSN | 1879-1042 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 107 |
Pages | 188-201 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.07.007 |
Keywords | Cambodia, construction, health and safety management, Malaysia, South East Asia, Vietnam |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/883953 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.07.007 |
Contract Date | Jul 28, 2017 |
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