- Title
- Identification of health and safety performance improvement indicators for small and medium construction enterprises: a Delphi consensus study
- Creator
- Agumba, Justus N., Haupt, Theo C.
- Subject
- Health and safety, Performance improvement, Small and medium construction enterprises, Delphi approach
- Date
- 2011-09
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- uj:5323
- Identifier
- ISSN 2281-4612
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8234
- Description
- This study sought to identify and validate a comprehensive set of health and safety (H&S) leading indicator metrics that will enable small and medium construction enterprises (SMEs) personnel to monitor the level of H&S performance in their projects. The Delphi approach was used where the opinion of H&S experts, academics and industry practitioners were canvassed on 64 potential indicator metrics, categorized in 10 elements or leading indicators that will enable H&S performance improvement e.g. reduction in accidents, injuries, diseases but to name a few. The experts rated each indicator metric on a 10-point Likert scale of impact, where 1= no major impact or 10% impact and 10 = major impact or 100% impact. Consensus was reached on 32 indicator metrics after four successive rounds of Delphi if the indicators attracted final scores of, percentage median impact of 90% to 100% which is 9.00 to 10.00 median rating and over 50% of respondents rating the indicator metrics in the band of 9.00 to 10.00 or 90% to 100% impact to improve H&S performance. The experts had the opportunity to reconsider their scores informed by the group median score in rounds 2, 3 and 4. The limitation of the study was the reliance of a structured questionnaire in the first round as experts were not allowed to add any new indicators, until the fourth round. This study contributes to the H&S body of knowledge where no consensus has been reached pertaining to the indicator metrics that have major impact to improve H&S performance at project level of construction SMEs in South Africa.
- Publisher
- Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research
- Rights
- © Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research, 2011. Available online at: http://www.mcser.org
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