Organizational factors affecting behavior based safety program and performance : a study in oil and gas construction projects in Thailand | |
| Author | Jittanun Phuangphay |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CM-12-07 |
| Subject(s) | Construction industry--Safety measures Construction projects--Management |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Engineering in Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. CM-12-07 |
| Abstract | The construction industry is a dangerous job when compared with other sectors because the nature of construction projects is very complicated. Many of the a ctivities within the construction industry are associated with accidents and diseases. Safety Management System is one of the key things that the project should be concerned with especially in Oil and Gas Projects in Thailand. In depth, the project looks a t the safety behavior of individuals to solve the safety related issues in the workplace. Therefore, this study was carried out to identify the factors that affect the behavior based safety and to study effective behavior based safety concentrating upon me thods and practices by performance of the worker behavior. To achieve the objective of the study, 8 main factors for the study were identified affecting behavior based safety. In addition, there are 10 factors under implementation for behavior based safety methods and practices which help to measure the safety behavior of worker. The study was conducted through Quantitative Research. Statistical hypothesis was done using the correlation model with SPSS program to find out the factors affecting behavior base d safety and to find out the effectiveness of behavior based safety methods and practices in Oil and Gas Project in Thailand. For this purpose, the questionnaire intends to seek answers from the Director, Safety manager, Safety engineer, Safety officer of the project. Moreover, to achieve another objective of the study, the organizational factor is very effective on worker ’s safety behavior because all of the factors inside the organizational factors come from the vision, mission and perspective of top management level. However, the behavior based safety is less effective on worker safety behavior when it is compared with the organizational factors because all of factors inside behavior based safety implementations methods and practices come from the manage ment of operation level. Furthermore, the findings also suggest important factors needed for the implementation of the project to understand the strengths as well as the weaknesses of the behavior based safety methods as well as to talk about the important factors impact on behavior based safety. Therefore, the Safety officer will carefully understand the impact of their worker’s safety behavior. In addition, recommendations for further studies are suggested |
| Year | 2012 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. CM-12-07 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Hadikusumo, B onaventura .H. W.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Chotchai Charoenngam;Sunanta Siengthai; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Thai Government;Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 |