The development of safety plan to improve OHS (occupational health and safety) performance for construction of irrigation channel based on WBS (work breakdown structure)

Abstract

Construction has now become an industry with the highest risk of work accidents. The risk of workplace accidents in construction can be caused by several factors, such as the work method, workplace, environment, human factors and poor safety management system. One of the examples of safety management system that can reduce the level of work accidents in construction is safety plan. The purpose of this research is to identify the potential hazards of the work components in construction of channel irrigation WBS (work breakdown structure) that have been standardized, and to develop a safety plan based on the risks identified in the construction of channel irrigation WBS in order to improve occupational health and safety performance for channel irrigation construction. The research methods used were archive analysis with questionnaire and case studies. The results of this study reported potentially hazardous risk sources on channel irrigation construction projects, therefore preventive actions and corrective actions are to be made later for the development of a safety plan as a form of preventing the risk of workplace accidents to improve OHS performance for construction of channel irrigation.