Implementation Of Safety Management Research Articles

Integrated Quality and Food Safety Management Implementation in China’s Food Processing SMEs in China

Integrated Quality and Food Safety Management Implementation in China’s Food Processing SMEs in China

Occupational Health & Safety Cost Analysis in Civil Construction Projects

Introduction: Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) costs are crucial for implementing safety management systems in the construction sector, particularly in Indonesia. Previous studies emphasize the potential benefits of effective OHS cost planning in reducing workplace accidents and associated costs. Objective: This study aims to analyze the allocation of OHS costs and its correlation with workplace accidents across various construction projects in Indonesia. Method: A descriptive analysis approach was employed to examine OHS cost allocation and incident rates in ten construction projects conducted by a state-owned company across multiple regions in Indonesia. Data analysis utilized Microsoft Excel and SPSS, with Pearson correlation tests conducted to assess relationships between variables. Result: The study found significant variation in OHS cost allocation, ranging from 0.20% to 1.23% of project value across different projects. Larger projects tended to allocate a lower percentage of their budget to OHS compared to smaller ones. Conclusion: Effective planning of OHS costs is essential not only in terms of percentage allocation but also considering project size, duration, workforce size, and technological aspects. The study underscores the importance of comprehensive cost-benefit analyses to further understand the impact of OHS provision on accident prevention in construction projects.

Assessment of Food Health and Safety Management in Selected Restaurants in Kabarnet Town, Baringo County

The study focused on evaluating food health and safety management practices in urban restaurants, highlighting challenges in meeting public health requirements. The specific objectives were to examine implemented safety management strategies, assess the knowledge of employees (specifically waiters) regarding safety management, and recommend effective strategies for safety management in selected restaurants. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach involving both quantitative and qualitative methods, the study involved a population of 60, with a sample size of 52 chosen through purposive sampling. Closed-ended questionnaires were employed for data collection, and the analysis incorporated descriptive statistics, presenting findings through graphs and charts. Results indicated that 18.75% of respondents demonstrated "Very Good" knowledge of food health and safety management, with 9.38% rated as "Good," 34.38% as "Average," and 37.50% as "Below Average." The study emphasized the importance of proper communication and effective training in food health and safety management for restaurant management. The research provided a comprehensive exploration of food safety practices, encompassing educational backgrounds, workforce roles, safety management strategies, knowledge levels, and recommendations. The findings underscored the necessity for targeted training initiatives, robust induction processes, and effective communication strategies. Continuous monitoring and evaluation mechanisms were recommended to ensure the sustained success of food health and safety practices in urban restaurants.

Emphasizes the Importance of Safety Behavior by Optimizing Safety Leadership and Safety Knowledge through a Safety Climate

Purpose: This study aims to comprehensively examine and empirically test how safety behavior can be realized, by optimizing the role of safety leadership and safety knowledge so as to create a safety climate. Theoritical Framework: This study uses two theories as the logic of the relationship between the variables studied. Related to the role of safety leadership, the Full-Range Leadership Model theory is applied, while the planned behaviour theory is used to explain the resulting behaviour. Design/methodologi/approach: The population in this study were employees of manufacturing companies in Banyumas. Starting with providing willingness forms to 15 companies, only 9 companies were willing. While the sample involved with work safety management activities directly was 792 samples. The questionnaire was given openly and randomly, using accidental sampling. The questionnaires collected and included in the criteria were 427 respondents. Finding: That it has been empirically proven that safety behavior is influenced by safety leadership and safety knowledge through safety climate Research, Pratical & Social Implication: This research has theoretical implications and practical implications. Theoretically, it is an additional knowledge of the application of work safety behaviour in manufacturing companies. While practically it is an evaluation for companies in implementing safety management. Originality, value: The originality of this research apart from the conceptual framework is also from the object of research which is carried out on several manufacturing companies with different criteria and implementing a work safety management system. And similar research has never been done especially in Indonesia

The Importance of the Circular Economy Concept among Organizations within the Food Sector and a Management Systems Perspective

The concept of the circular economy is becoming an increasingly important issue within the economic and political sphere. The aim of the study is to check the opinions of representatives of organizations on the need to act in accordance with the principles of the circular economy concept in organizations and to indicate the differences in these opinions, taking into account the following aspects: the number of implemented management systems and the FSMS implementation. The survey method was used in the study. The surveyed organizations were divided into groups according to two criteria: having implemented food safety management systems and the total number of implemented management systems. The Mann–Whitney U test was used to analyze differences between groups. The conducted research showed that the organizations with more than three MSSs perceive a greater need to act in accordance with the principles of the CE than other companies. There was no sufficient proof to support the hypothesis concerning the higher engagement of food sector organizations in circular economy activities. The size of the organization is a factor that is also irrelevant in this context.

Factors Influencing Compliance with Safe Handling Requirements of Anticancer Agents by Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital — A Secondary Publication

Purpose: This research aimed to identify leading factors that affect nurses’ compliance with the safe handling of anticancer agents. Methods: Data were collected from 114 nurses working in the university hospital and were analyzed through independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis using SPSS25.0. Results: The average level of compliance with the safe handling of anticancer agents was 3.73 ± 0.33 out of 5 points. Workplace safety culture (β = 0.40, P < 0.001) and knowledge of safe handling (β = 0.18, P = 0.030) had significant influences on nurses’ compliance with the safe handling of anticancer agents. The explained variance for compliance was 28.3%. Conclusion: To enhance the implementation of safety management for anticancer agents, each institution should strive to support human and material resources and enhance specialization in the workplace safety culture through system improvement. Based on the results of this study, we suggest research for the development of a training program for anticancer agent safety management.

Proactive Approach to Measure Safety Management on Building Projects in Saudi Arabia

Safety management is important throughout the world specifically on building projects, which are prone to accidents due to their unique operations, dynamic and ever-changing nature. In every country, contractors implement safety management systems (SMSs) to avoid accidents and comply with applicable laws, regulations and to provide safe work environments for their workers. Nonetheless, accidents still happen on many building projects in the country. The objective of this work is to measure safety management as perceived on building projects by employing a proactive approach in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to improve site safety. A survey instrument is utilized to gather data from building projects. Another questionnaire is used to conduct interviews with the key managers on the same projects. Analysis of the questionnaire survey is performed after entering the data into SPSS software by applying factor analysis and multiple linear regression. Factor analysis extracted two significant factors, including “management commitment, employee involvement, and safety training”—factor 1, and “project safety plan, safety committee, and safe use of equipment”—factor 2, which proactively measure the implementation of safety management on the building projects. The safety model obtained by multiple regression analysis identifies two significant contributors to the performance of the SMS. Analysis of the interviews complemented and validated the results of the questionnaire survey. The findings provide in-depth understanding of proactively measuring safety management on building projects for the construction industry practitioners to make project sites safer.

Millers on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) for Aflatoxin Control in Maize; A Case in Kiambu County, Kenya.

Food safety management implementation is vital in food industries. Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) implementation in maize millers help in identifying aflatoxin hazards, prevent, reduce or eliminate them. Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards HACCP on aflatoxin determine the safety of the end product from its contamination. The main objective was to determine KAP on HACCP in Kiambu county maize millers in aflatoxin control. Clustering and systematic sampling methods were used to sample the 30 maize millers. 150 questionnaire respondents were selected randomly from the milling sub-sections. Multivariate probit model and multinomial logit model were used as the analytical framework for evaluating KAP. 60% of the respondents were male, 34% had completed university and 80% of the respondents from management section had completed university while dispatch section respondents had the lowest education level. HACCP average knowledge was 57.5%, 74.43% being highest from management section. HACCP attitude mean score was 3.326, management section showing more positivity with a mean of 3.633. Sufficient training and recruitment of food safety related experts across all sub- section would improve KAP towards aflatoxin reduction to the maize flour.

Impact of health and safety management implementation on cost performance of construction projects in Abuja, Nigeria

Construction activities lack understanding of health and safety management implementation and perceived safety cost as a burden. Stakeholders, especially contractors within the construction industry believe that investment in health and safety management system increases overall construction cost, and therefore, tend to neglect relevant accident prevention activities on construction sites. Therefore, this study has the following objectives: it assesses the impact of health and safety management implementation on cost performance of construction projects in Abuja, Nigeria; identifies health and safety management practices adopted by construction sites and to assess the cost implication associated with the implementation of health and safety management practices within the selected construction sites. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and analyzed using simple percentile and mean item score. The study identifies 35 elements of health and safety management implementation on cost performance of construction sites, under 4 major components out of which safety manager on site with the mean score 4.51, onsite safety inspection 4.25, safety helmet 3.95 and tool – box talk 3.89 were the most important under each component of health and safety management system. The result reveals that the cost of implementing health and safety programme is a major challenge facing Nigerian contractors and companies in terms of high-cost involvement in the area of injuries and hazard on site. This tends to increase the overall cost of the project. Therefore, the paper recommends that adequate cost control measures be adopted to checkmate health and safety expenditure during construction process instead of total avoidance of health and safety programme.

Analysis of Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) for Ship Accident Risk Assessment: A Case Study of Work Accident MV Mandarin Ocean at Tanjung Priok Main Port

Tanjung Priok Port is one of the busiest loading and unloading ports in Indonesia which serves both export and import activities, causing a risk of accidents that can occur. In order to anticipate these problems, an effort is required to identify and reduce the risk of accidents. This study aims to analyze the MV ship accident case of MV. Mandarin Ocean at the Main Port of Tanjung Priok. Through the implementation of the Formal Safety Assessment (FSA), it is expected that an accurate and scientific analysis will be obtained regarding the hazards that will occur, costs in risk control, and recommendations for overcoming them in the loading and unloading process at Tanjung Priok Port. This study used the Fault Tree Analysis method to find the root causes of accidents to reduce/eliminate the risk of accidents. Based on the research results, it is known that the Implementation of Safety Management System PT. Prima Bandar Samudera is not optimal. Likewise with the Monitoring Supervision of the Implementation of Safety Management carried out by PT. Tanjung Priok Port is also not optimal. Therefore, based on the priority scale on the FSA results, immediate implementation is necessary as a corrective measure to reduce and even prevent various accident cases that occur at the Tanjung Priok Port. This is to achieve the main goal of ship safety management, which is to realize "Zero Accident".

Implementation of Safety Management of Selected Construction Companies in Manila

In the 1980s, the safety management system (SMS) was created to reduce material waste and the risk of accidents and fatalities in the construction industry. With the correct SMS deployment, construction companies can reduce safety-related difficulties. This study assessed the current status of construction safety management intending to determine the level of implementation of selected construction companies with category AAA in Manila, Philippines. A survey was done to determine the SMS implementation level in terms of lack of control, basic cause, immediate cause, incident, and accident. The researcher used the quantitative method of research with the survey questionnaire as the main tool in gathering data. Architects, engineers, safety officers, and skilled workers were the respondents of the study. The gathered data were statistically treated with the use of Frequency, Percentage, Weighted Mean, Kruskal Wallis, Man Whitney U-test, and Spearman Rho Correlation. The overall results showed that the level of the selected construction companies in Manila is somewhat implemented. The results of this study are helpful to the industry as well because they can improve the understanding of SMS among industry professionals and aid in better SMS deployment at work.

Evaluating Building Construction Safety Performance in Different Regions in China

This article employs a three-stage slack-based data envelopment analysis (SBM-DEA) model to evaluate the construction safety performance (CSP) of 30 provinces and cities in China, focusing on enhancing the sustainable development of construction safety in the industry, in line with the concept of sustainable development. The research findings indicate that the supervision environment of each province and city exerts a more substantial influence on the sustainable development of construction safety compared with the level of socio-economic development. Significant changes have been observed in the regional distribution of construction safety management levels within the construction industry by eliminating the impact of economic development, the supervision environment, and random errors. The original pattern of “East > West > Central > Northeast” has shifted to “East > Central > Northeast > West.” Moreover, it has been discovered that high-efficiency values of safety performance in certain provinces and cities are partially attributed to external environmental (EE) pressure. In contrast, low-efficiency values cannot be solely attributed to their lack of willingness to implement safety management. Finally, the article proposes strategies, including government policy-led approaches, technology prioritization, and management prioritization, to enhance the sustainable development of construction safety in the construction industry based on the internal safety performance of each province.

Expediting Sustainable Implementation of Safety Measures and Risk Reduction Management

This study assessed the implementation of safety measures and risk reduction management in Consolatrix College of Toledo City, Inc., Cebu. This study determined the respondents’ age, gender, highest educational attainment, length of years of involvement in CCTC, safety trainings attended.This study assessed the implementation of safety measures, provision of safety facilities and trainings. This study also analyzed the attitude of the respondents towards the school’s implementation of safety management. The findings were taken from 75 respondents composed of 5 administrators, 10 teachers, employees, parents and 40 students. A descriptive research design was used. This study revealed that most of the respondents were adults, female, have at least baccalaureate degree, have been connected to CCTC for more than 5 years and have attended safety trainings. Safety measures were implemented. However, the giving of penalties for breaking safety rules was observed to have less extent. Safety facilities were available and safety trainings were also provided. Still, the provision of adequate budget for safety education was in less extent. The respondents have positive attitude towards the implementation of safety management systems

Safety Sustainability Management in Some Selected Industries in Greater Accra Region

Safety sustainability management in selected industries is essential as industrial operations cannot be completely free of hazards and risks. The aim of this paper is to examine safety practices, determine the safety management, sustainability and implementation in industrial operation to reduce and eliminate engineer operational accidents and serious incidents. As human activities and systems cannot be completely free from operational errors and consequences. Questionnaires were administered to selected industries in Greater Accra Municipality seeking the views of personnel on safety management implementation and the data obtained were analysed by using SPSS. The findings of the study identified the gap of emphasizing on safety training and implementation at the educational level to build the skills of personnel in safety practices for industrial development. The study recommends that workers must be trained and encouraged to identify unsafe workplace conditions or hazards and also workshop managers acting as safety practitioners be given further training in safety sustainability management for improve operational management of personnel. The study adds to the existing knowledge of safety management implementation in engineering industries in Greater Accra Municipality, Ghana.

Evaluating the Effects of Safety Management Systems (SMS) on Safety Culture Factors in Collegiate Aviation Operations: A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Approach

Implementing Safety Management Systems (SMS) is currently voluntary for collegiate aviation operations in the U.S. Some extant studies have advocated using Safety Management Systems (SMS) as a proactive tool to continuously improve collegiate aviation safety culture. Using a structural equation modeling/path analysis (SEM/PA) approach, the effect of SMS on factors of safety culture in multiple collegiate aviation programs in the U.S. was evaluated using a hypothesized model that measures the relationships between scales of SMS, safety motivation (mediator), and safety culture factors (safety compliance, safety reporting, and safety participation). Demographic differences in safety culture were also evaluated. Findings suggest significant predictive relationships between SMS and observed safety culture outcomes. There was also a significant mediation role of safety motivation between SMS and some observed safety culture outcomes. Results suggest that senior or upper-level students were found to have significantly lower reported safety reporting behavior as compared to lower-level students. Domestic students were found to have higher scores for safety reporting behavior compared to international students. Results also suggest an apparent SMS knowledge gap among respondents, and implementing initial and recurrent higher-level SMS courses as part of collegiate aviation program academic syllabuses may be helpful. Other implications for policy and practices in collegiate aviation safety culture and recommendations for future research are highlighted.

ENTROPY-BASED MODEL FOR AERODROMES SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT TO IMPLEMENT SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS


 
 
 All certified Aerodromes require to implement Safety Management System (SMS) from November 2005 according to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements. Nowadays safety risk assessment in aerodromes with main operational scopes has been a critical issue in the aviation industry. The current SMS model is no more sufficient to comply with this complexity and cover all aspects of aerodrome factors quantitatively. A new model for aerodrome safety risk assessment to evaluate Aerodrome’s safety riskbased on the Entropy method is developed in this research. In this new method, critical criteria and their sub-criteria are developed and then assess the safety risk. One Aerodromes (as a case study) is considered and the weight of criteria and sub-criteria are measured based on Entropy technique and aerodrome safety performance is assessed. The first phase was the weight measurement of criteria by the Entropy method, and then evaluate related safety performance. Based on the safety risk assessment result, the aviation experts were interviewed to verify the result, which supported our research outcomes. The result of this research should guide aviation SMS experts to take proper safety mitigations to prevent any safety events in aerodromes.
 
 

Safety management implementation drivers for construction projects: a structural equation modelling approach

The construction industry is one of the hazardous fields due to its exceptional environment. Therefore, this work aimed to assess the essential drivers needed for employing safety management in the Palestinian construction industry. The drivers for safety management were recognized from earlier literature, where the questionnaires were dispersed to professionals from construction projects. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) technique was then performed to contextually adjust the identified drivers. The results showed that safety management drivers could be categorized into three constructs: management, awareness and policy. In addition, partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was performed to generate the safety management driver's model. The results indicated that management drivers were vital drivers for adopting safety management. The study's findings would act as a reference for construction stakeholders to decrease danger and enhance the construction project's success via implementing safety management drivers.

Defining the Primary Work Stress Factors of Chinese Coal Miners-A Mixed-Methods Study.

Studies have indicated that coal miners in China have higher levels of perceived job stress. However, few studies have investigated the work stress structure of coal miners. Our study focused on the work stress of coal miners in China, with a primary aim to determine the work stress structure of coal miners in China using a mixed-methods approach. Semi-structured interviews were performed with thirty-three people (team leaders and frontline coal miners) conducted with participants from various state-owned large- and medium-sized coal mines in China. Grounded theory was used to construct an initial model for the concept of coal miners' work stress. Using the results of this initial survey and findings in the existing literature, we then constructed a preliminary questionnaire regarding coal miners' work stress and administered the questionnaire to 900 coal miners in the Shaanxi, Henan, Inner Mongolia, and Gansu provinces. The results show that the work stress structure for coal miners differs from that for other occupational types in China, due to differences in the Chinese culture and foreign cultural influences. We revised our questionnaire based on these considerations and administered a new survey to the frontline production workers in coal mines. The preliminary questionnaires were revised and analyzed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, resulting in a final formal model for work stress, which was supported by content and structural validity. In this research, we used the framework of grounded theory to conduct an empirical analysis of the structure model of coal miners' work stress. The findings support that the primary work stress factors of Chinese coal miners included the stress of the work environment, job responsibility, interpersonal relationships, career development, the family environment, and organizational systems. Coal enterprises should therefore always take these factors into consideration when developing and implementing safety management policies aimed at to improve the occupational health status of coal miners.

Eco driving as a road safety measure: Before and after study of three companies

This study reports the results of a natural before and after study of economic driving and use of fleet management system recording driving style as a road safety measure. The study includes three companies studied on three occasions, in: 1) 2013, 2) 2018 and 3) 2020. Surveys in all the companies were conducted in 2013 and 2018, and interviews were conducted at all three time points. Two of the companies (Company B and C) started working actively with fleet management system as a measure for economic driving between measurement time points 1 and 2. The third company had such a measure in place before time point 1 (Company A). Company A is therefore used as a “control company”. The study indicates that measures for economic driving in general and fleet management systems in particular have a good effect on road safety and economy. This applies to fleet management systems focusing on aspects of economic and safe driving. The accident risk in Company B and C decreased significantly in the post-measurement in 2018, and the safety culture improved. The interview data supports the conclusion of lower accident risk. The discussion indicates that these results cannot be explained by referring to other safety measures during the period, changes in framework conditions, demographic changes in the samples, or a decrease in the risk of property damage accidents with heavy goods vehicles during the study period. However, it is concluded that implementing safety management systems have better effect on road safety than fleet management systems, because Company A, which has the former, has a higher level of road safety than the other two companies.

Evaluating the Relationship between HSE Management and Job Satisfaction and Performance Quality among the Production Center (Employees of Hacoupian Clothing Industrial ‎Company: A Case Study)

Introduction: The productivity of an organization is closely related to the improvement of the safety and health of employees and the development of knowledge and skills of human resources in advancing the organization goals. Based on a combination of questionnaire and survey, this study examines the impact of implementing safety management practices on the performance and job satisfaction of employees in Iran's production units.
 Research Method: This descriptive-cross-sectional study was conducted in 1400 on 200 employees and managers of the Hacoupian clothing industrial company located in Tehran province. 130 of them were selected based on random sampling using the Morgan table. Data collection tools included a researcher-made questionnaire, which was further confirmed by experts by applying their opinions regarding its validity and reliability. It was approved by experts. The analysis method in this study is mainly descriptive and the type of research is relational. Data and research hypotheses were respectively tested using Structural equation modeling (SEM) and Partial least squares (PLS) approach through SPSS26 software.
 Results: Findings showed the appropriate fit of measurement and structural models. In addition, results demonstrated the positive effect of improving safety on the job satisfaction of employees in production units, as well as the negative effects of not paying attention to the health of the working environment on the quality of employees' performance.
 Conclusion: The more companies and governments pay attention to the issue of operational health and safety, the organizational and environmental situation will be formed in such a way that it will optimally motivate employees and increase the quality of production and operations in the organization.