EVALUATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY PRACTICE BY CONTRACTORS AS VIEWED BY SAFETY ORIENTED AND NON-SAFETY ORIENTED PERSONNEL IN CEBU CITY

Abstract

The construction industry has expanded in scope and coverage by additional rules and regulations established for the improvement and safety of the industrial community, where workers and contractors are the stakeholders. However, it is plagued with numerous occupational accidents. The researchers want to compare the perception of both safety-oriented and non-safety- oriented personnel on implementing safety policies. The research aimed to evaluate the existing practice promoting safety in the workplace and to know how far informed the safety-oriented and non-safety-oriented personnel in the construction industry about safety programs implemented by contractors and how protected the places of work are for the low-income earner.

Convenience sampling was used to select the respondents of the study. There were 162 safety-oriented and non-safety-oriented personnel who participated in the study. The quantitative method was used to know the difference between the perception of the safety practices in the construction firm based on the assessment of the safety-oriented and non-safety-oriented personnel. A two-sample case t-test was used to know if there was a significant difference between the perception of the two categories of respondents. Face-to-face key informant interviews were conducted to collect information from the research respondents to know their perception of the implementation of safety practices by contractors on the construction sites. The perceptions of the safety-oriented and non-safety-oriented personnel on construction safety practices slightly deviate from each other- the safety- oriented personnel have a higher rating than the non- safety-oriented personnel. It is deduced that the non- safety-oriented personnel were oblivious to the safety practices implemented.