Browsing by Author "Olubola, Babalola"

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    Assessment of Health and Safety Information on Construction Sites in Nigeria
    (2019-05) Adebiyi, Ranti, Taibat; Olubola, Babalola; Amuda-Yusuf, Ganiyu; Rasheed, Abdulkadir Shehu
    This study identified and assessed health and safety information used on construction sites in Lagos State, Nigeria, with a view to enhancing effective communication among the site-operatives. Data for the study were collected from the site-supervisors and operatives working on construction sites in the study area. The sites of construction firms registered with Lagos State Public Procurement Agency under categories D and E were visited. Pilot survey revealed that there were 55 active construction firms that had on-going projects. The study therefore, adopted purposive sampling technique to identify these 55 active firms. On each site visited, a supervisor and 3 site-operatives were randomly selected from bricklayers, carpenters, iron benders, electricians, and plumbers working on the identified sites, depending on the stage of the work. This resulted into sample of 220. This consists of 55 supervisors and 165 site-operatives. The use of questionnaire was adopted for data collection. The total number of copies of questionnaire retrieved was 161 representing 73.1% response rate consisting of 22% from the supervisors and 78% from the site operatives. Information on health and safety used on construction sites were collected. Mean score (MS), standard deviation (SD) and analysis of variance technique were the analytical tools used. The results revealed that the most used health and safety information were first aid procedures with MS of 3.92, safety sign and symbols (MS 3.89), use of protective equipment (MS = 3.75) and procedures for safe operation (MS = 3.69). There is no significant difference between the ranking of these information from both supervisors and operatives. This implied that the respondents concurred in their independent opinion regarding the usage of health and safety information. The study concluded that safety of construction site-operatives depended on health and safety information made available by the contracting firms.
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    AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
    (The Department of Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria-Nigera, 2017) Ranti, Taibat ADEBIYI; Olubola, Babalola; Amuda-Yusuf, Ganiyu
    Accidents and injuries are growing problems on construction sites in Nigeria as well as in many other countries. The occurrence of accidents on construction sites usually leads to site closure for accident investigation, loss of man/machine hours, loss of output, loss of corporate reputation, payment of burial expenses/compensation/insurance claims for the dead. Previous studies suggested poor communication of Health and Safety (H&S) information among site personnel as one of the major causes of accidents on construction sites. These previous studies have made little headway in identifying the best strategy for effective communication of health and safety information between contractors and on-site personnel. Therefore this study will identify and assess the communication strategy used on construction sites in Lagos State. Lagos State was chosen as the study area because 60 - 65 of head offices of contracting organizations were located in this area. In addition, the study area is very active in terms of project/construction activities. A total of one hundred and forty-five (145) questionnaires were administered on contractors and site workers through convenience and snowballing sampling. A total of sixty¬eight (68) properly completed questionnaires were analyzed resulting in an effective response rate of 47. The mean score of each item was adopted to rank them in order of importance. The results of the study revealed that only nine (9) out of sixteen (16) communication strategies identified are actually important. The most significant five (5) strategies in order of importance are: training workshop,' project briefing,' safety induction,' operating procedures and posters. It is recommended that the significant strategies identified from this study can be used to communicate H&S information on construction sites thereby reducing accidents on sites.