Benchmarking of the efficiency of AAA construction companies relative to Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18001

• Main Authors: Fabila, Daniel Carlo M., Medalla, Miguel Paulo D., Octaviano, Martin A., Quidilla, Timothy Jones U.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Civil Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/17876
• Institution: De La Salle University

The construction industry is one of the most the dangerous sectors in society. Because of the risks involved, standards are implemented by the government with the help of international organizations. The purpose of this paper is to focus on one implemented standard, namely the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series 18001 (OHSAS 18001), and is efficiency of implementation. To measure this, the group created a survey form and handed it out to AAA construction companies within Metro Manila. The group was able to collect thirty (30) surveys, in which nine (9) are accredited, three (3) are in the process of accreditation, twelve (12) are planning to get the accreditation, and six (6) are not planning to get the accreditation. Three (3) tools were used in the analysis, namely Artificial Neural Network-Self-Organizing Map, Structural Equation Modelling-Path Analysis, and Relative Importance Indexing. Artificial Neural Network-Self-Organizing Map gave a benchmark grade of 92% meaning that construction companies having an overall scores of 92% and above from the survey are efficient in terms of safety. Structural Equation Modelling - Path Analysis, on the other hand, showed that Management Review of the Company has an overall impact to the improvement of the other categories listed in the survey. This signifies that if the company wants to improve on their safety efficiency, then they must invest on improving their Management Review. Lastly, Relative Importance Index also gives some priority to some factors of safety to further improve efficiency some of these are Poor Safety Awareness of Firm's Top Leaders, Lack of Training, Poor Safety Awareness of Project Managers, Reluctance to Input Resources for Safety, and Reckless Operation.