The Safety Policies Practiced in the Construction Industry of Sau

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In the Middle .. "/> <meta name="citation_publisher" content="Longdom Publishing S.L"/> <meta name="citation_journal_title" content="Journal of Ergonomics"> <meta name="citation_title" content="The Safety Policies Practiced in the Construction Industry of Saudi Arabia"> <meta name="citation_author" content="Yasir Azmat"/> <meta name="citation_author" content="Nayef Saad \r\n"/> <meta name="citation_year" content="2018"> <meta name="citation_volume" content="8"> <meta name="citation_issue" content="6"> <meta name="citation_doi" content="10.4172/2165-7556.1000242"> <meta name="citation_issn" content="2165-7556"> <meta name="citation_online_date" content="0000/00/00"/> <meta name="citation_firstpage" content="1"> <meta name="citation_lastpage" content="14"> <meta name="citation_abstract" content="Globally construction industry is one of the most hazardous industry and is responsible for the occurrence many fatalities due to accidents. In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is the leader in the development of construction projects and the Saudi Arabian construction industry is recording a high number of accidents that cause injuries and fatalities. In Saudi Arabia, the implementation of safety policies and achieving an adequate safety culture is one of the key challenges. Construction firms contain well-equipped safety policy but lack of implementation of safety policy is a concern. Safety culture and overall safety performance require proper development and implementation of safety policy. Nonetheless, this subject matter has evoked quite a significant deal of debate in the current phenomenon. Correspondingly, a framework has been developed in this paper, addressing the issue of safety culture in the all-round development within the Saudi Arabian Construction industry. \r\n\r\n The study is based on the interpretivism philosophy along with the deductive approach to assess the issues related to safety within the construction industry of Saudi Arabia. It will then focus on framing and implementing policy as well as a framework into the regular proceedings to improvise the safety culture therein. Besides, the use of the mixed research approach and multiple research strategies has contributed immensely in providing a comprehensive and justified discussion on the issue of concern. Data has accordingly been collected from both primary and secondary sources, which were then analyzed qualitatively and interpreted using the thematic analysis tool. The collected data were also analyzed quantitatively using the SPSS software, where they were tested for reliability and significance differences. ANOVA and correlation testing were also conducted on the collected data to assess the position of the Saudi Arabian construction industry in terms of safety and measures to improve in the future. \r\n\r\n As a result of the analysis, it was evident that management of the construction organizations in Saudi Arabia needs to focus on its effective framing and implementation of safety policy measures into organizations not only to improve their organizational culture but also to enhance their performance as a whole. \r\n "> <meta name="citation_fulltext_html_url" content="https://www.longdom.org/open-access/the-safety-policies-practiced-in-the-construction-industry-of-saudi-arabia-25446.html"> <meta name="citation_pdf_url" content="https://www.longdom.org/open-access/the-safety-policies-practiced-in-the-construction-industry-of-saudi-arabia.pdf"> <meta name="citation_abstract_html_url" 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Construction Industry of Saudi Arabia</h1>  <dl class="authors"> <dt class="mb-1 font-weight-normal"><a href="https://www.longdom.org/author-profile/yasir-azmat-435642" title="Yasir Azmat " >Yasir Azmat</a><sup><a href="#corr435642" style="font-size:13px; color:blue;">*</a></sup><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-weight: 400; text-decoration:none'> and </span><a href="https://www.longdom.org/author-profile/nayef-saad-435643" title="Nayef Saad " >Nayef Saad</a></dt><dd id="a1">School of Built Environment, University of Salford, UK</dd></dl>  <sup style="font-size:13px; color:blue;">*</sup><strong>Corresponding Author:</strong> <a id="corr435642" name="corr"></a> Yasir Azmat, School of Built Environment, University of Salford, UK <strong>Email:</strong> <i class='fa fa-envelope' aria-hidden='true' title='yasir.azmat@salford.ac.uk'></i> </dl>  <p> <em> </em> </p> <div class="card bg-light mb-3"> <div class="card-body px-3 pb-0"> <h2 class="font-size-5">Abstract</h2> <p>Globally construction industry is one of the most hazardous industry and is responsible for the occurrence many fatalities due to accidents. In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is the leader in the development of construction projects and the Saudi Arabian construction industry is recording a high number of accidents that cause injuries and fatalities. In Saudi Arabia, the implementation of safety policies and achieving an adequate safety culture is one of the key challenges. Construction firms contain well-equipped safety policy but lack of implementation of safety policy is a concern. Safety culture and overall safety performance require proper development and implementation of safety policy. Nonetheless, this subject matter has evoked quite a significant deal of debate in the current phenomenon. Correspondingly, a framework has been developed in this paper, addressing the issue of safety culture in the all-round development within the Saudi Arabian Construction industry.</p> <p>\r\n\r\n</p> <p>The study is based on the interpretivism philosophy along with the deductive approach to assess the issues related to safety within the construction industry of Saudi Arabia. It will then focus on framing and implementing policy as well as a framework into the regular proceedings to improvise the safety culture therein. Besides, the use of the mixed research approach and multiple research strategies has contributed immensely in providing a comprehensive and justified discussion on the issue of concern. Data has accordingly been collected from both primary and secondary sources, which were then analyzed qualitatively and interpreted using the thematic analysis tool. The collected data were also analyzed quantitatively using the SPSS software, where they were tested for reliability and significance differences. ANOVA and correlation testing were also conducted on the collected data to assess the position of the Saudi Arabian construction industry in terms of safety and measures to improve in the future.</p> <p>\r\n\r\n</p> <p>As a result of the analysis, it was evident that <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> of the construction organizations in Saudi Arabia needs to focus on its effective framing and implementation of safety policy measures into organizations not only to improve their organizational culture but also to enhance their performance as a whole.</p> <p>\r\n</p> </div> </div> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Safety policy in construction industry; Saudi Arabian construction industry; Organizational culture in Saudi Arabia; Safety culture in construction </p>  <h4>Introduction</h4> <div class='text-justify'> <p>Poor safety performance has always been a significant issue of concern for the Saudi Arabian governmental as well as private organizations. Saudi Arabian construction industry is large and expanding with immense structure and manpower but Aldhafeeri [<a href="#1" title="1">1</a>] reported that between 2003-2013, the construction industry had the biggest share in the number of injuries resulting from accidents. The occurrence of a high number of accidents in the Saudi Arabian construction industry is a major concern. Although various strategic measures have been applied till date to counter the hazards and risks faced by the employee in the industry, critics have been arguing regarding the effectiveness of the policies implemented therein. Mosly [<a href="#2" title="2">2</a>] emphasized the importance of adequate safety policy in the Saudi Arabian construction and argued that there is an urgent need of improved safety policies. In order to improve the safety performance construction industry is implementing many strategies such as technology inclusion, generating awareness amid the workforce, and taking proper precautionary measures through training. However, the construction industry is still considered as one of the highest-risk industries, depicting low safety improvements until now. As revealed by Mosly, only in 2014, the industry had recorded 69,242 accidents, which was approximately 51% of the total workplace accidents recorded in the year as compared to other industries of Saudi Arabia. Inadequate safety policies have been recognized as one of the key factor impacting safety performance. Haadir, et al. [<a href="#3" title="3">3</a>] criticized the safety policies implemented in the Saudi Arabian construction sector, assessing those as ineffective to ensure highest safety standards in working sites. The causes of such ineffectiveness have often been vague to the policy developers, which in turn affect the successful accomplishment of the safety-related objectives. Possible challenges, as identified by Mosly [<a href="#2" title="2">2</a>] may include the lack of managerial effectiveness to deal with the intensely diverse workforce and their varying beliefs concerning safety. Moreover, the lack of effective leadership practices also might contribute to the risk factors. This paper thus explores the contributors of the safety hazards in the Saudi Arabian construction industry, with critical emphasis on the safety policies implemented therein. Further suggestions will also be framed aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the safety policies implemented in the industry.</p> </div> <h4>Literature Review</h4> <div class='text-justify'> <p>Saudi Arabia is in the development phase and is witnessing the construction of mega projects in different regions of the country. According to Awad and Smith [<a href="#4" title="4">4</a>,<a href="#5" title="5">5</a>], the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), despite its rapid growth in the construction industry of the Middle East region does not pay much heed to safety. Shoult [<a href="#6" title="6">6</a>] also asserted according to the growing demand of the construction industry in Saudi Arabia, which influences people all around the globe to invest as well as be employed in this sector. It is thus that both Awad and Smith [<a href="#4" title="4">4</a>,<a href="#5" title="5">5</a>] had argued that instead of directly focussing on safety policies, the construction industry of Saudi Arabia assesses techniques to manage the increasing accidental expenses and diminishing the delays caused in the completion of construction as a result of accidents [<a href="#4" title="4">4</a>,<a href="#5" title="5">5</a>]. Albogamy et al. [<a href="#7" title="7">7</a>] has also clearly highlighted upon the fact that the construction industry of KSA considers delays in their projects to be a matter of deep concern and hence, lacks proper assessment techniques when determining the safety issues. Hence, to eradicate the issue from its roots, Mosly [<a href="#2" title="2">2</a>] stated that it is essential to frame effective safety policies and implement them in the regular course of actions by the individuals associated with the Saudi Arabian construction industry. Friedman [<a href="#8" title="8">8</a>] also affirmed its significance to personal commitment and responsibility of the individuals, as the most significant aspect behind the implementation of safety policies within the workplace.</p> <p><strong>Overview of Saudi Arabian construction industry safety performance</strong></p> <p>Saudi Arabian construction industry is large and expanding with significant structure and manpower but it constitutes almost half of the occurrence of accidents as compared to other industries [<a href="#2" title="2">2</a>]. In Saudi Arabia, Government Organisation of Social Insurance (GOSI) estimates that 122,645 occupational injuries were recorded between 2015 and 2016 (GOSI, 2018). GOSI (2018) statistics show that construction, <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/trade-28644.html'>trade</a> and manufacturing sector were responsible for most of the number of injuries at the workplace. In 2015, the Saudi Arabian construction industry recorded the highest number of work-related injuries which were 26,982 cases (Construction week online, 2016). GOSI states the construction industry was responsible for 24,760 work-related injuries which account for 46.36% of total recorded occupational injuries in 2016. Statistics show that in 2015, 35,552 occupational injuries were recorded by GOSI in the construction industry which account for 51.35% of the total occupational injuries (GOSI, 2018). In 2014, 69,000 accidents were reported at the workplace and 51% pertain to the construction sector of Saudi Arabia [<a href="#9" title="9">9</a>]. Aldhafeeri [<a href="#1" title="1">1</a>] reported that between 2003-2013, the Saudi Arabian construction industry had the biggest share in the number of injuries resulting from accidents as shown in <strong>Figure 1</strong>.</p> <div class="card card-block card-header mb-2"> <div class="row flex-items-xs-middle"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-2 col-md-3"><a href="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-industries-8-242-g001.png" target="_blank"><img alt="ergonomics-industries" class="media-object img-fluid" src="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-industries-8-242-g001.png" title="ergonomics-industries" /></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-10 col-md-9"> <p><strong>Figure 1:</strong> Number of the injuries in all industries in Saudi Arabia.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>In recent years many construction accidents are reported that caused fatalities and injuries to the workers. In 2015, one of the deadliest construction accident occurred in Makkah when a crane collapsed due to strong wind and heavy rains and resulted in killing more than 100 people while injuring more than 250 people [<a href="#10" title="10">10</a>]. In 2015 another accident occurred in the city of Qasim, where ten workers lost their lives at a construction project when <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/concrete-27592.html'>concrete</a> columns collapsed due to overload while <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/concrete-27592.html'>concrete</a> pouring was underway [<a href="#11" title="11">11</a>]. Aldhafeeri [<a href="#1" title="1">1</a>] reported that 14 fatalities and 29 injuries occurred in the construction sites situated at cities of Makkah, Najran, Qasim, and Riyadh. In 2010, at the construction project of King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, five workers died who were working on a scaffold which collapsed [<a href="#12" title="12">12</a>].</p> <p>Injuries suffered by workers due to occupational accidents cost around USD 461 million. Cost of accidents in the construction industry assumed that the cost of accidents in the industry is roughly 40% to 50% of the total cost because the proportion of the construction accidents is based on 40% to 50% of the total accidents in the all industries in Saudi Arabia [<a href="#11" title="11">11</a>].</p> <p>Statistics from GOSI suggests that foreign manpower is mostly involved with the site activities and experiences more injuries by accidents compared to Saudi manpower. In the Saudi Arabian construction industry expatriates are working for most of the jobs ranging from low skill positions to highly trained positions [<a href="#13" title="13">13</a>]. GOSI shows that in the construction industry between 2015 to 2016, expatriates (59,142) suffered the most work-related injuries in the construction industry as compared to Saudi nationals (790) (<strong>Table 1</strong>).</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th rowspan="2">Economic Activity</th> <th colspan="2">Saudi</th> <th colspan="2">Non-Saudi</th> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th colspan="2">Percentage (%)</th> </tr> <tr> <th>2016</th> <th>2015</th> <th>2016</th> <th>2015</th> <th>2016</th> <th>2015</th> <th>2016</th> <th>2015</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Construction</td> <td>309</td> <td>481</td> <td>24,760</td> <td>35,071</td> <td>24,760</td> <td>35,552</td> <td>46.36%</td> <td>51.35%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Trade</td> <td>368</td> <td>544</td> <td>11,471</td> <td>12,404</td> <td>11,471</td> <td>12,948</td> <td>21.48%</td> <td>18.70%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Manufacturing</td> <td>903</td> <td>1,242</td> <td>8,589</td> <td>10,158</td> <td>8,589</td> <td>11,400</td> <td>16.08%</td> <td>16.46%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 1:</strong> Work Injuries by Establishment Economic Activity between 2015 and 2016.</p> <p>Most of the unskilled workers in the Saudi Arabian construction industry are from Asian countries: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Philippines. According to the Nepali embassy in Riyadh, since 2000 around 3,000 workers from Nepal died in Saudi Arabia [<a href="#14" title="14">14</a>]. Nepali embassy mentions the reasons for the death of so many Nepali workers is working in extreme conditions and difference in the cultural environment [<a href="#14" title="14">14</a>]. In Khobar, Al-Dawood [<a href="#15" title="15">15</a>] reported that due to occupational injuries, only 1.5% of the Saudis were admitted in the private hospitals. Meanwhile, expatriates’ workers constitute 98.5% of the reported admissions in private hospitals (Al-Dawood [<a href="#15" title="15">15</a>]. Saad [<a href="#16" title="16">16</a>] pinned that workers are mostly from Asian countries and they don’t speak or understand English or Arabic whereas, the supervisors are mostly Arabic speaking so lack of proper communication and understanding is one of the reasons for worker’s involvement in the occurrence of the accidents. In Saudi Arabia, there is no government health and safety regulatory authority [<a href="#16" title="16">16</a>] so construction companies have the freedom to plan and implement safety policy of their choice and sometimes safety policy is only documented and not implemented especially in the small-sized construction companies due to no accountability by any regulatory authority. Erogul and Alyami pinned that in Saudi Arabia, lack of clear national policies, systems, and programs is a reason behind the lack of safety practices in the construction industry as employers are found ignoring their responsibilities in the provision of the safe working environment.</p> <p>The report presented by the Government of Alberta and Reese [<a href="#17" title="17">17</a>] further stressed upon the fact that maintaining health and safety within a workplace is the basic step of managing an organization, as it contributes largely in the promotion of competency and consistent performance of the workforce. Chen et al. [<a href="#18" title="18">18</a>] highlighted that implementation of adequate safety policy helped in an increase of safety performance and decrease in incidents by the enforcement of an increasingly more comprehensive construction safety act that brought about greater safety awareness. Pérezgonzález [<a href="#19" title="19">19</a>] mentions that in 1970, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was launched in the USA and in 1974 UK launched Health and Safety at Work Act (HASWA) to provide certain necessary health and safety guidelines for the contractors, workers, managers as well as the sub-contractors to ensure employee health and safety is being maintained at the workplace. However, certain authorities, such as the supervisors, refused to comply with the safety norms, as they believed it was not their responsibility to be concerned with the possibilities of safety hazards or accidents within the workplace [<a href="#19" title="19">19</a>].</p> <p>According to Halwatura [<a href="#20" title="20">20</a>], the factors of safety, as well as health, are indeed a matter of deep concern for all types of the organization. The construction industry is herewith regarded as most hazardous due to the innumerable hazards and accidents taking place therein. The workat heights, deep excavations, and lifting operations at complex sites are considered the most common reasons behind the safety-related issues of the construction industry. As inferred from the records of Construction Industry Health and Safety Strategy, from 2004 to 2010, due to the recruitment of unskilled workers in a particular industry the instances of workplace accidents have increased considerably. Researchers have emphasized the importance of the implementation of adequate safety culture to minimize accidents. Safety culture and safety program is vital for the improvement of safety performance and the prevention of accidents [<a href="#18" title="18">18</a>,<a href="#21" title="21">21</a>,<a href="#22" title="22">22</a>]. Hence, it is important that the construction industry develops a safety culture within its organization by framing and implementing the safety policies to the maximum level possible. In agreement to this, Alrashed et al. opined that the construction industry of Saudi Arabia encounters hazards and risks in varied segments of its <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/business-12012.html'>business</a> activities, which implies that it is of great significance that the stakeholders learn the processes of risk identification and mitigation to make sure that root causes of the risks and hazards are controlled and will improvise the safety culture therein.</p> </div> <h4>Methods</h4> <div class='text-justify'> <p>This study was prepared with a focus on creating a framework to establish an association between safety and culture, pertaining to safety performance within the construction department of Saudi Arabia. The interpretivism philosophy was implemented in the study as the basic characteristics of the human respondents were to be identified with the determination of their active involvement in the cultural and social life [<a href="#23" title="23">23</a>]. The selection of this philosophy has thus helped in understanding the variations in the thought-processes of individuals associated with the Saudi Arabian Construction Industry, who were selected as respondents for the research process [<a href="#24" title="24">24</a>]. Stating precisely, the research process comprises the use of deductive strategy to formulate the framework and improve the safety culture and performance of the construction projects therein. The aptness of selecting this strategy lies in the completion of the research by following a particular pattern as represented in the below illustration (<strong>Figures 2.1</strong> and <strong>2.2</strong>). This has, in turn, helped in obtaining effective supervision and funding for the completion of the study [<a href="#12" title="12">12</a>,<a href="#25" title="25">25</a>].</p> <div class="card card-block card-header mb-2"> <div class="row flex-items-xs-middle"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-2 col-md-3"><a href="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-Research-methods-8-242-g002a.png" target="_blank"><img alt="ergonomics-Research-methods" class="media-object img-fluid" src="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-Research-methods-8-242-g002a.png" title="ergonomics-Research-methods" /></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-10 col-md-9"> <p><strong>Figure 2.1:</strong> Research methods used.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card-block card-header mb-2"> <div class="row flex-items-xs-middle"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-2 col-md-3"><a href="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-Deductive-strategy-8-242-g002b.png" target="_blank"><img alt="ergonomics-Deductive-strategy" class="media-object img-fluid" src="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-Deductive-strategy-8-242-g002b.png" title="ergonomics-Deductive-strategy" /></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-10 col-md-9"> <p><strong>Figure 2.2:</strong> Deductive strategy as used in the research process.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Moreover, the study consists of multiple research strategies, which go well with the complicated approach of the interpretivism philosophy. The various strategies that have been used in the research process are interview, multiple case studies and a questionnaire survey [<a href="#25" title="25">25</a>]. The multiple case study approach included three construction companies of Saudi-Arabia, which entailed a government concern and 2 private organizations. The case studies helped in deriving a clear understanding of the complex issue of safety culture practiced within the Saudi-Arabian construction projects from past records, available in the form of official reports and documents provided voluntarily by the participating organizations [<a href="#26" title="26">26</a>]. The outcomes of the case study analysis were hence justified with primary data collected through interviews and questionnaire surveys conducted on a similar issue of concern. The use of both the strategies had accordingly helped in deriving confirmatory outcomes related to the perceptions of the selected respondents [<a href="#27" title="27">27</a>]. The questionnaire survey was also conducted among 250 respondents, out of which only 135 were selected for the final research. This survey involved the individuals associated with all the three levels of management, namely the directors, supervisors, and managers as well as the operational foremen and leaders (operational level). The interview process included a total of 15 respondents with experiences in different job roles of the Saudi Arabian construction industry, as stated below in the form of a <strong>Table 2</strong>.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th>Interviewees</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Experience</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Foreman</td> <td>7 (3 years on-site; 4 as foreman)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Foreman</td> <td>10 (4 years on-site; 6 as foreman)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Safety officer</td> <td>7 years on site as safety officer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Safety officer</td> <td>9 years on site as safety officer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Safety Engineer</td> <td>12 years on site as safety Engineer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Safety Engineer</td> <td>16 (7 as foreman; 9 years on site as safety Engineer)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Architectural Engineer</td> <td>10 years as Architectural Engineer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Architectural Engineer</td> <td>20 years as Architectural Engineer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Mechanical Engineer</td> <td>19 years as Mechanical Engineer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Electrical Engineer</td> <td>24 years as Electrical Engineer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Civil Engineer</td> <td>17 years as Civil Engineer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Site supervisor</td> <td>22 (8 years as Engineer, 14 years as site supervisor)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Project Manager</td> <td>33 (10 as Civil Engineer, 23 as project manager)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Project manager</td> <td>35 (11 as Civil Engineer, 24 as project manager)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Project Manager</td> <td>27 (10 years as Civil Engineer, 20 years as project manager)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 2:</strong> List of 15 Interviewees.</p> <p>To maintain a proper balance of the selected strategies, the mixed method has been selected for the research, which implies that the data collected will be analyzed and evaluated using both the qualitative and quantitative approaches [<a href="#28" title="28">28</a>]. The mixed method had contributed largely to providing a theoretical discussion of the social and cultural factors along with logical and analytical descriptions. Although both the research methods are considerably different from one another, their combination in this research helped in making the study reliable and valid to the utmost level possible [<a href="#29" title="29">29</a>,<a href="#30" title="30">30</a>]. The mixed research approach was implemented on the data collected from both primary and secondary sources. Notably, secondary data were collected from credible sources available from beforehand, such as textbooks, a literary journal, magazines and newspapers along with reliable websites. Consecutively, the primary data were collected through the processes of interview and questionnaire survey [<a href="#31" title="31">31</a>,<a href="#32" title="32">32</a>].</p> <p>The collected data were then analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative analysis procedures. For the qualitative analysis, the descriptive data collected from the interview transcripts, surveys as well as the secondary sources were evaluated individually and themes were formed, based on the research aim and objectives [<a href="#33" title="33">33</a>]. Correspondingly, a quantitative analysis was conducted through the analytical data collected from the 135 questionnaires on the SPSS software. The technique of factor analysis was used for the study with the implementation of Varimax Rotation to make the variable sand factors retrieved from data simpler [<a href="#34" title="34">34</a>,<a href="#35" title="35">35</a>]. Furthermore, in order to maintain the reliability of the research procedure, a pre-test was conducted among 135 respondents comprising managers, engineers, laborers, and foremen (questionnaire) and 15 managers (interviews) and 3 construction companies (case study). It was conducted 1 month prior to the final test to avoid any kind of confusions. To ensure the validity of the research process, internal as well as external validity method was undertaken. The internal validity method referred to the assessment of changes between the outcomes of the pre-test and the final obtained results, whereas the external validity was ascertained through the use of random sampling method for the selection of respondents [<a href="#36" title="36">36</a>]. Confidentiality of the respondents’ details and data collected from them were kept confidential to the optimum level [<a href="#37" title="37">37</a>-<a href="#40" title="40">40</a>]. Besides, the ethical guideline, as per the University of Salford regulations for preparing the study, was complied with strict adherence to enhance its reliability in the academic field.</p> </div> <h4>Results And Discussion</h4> <div class='text-justify'> <p><strong>Questionnaire survey</strong></p> <p>The results of this research have been derived based on the different approaches used for data analysis. The data of the questionnaire survey was analyzed with respect to the research objectives, wherein the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of 0.94 (<strong>Table 3</strong>) depicts the sufficiency of the sample size and its adequacy in the evaluation of the principal component.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <td>KMO and Bartlett's Test</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling 940</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Adequacy.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bartlett's Test of Approx. Chi-Square 6510183</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sphericity *df 1540</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sig. 0.000</td> </tr> <tr> <td>df: It stands for Degrees of Freedom. It involves the sample size and the variables.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </thead> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 3:</strong> Sampling adequacy.</p> <p>From <strong>Table 4</strong>, it can be inferred that a total of 8 factors possesses an Eigenvalue of more than 1 and showed variances, which were different, both prior to and after the implementation of Varimax rotation.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th colspan="10">Total Variance Explained</th> </tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">Component</th> <th colspan="3">Initial Eigenvalues</th> <th colspan="3">Extraction Sums of Squared</th> <th colspan="3">Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>% of Variance</th> <th>Cumulative %</th> <th>Total</th> <th>% of Variance</th> <th>Cumulative %</th> <th>Total</th> <th>% of Variance</th> <th>Cumulative %</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>27.44</td> <td>48.994</td> <td>48.994</td> <td>27.44</td> <td>48.994</td> <td>48.994</td> <td>16.471</td> <td>29.413</td> <td>29.413</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>3.224</td> <td>5.758</td> <td>54.752</td> <td>3.224</td> <td>5.758</td> <td>54.752</td> <td>4.672</td> <td>8.343</td> <td>37.756</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>1.865</td> <td>3.33</td> <td>58.082</td> <td>1.865</td> <td>3.33</td> <td>58.082</td> <td>4.402</td> <td>7.861</td> <td>45.617</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>1.709</td> <td>3.051</td> <td>61.133</td> <td>1.709</td> <td>3.051</td> <td>61.133</td> <td>3.24</td> <td>5.785</td> <td>51.403</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>1.311</td> <td>2.341</td> <td>63.474</td> <td>1.311</td> <td>2.341</td> <td>63.474</td> <td>3.081</td> <td>5.502</td> <td>56.905</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>1.222</td> <td>2.182</td> <td>65.656</td> <td>1.222</td> <td>2.182</td> <td>65.656</td> <td>2.99</td> <td>5.34</td> <td>62.245</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>1.117</td> <td>1.995</td> <td>67.651</td> <td>1.117</td> <td>1.995</td> <td>67.651</td> <td>2.705</td> <td>4.83</td> <td>67.075</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>1.028</td> <td>1.836</td> <td>69.486</td> <td>1.028</td> <td>1.836</td> <td>69.486</td> <td>1.351</td> <td>2.412</td> <td>69.486</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>0.956</td> <td>1.707</td> <td>71.193</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>0.947</td> <td>1.692</td> <td>72.885</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>0.854</td> <td>1.526</td> <td>74.411</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>0.811</td> <td>1.448</td> <td>75.859</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>0.788</td> <td>1.408</td> <td>77.267</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>0.745</td> <td>1.331</td> <td>78.598</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>0.74</td> <td>1.322</td> <td>79.919</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>0.684</td> <td>1.221</td> <td>81.14</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>0.64</td> <td>1.142</td> <td>82.282</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>0.606</td> <td>1.082</td> <td>83.364</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>0.591</td> <td>1.055</td> <td>84.419</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>0.556</td> <td>0.993</td> <td>85.412</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>0.531</td> <td>0.948</td> <td>86.361</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>0.49</td> <td>0.875</td> <td>87.236</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>0.477</td> <td>0.851</td> <td>88.087</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>0.435</td> <td>0.777</td> <td>88.864</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.714</td> <td>89.578</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>0.387</td> <td>0.692</td> <td>90.269</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>0.359</td> <td>0.642</td> <td>90.911</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>0.342</td> <td>0.61</td> <td>91.522</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>0.339</td> <td>0.605</td> <td>92.127</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>0.31</td> <td>0.553</td> <td>92.68</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>0.291</td> <td>0.52</td> <td>93.201</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>32</td> <td>0.283</td> <td>0.505</td> <td>93.706</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>33</td> <td>0.276</td> <td>0.494</td> <td>94.199</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td>0.263</td> <td>0.47</td> <td>94.669</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>35</td> <td>0.25</td> <td>0.446</td> <td>95.116</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>36</td> <td>0.237</td> <td>0.422</td> <td>95.538</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>37</td> <td>0.221</td> <td>0.395</td> <td>95.934</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>38</td> <td>0.208</td> <td>0.371</td> <td>96.305</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>39</td> <td>0.184</td> <td>0.328</td> <td>96.633</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>40</td> <td>0.18</td> <td>0.321</td> <td>96.954</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>41</td> <td>0.165</td> <td>0.294</td> <td>97.248</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>42</td> <td>0.16</td> <td>0.285</td> <td>97.533</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>43</td> <td>0.148</td> <td>0.264</td> <td>97.797</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>44</td> <td>0.145</td> <td>0.258</td> <td>98.055</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>45</td> <td>0.134</td> <td>0.239</td> <td>98.294</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>46</td> <td>0.122</td> <td>0.218</td> <td>98.512</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>47</td> <td>0.118</td> <td>0.211</td> <td>98.722</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>48</td> <td>0.108</td> <td>0.193</td> <td>98.915</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>49</td> <td>0.102</td> <td>0.182</td> <td>99.097</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>50</td> <td>0.095</td> <td>0.17</td> <td>99.266</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>51</td> <td>0.087</td> <td>0.156</td> <td>99.422</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>52</td> <td>0.081</td> <td>0.144</td> <td>99.566</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>53</td> <td>0.076</td> <td>0.136</td> <td>99.702</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>54</td> <td>0.059</td> <td>0.105</td> <td>99.807</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>55</td> <td>0.057</td> <td>0.102</td> <td>99.909</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>56</td> <td>0.051</td> <td>0.091</td> <td>100</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="alert alert-warning"> <p>Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.</p> </div> <p><strong>Table 4:</strong> Eigenvalue and total variances (before and after implementing varimax rotation) for individual components.</p> <p>The rotated component matrix and Eigenvalue based on the factors provided below in the <strong>Tables 5</strong>-<strong>10</strong>, with some factors were deleted for its irrelevancy to the research process.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <th colspan="8">Component</th> </tr> <tr> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>6</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>B15</td> <td>The company's safety culture forces us to wear personal protective equipment.</td> <td>0.83</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B3</td> <td>The advantages of safety culture is to make people receive the necessary training to avoid accidents and maintain safety.</td> <td>0.78</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A1</td> <td>Management commitment is needed for safety Policy implementation.</td> <td>0.77</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A5</td> <td>One of the Safety procedures is to use ergonomic and suitable machinery and equipment in the projects.</td> <td>0.77</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>D1</td> <td>Implementing the right safety policies significantly contribute to the success of a safety performance</td> <td>0.76</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B14</td> <td>The company's safety culture is training us how to respect the instructions given by our guide.</td> <td>0.76</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A12</td> <td>Stable safety culture gives Managers a full understanding of what they and we should do regarding safety.</td> <td>0.75</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A2</td> <td>In <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> meetings Feedback on safety is very important.</td> <td>0.74</td> <td>0.4</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A4</td> <td>Project leadership considers that Safety has to be constantly implemented every time and everywhere.</td> <td>0.73</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>C1</td> <td>Strong safety culture gives the company to maintain best practice that cannot fall into safety problems.</td> <td>0.73</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B8</td> <td>The company's safety culture has to assign someone that makes us aware of safety issues.</td> <td>0.72</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B16</td> <td>The company's safety culture gives penalty to people who not wearing protective gear at the workplace.</td> <td>0.71</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B13</td> <td>Effective Safety culture requires the employee to be trained for the safety of co-workers and work equipment.</td> <td>0.71</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B1</td> <td>The company trains all employees that the words “SAFETY FIRST” have a significant meaning.</td> <td>0.69</td> <td>0.4</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B4</td> <td>One of the company's safety culture procedures is to train people on first aid and emergency procedures.</td> <td>0.68</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B7</td> <td>The company's safety culture makes our manager/supervisor checks that we can do the job safely.</td> <td>0.67</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B6</td> <td>The company's safety culture is that all employees get trained in safe work procedures* for their jobs.</td> <td>0.65</td> <td>0.42</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A13</td> <td>A strong safety culture gives <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> how to get involved in safety issues.</td> <td>0.65</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A14</td> <td>Safety culture means that Managers/Supervisors know what to say and to do regarding safety matters.</td> <td>0.65</td> <td>0.42</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A11</td> <td>A positive and strong safety culture has given top <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> greater ability to initiate effective safety policies.</td> <td>0.64</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>C4</td> <td>Poor safety culture strategies have led to failure in implementation of safety policies.</td> <td>0.62</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B2</td> <td>The company's safety culture is to train people by their Leaders/Supervisors.</td> <td>0.59</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A9</td> <td>Management systems and behaviour has priority in Safety culture model.</td> <td>0.58</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A10</td> <td>Non-commitment to safety culture procedure has caused a failure in safety policies.</td> <td>0.57</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.45</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>C9</td> <td>The impact of safety culture gives best practice in competence, attitude, commitment and value for a free accident site.</td> <td>0.57</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.44</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A15</td> <td>The company's safety culture procedure that there is notice board has a poster about injury management</td> <td>0.56</td> <td>0.42</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>D9</td> <td>A sign of the important of safety within organisation is that If we report a serious problem where someone could get hurt, they take an urgent action.</td> <td>0.55</td> <td>0.43</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>C10</td> <td>Poor safety culture implementation makes no one would really care if I didn’t follow a safety instruction.</td> <td>0.5</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B12</td> <td>Due to the strength of safety culture, we always get feedback (e.g. minutes, tool box talks) on what’s happening with our safety issues within seven days.</td> <td>0.44</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>.</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 5:</strong> Rotated component matrix for those under factor 1.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>6</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>C5</td> <td>People do understand how safety culture impacts on safety performance.</td> <td> </td> <td>0.74</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>D10</td> <td>The importance of safety culture makes the company resources/money are mostly focus on safety within projects.</td> <td> </td> <td>0.63</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A3</td> <td>During <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> meetings' agenda, safety discussion comes first.</td> <td> </td> <td>0.6</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 6:</strong> Rotated component matrix for those under factor 2.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>6</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>D11</td> <td>The clashes in <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> responsibilities have made some managers/supervisors not get involved in safety culture.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.77</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B11</td> <td>Due to the poor safety culture procedures, we don't do risk assessments when we start a new process or when a process is changed.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.6</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>D12</td> <td>Lack of knowledge in the workplace toward safety culture indicated that Managers/supervisors don't mean what they say or do what they say, in safety matters.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.54</td> <td>0.43</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>C3</td> <td>Poor safety culture intends to non-commitment to best practices to either cut cost or ensures fast production.</td> <td>0.41</td> <td> </td> <td>0.52</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 7:</strong> Rotated component matrix for those under factor 3.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>6</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>C12</td> <td>Non-commitment to best practice gives feeling like safety culture does not matter or influence on safety performance.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.6</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>D3</td> <td>Our poor safety culture makes us not caring to communicate with managers about health and safety.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.5</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 8:</strong> Rotated component matrix for those under factor 4.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>6</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>A6</td> <td>One of the safety cultures within an organization that there is a reward system based on observation of safety.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.7</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A7</td> <td>Management encourages by giving a reward based on observation of safety.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.68</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>A8</td> <td>One of safety culture that there is a system in place for appraisal regarding safety.</td> <td>0.49</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.53</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 9:</strong> Rotated component matrix for those under factor 5.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>6</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>D8</td> <td>No one of Health & Safety department reviews safe work procedures after an incident report to try to find out why an incident happened and how to fix it.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.76</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>C8</td> <td>The company's safety culture does not give us enough time to learn our safe work procedures.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.75</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>D5</td> <td>The clashes in <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>Management</a> rules toward safety make us not always report safety incidents.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.44</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.5</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>D4</td> <td>There is a safety-reporting procedure, but poor implementation of safety culture makes us sometimes use them.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.41</td> <td> </td> <td>0.46</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>B5</td> <td>One of the company's safety culture disadvantages isn't everyone getting induction training when they start.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.44</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>C6</td> <td>Poor safety culture has led company <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> not to work out all the jobs/tasks in the area that have safety risks.</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.43</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 10:</strong> Rotated component matrix for those under factor 6.</p> <p><strong>Table 11</strong> provided below depicts the results of Chronbach’s alpha (reliability) for the six factors, which were selected based on the outcomes of the Principal Component Analysis. Factor 1 with 29 items was found to be most reliable in nature, whereas factor 4 with 2 elements was the least reliable of all.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th>Factor</th> <th>Items</th> <th>Cronbach’s alpha</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Factor 1: Commitment to Safety Procedure, Training & Practices.</td> <td>29</td> <td>0.92</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Factor 2: Importance of Safety Culture within Organisation.</td> <td>3</td> <td>0.79</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Factor 3: The influence of poor knowledge about Safety Culture at Workplace</td> <td>4</td> <td>0.81</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Factor 4: Safety Culture value for employees in the organisation</td> <td>2</td> <td>0.65</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Factor 5: The reward <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> system applications and employee performance toward safety culture</td> <td>3</td> <td>0.78</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Factor 6: Poor implementation of safety culture within an organisation</td> <td>6</td> <td>0.81</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 11:</strong> Cronbach’s alpha reliability test (6 selected factors).</p> <p>The descriptive statistics for factors 1-6 are provided below in <strong>Tables 12</strong>-<strong>18</strong> whereby the rankings have also been made in each factor based on their respective mean values, the histograms for factors provided in <strong>Figure 3.1</strong>.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th> </th> <th>S.D</th> <th>D.</th> <th>N</th> <th>A</th> <th>SA</th> <th>M</th> <th>SD</th> <th>Rank</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The company's safety culture forces us to wear personal protective equipment.</td> <td>14</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>41</td> <td>50</td> <td>3.7259</td> <td>1.34069</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10.40%</td> <td>11.10%</td> <td>11.10%</td> <td>30.40%</td> <td>37.00%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The advantages of safety culture is to make people receive the necessary training to avoid accidents and maintain safety.</td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>19</td> <td>34</td> <td>58</td> <td>3.8148</td> <td>1.36144</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11.90%</td> <td>5.90%</td> <td>14.10%</td> <td>25.20%</td> <td>43.00%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Management commitment is needed for safety Policy implementation.</td> <td>21</td> <td>11</td> <td>8</td> <td>38</td> <td>57</td> <td>3.7333</td> <td>1.46705</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15.60%</td> <td>8.10%</td> <td>5.90%</td> <td>28.10%</td> <td>42.20%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">One of the Safety procedures is to use ergonomic and suitable machinery and equipment in the projects.</td> <td>11</td> <td>15</td> <td>18</td> <td>38</td> <td>53</td> <td>3.7926</td> <td>1.29348</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8.10%</td> <td>11.10%</td> <td>13.30%</td> <td>28.10%</td> <td>39.30%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Implementing the right safety policies significantly contribute to the success of a safety performance</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>16</td> <td>58</td> <td>36</td> <td>3.6889</td> <td>1.21843</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8.90%</td> <td>9.60%</td> <td>11.90%</td> <td>43.00%</td> <td>26.70%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The company's safety culture is training us how to respect the instructions given by our guide.</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>21</td> <td>46</td> <td>44</td> <td>3.7333</td> <td>1.24109</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8.10%</td> <td>9.60%</td> <td>15.60%</td> <td>34.10%</td> <td>32.60%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Stable safety culture gives Managers a full understanding of what they and we should do regarding safety.</td> <td>18</td> <td>7</td> <td>22</td> <td>51</td> <td>37</td> <td>3.6074</td> <td>1.30496</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13.30%</td> <td>5.20%</td> <td>16.30%</td> <td>37.80%</td> <td>27.40%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">In <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> meetings Feedback on safety is very important.</td> <td>14</td> <td>15</td> <td>18</td> <td>47</td> <td>41</td> <td>3.637</td> <td>1.30216</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10.40%</td> <td>11.10%</td> <td>13.30%</td> <td>34.80%</td> <td>30.40%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Project leadership considers that Safety has to be constantly implemented every time and everywhere.</td> <td>16</td> <td>13</td> <td>19</td> <td>37</td> <td>50</td> <td>3.6815</td> <td>1.36945</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11.90%</td> <td>9.60%</td> <td>14.10%</td> <td>27.40%</td> <td>37.00%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Strong safety culture gives the company to maintain best practice that cannot fall into safety problems.</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>24</td> <td>47</td> <td>42</td> <td>3.7185</td> <td>1.23174</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8.90%</td> <td>7.40%</td> <td>17.80%</td> <td>34.80%</td> <td>31.10%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The company's safety culture has to assign someone that makes us aware of safety issues.</td> <td>17</td> <td>9</td> <td>22</td> <td>48</td> <td>39</td> <td>3.6148</td> <td>1.31004</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12.60%</td> <td>6.70%</td> <td>16.30%</td> <td>35.60%</td> <td>28.90%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The company's safety culture gives penalty to people who not wearing protective gear at the workplace.</td> <td>11</td> <td>20</td> <td>30</td> <td>32</td> <td>42</td> <td>3.5481</td> <td>1.29129</td> <td>14</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8.10%</td> <td>14.80%</td> <td>22.20%</td> <td>23.70%</td> <td>31.10%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Safety culture adjustment is the ability of an employee to be trained for the safety of co-workers and work equipment.</td> <td>14</td> <td>11</td> <td>32</td> <td>48</td> <td>30</td> <td>3.5111</td> <td>1.22088</td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10.40%</td> <td>8.10%</td> <td>23.70%</td> <td>35.60%</td> <td>22.20%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The company trains all employees that the words “SAFETY FIRST” have a significant meaning.</td> <td>11</td> <td>21</td> <td>14</td> <td>27</td> <td>62</td> <td>3.8</td> <td>1.3757</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8.10%</td> <td>15.60%</td> <td>10.40%</td> <td>20.00%</td> <td>45.90%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">One of the company's safety culture procedures is to train people on first aid and emergency procedures.</td> <td>13</td> <td>11</td> <td>22</td> <td>44</td> <td>45</td> <td>3.7185</td> <td>1.27345</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9.60%</td> <td>8.10%</td> <td>16.30%</td> <td>32.60%</td> <td>33.30%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The company's safety culture makes our manager/supervisor checks that we can do the job safely.</td> <td>9</td> <td>17</td> <td>31</td> <td>42</td> <td>36</td> <td>3.5852</td> <td>1.19941</td> <td>10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6.70%</td> <td>12.60%</td> <td>23.00%</td> <td>31.10%</td> <td>26.70%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The company's safety culture is that all employees get trained in safe work procedures* for their jobs.</td> <td>15</td> <td>11</td> <td>29</td> <td>43</td> <td>37</td> <td>3.563</td> <td>1.27904</td> <td>13</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11.10%</td> <td>8.10%</td> <td>21.50%</td> <td>31.90%</td> <td>27.40%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">A strong safety culture gives <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> how to get involved in safety issues.</td> <td>12</td> <td>17</td> <td>24</td> <td>51</td> <td>31</td> <td>3.5333</td> <td>1.22657</td> <td>16</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8.90%</td> <td>12.60%</td> <td>17.80%</td> <td>37.80%</td> <td>23.00%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Safety culture means that Managers/Supervisors know what to say and to do regarding safety matters.</td> <td>8</td> <td>19</td> <td>18</td> <td>46</td> <td>44</td> <td>3.7333</td> <td>1.22292</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5.90%</td> <td>14.10%</td> <td>13.30%</td> <td>34.10%</td> <td>32.60%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">A positive and strong safety culture has given top <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> greater ability to initiate effective safety policies.</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>22</td> <td>48</td> <td>35</td> <td>3.5407</td> <td>1.29155</td> <td>15</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11.10%</td> <td>11.10%</td> <td>16.30%</td> <td>35.60%</td> <td>25.90%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Poor safety culture strategies have led to failure in implementation of safety policies.</td> <td>13</td> <td>18</td> <td>22</td> <td>43</td> <td>39</td> <td>3.5704</td> <td>1.29604</td> <td>12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9.60%</td> <td>13.30%</td> <td>16.30%</td> <td>31.90%</td> <td>28.90%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The company's safety culture is to train people by their Leaders/Supervisors.</td> <td>9</td> <td>20</td> <td>25</td> <td>46</td> <td>35</td> <td>3.5778</td> <td>1.21229</td> <td>11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6.70%</td> <td>14.80%</td> <td>18.50%</td> <td>34.10%</td> <td>25.90%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Management systems and behaviour has priority in Safety culture model.</td> <td>10</td> <td>14</td> <td>31</td> <td>46</td> <td>34</td> <td>3.5926</td> <td>1.18634</td> <td>10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7.40%</td> <td>10.40%</td> <td>23.00%</td> <td>34.10%</td> <td>25.20%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Non-commitment to safety culture procedure has caused a failure in safety policies.</td> <td>11</td> <td>19</td> <td>24</td> <td>43</td> <td>37</td> <td>3.5672</td> <td>1.25924</td> <td>12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8.20%</td> <td>14.20%</td> <td>17.90%</td> <td>32.10%</td> <td>27.60%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The impact of safety culture gives best practice in competence, attitude, commitment and value for a free accident site.</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>15</td> <td>51</td> <td>35</td> <td>3.5185</td> <td>1.33747</td> <td>17</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12.60%</td> <td>12.60%</td> <td>11.10%</td> <td>37.80%</td> <td>25.90%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The company's safety culture procedure that there is notice board has a poster about injury management</td> <td>14</td> <td>16</td> <td>32</td> <td>42</td> <td>31</td> <td>3.4444</td> <td>1.25583</td> <td>20</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10.40%</td> <td>11.90%</td> <td>23.70%</td> <td>31.10%</td> <td>23.00%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">A sign of the important of safety within organisation is that If we report a serious problem where someone could get hurt, they take an urgent</td> <td>19</td> <td>12</td> <td>23</td> <td>44</td> <td>37</td> <td>3.5037</td> <td>1.35423</td> <td>19</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14.10%</td> <td>8.90%</td> <td>17.00%</td> <td>32.60%</td> <td>27.40%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Poor safety culture implementation makes no one would really care if I didn’t follow a safety instruction.</td> <td>20</td> <td>11</td> <td>26</td> <td>47</td> <td>31</td> <td>3.4296</td> <td>1.33014</td> <td>21</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14.80%</td> <td>8.10%</td> <td>19.30%</td> <td>34.80%</td> <td>23.00%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Due to the strength of safety culture, we always get feedback (e.g.minutes, tool box talks) on what’s happening with our safety issues</td> <td>17</td> <td>22</td> <td>34</td> <td>39</td> <td>23</td> <td>3.2148</td> <td>1.266</td> <td>22</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12.60%</td> <td>16.30%</td> <td>25.20%</td> <td>28.90%</td> <td>17.00%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 12:</strong> Descriptive statistics for factor 1.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th> </th> <th>S.D</th> <th>D.</th> <th>N.</th> <th>A.</th> <th>S.A.</th> <th>M</th> <th>SD.</th> <th>Rank</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="2">People do understand how safety culture impacts on safety performance.</td> <td>9</td> <td>33</td> <td>30</td> <td>36</td> <td>27</td> <td>3.2889</td> <td>1.22698</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6.70%</td> <td>24.40%</td> <td>22.20%</td> <td>26.70%</td> <td>20.00%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The importance of safety culture makes the company resources/money are mostly focus on safety within projects.</td> <td>19</td> <td>13</td> <td>42</td> <td>43</td> <td>18</td> <td>3.2074</td> <td>1.21616</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14.10%</td> <td>9.60%</td> <td>31.10%</td> <td>31.90%</td> <td>13.30%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">During <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> meetings' agenda, safety discussion comes first.</td> <td>6</td> <td>20</td> <td>39</td> <td>34</td> <td>36</td> <td>3.5481</td> <td>1.16362</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.40%</td> <td>14.80%</td> <td>28.90%</td> <td>25.20%</td> <td>26.70%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 13:</strong> Descriptive statistics for factor 2.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th> </th> <th>S.D</th> <th>D.</th> <th>N.</th> <th>A.</th> <th>S.A</th> <th>Mean</th> <th>SD.</th> <th>Rank</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The clashes in <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> responsibilities have made some managers/supervisors not get involved in safety culture.</td> <td>14</td> <td>34</td> <td>26</td> <td>46</td> <td>15</td> <td>3.1037</td> <td>1.20493</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10.40%</td> <td>25.20%</td> <td>19.30%</td> <td>34.10%</td> <td>11.10%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Due  to  the  poor  safety culture  procedures,  we  don't do risk assessments when we start a new process or when a process is</td> <td>22</td> <td>20</td> <td>36</td> <td>35</td> <td>22</td> <td>3.1111</td> <td>1.30822</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16.30%</td> <td>14.80%</td> <td>26.70%</td> <td>25.90%</td> <td>16.30%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Lack  of  knowledge  in  the  workplace  toward  safety culture indicated that Managers/supervisors don't mean what they say or</td> <td>13</td> <td>21</td> <td>34</td> <td>43</td> <td>24</td> <td>3.3259</td> <td>1.21452</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9.60%</td> <td>15.60%</td> <td>25.20%</td> <td>31.90%</td> <td>17.80%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Poor safety culture intends to non-commitment to best practices to either cut cost or ensures fast production.</td> <td>17</td> <td>13</td> <td>37</td> <td>39</td> <td>28</td> <td>3.3582</td> <td>1.27086</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12.70%</td> <td>9.70%</td> <td>27.60%</td> <td>29.10%</td> <td>20.90%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 14:</strong> Descriptive statistics for factor 3.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th> </th> <th>S.D</th> <th>D</th> <th>N</th> <th>A</th> <th>S.A</th> <th>Mean</th> <th>SD</th> <th>Rank</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Non-commitment to best practice gives feeling like safety culture does not matter or influence on safety performance.</td> <td>13</td> <td>16</td> <td>36</td> <td>50</td> <td>20</td> <td>3.3556</td> <td>1.162</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9.60%</td> <td>11.90%</td> <td>26.70%</td> <td>37.00%</td> <td>14.80%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Our poor safety culture makes us not caring to communicate with managers about health and safety.</td> <td>19</td> <td>21</td> <td>34</td> <td>35</td> <td>26</td> <td>3.2074</td> <td>1.31067</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14.10%</td> <td>15.60%</td> <td>25.20%</td> <td>25.90%</td> <td>19.30%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 15:</strong> Descriptive statistics for factor 4.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th> </th> <th>S.D</th> <th>D.</th> <th>N.</th> <th>A.</th> <th>S.A</th> <th>Mean</th> <th>SD</th> <th>Rank</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="2">One of the safety cultures within an organization that there is a reward system based on observation of safety.</td> <td>10</td> <td>14</td> <td>34</td> <td>36</td> <td>41</td> <td>3.6222</td> <td>1.22698</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7.40%</td> <td>10.40%</td> <td>25.20%</td> <td>26.70%</td> <td>30.40%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Management encourages by giving a reward based on observation of safety.</td> <td>10</td> <td>17</td> <td>37</td> <td>40</td> <td>31</td> <td>3.4815</td> <td>1.18983</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7.40%</td> <td>12.60%</td> <td>27.40%</td> <td>29.60%</td> <td>23.00%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">One of safety culture that there is a system in place for appraisal regarding safety.</td> <td>13</td> <td>15</td> <td>33</td> <td>47</td> <td>27</td> <td>3.4444</td> <td>1.20736</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9.60%</td> <td>11.10%</td> <td>24.40%</td> <td>34.80%</td> <td>20.00%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 16:</strong> Descriptive statistics for factor 5.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th> </th> <th>S.D</th> <th>D.</th> <th>N.</th> <th>A</th> <th>S.A</th> <th>Mean</th> <th>SD.</th> <th>Rank</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="2">No  one  of  Health  &  Safety  department  reviews  safe work procedures after an incident report to try to find out why an</td> <td>37</td> <td>24</td> <td>31</td> <td>23</td> <td>20</td> <td>2.7407</td> <td>1.40873</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27.40%</td> <td>17.80%</td> <td>23.00%</td> <td>17.00%</td> <td>14.80%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The company's safety culture does not give us enough time to learn our safe work procedures.</td> <td>26</td> <td>32</td> <td>40</td> <td>26</td> <td>11</td> <td>2.7333</td> <td>1.21065</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19.30%</td> <td>23.70%</td> <td>29.60%</td> <td>19.30%</td> <td>8.10%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">The clashes in <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>Management</a> rules toward safety make us not always report safety incidents.</td> <td>15</td> <td>29</td> <td>33</td> <td>40</td> <td>18</td> <td>3.1259</td> <td>1.21821</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11.10%</td> <td>21.50%</td> <td>24.40%</td> <td>29.60%</td> <td>13.30%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">There is a safety-reporting procedure, but poor implementation of safety culture makes us sometimes use them.</td> <td>11</td> <td>21</td> <td>43</td> <td>47</td> <td>13</td> <td>3.2222</td> <td>1.08357</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8.10%</td> <td>15.60%</td> <td>31.90%</td> <td>34.80%</td> <td>9.60%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">One of the company's safety culture disadvantages isn't everyone getting induction training when they start.</td> <td>22</td> <td>15</td> <td>27</td> <td>39</td> <td>32</td> <td>3.3259</td> <td>1.38127</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16.30%</td> <td>11.10%</td> <td>20.00%</td> <td>28.90%</td> <td>23.70%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Poor safety culture has led company <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> not to work out all the jobs/tasks in the area that have safety risks.</td> <td>20</td> <td>16</td> <td>36</td> <td>37</td> <td>26</td> <td>3.2444</td> <td>1.30708</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14.80%</td> <td>11.90%</td> <td>26.70%</td> <td>27.40%</td> <td>19.30%</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 17:</strong> Descriptive statistics for factor 6.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th colspan="11">Descriptive Statistics</th> </tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>N</th> <th>Range</th> <th>Minimum</th> <th>Maximum</th> <th>Mean</th> <th>Std. Deviation</th> <th colspan="2">Skewness</th> <th colspan="2">Kurtosis</th> </tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>Statistic</th> <th>Statistic</th> <th>Statistic</th> <th>Statistic</th> <th>Statistic</th> <th>Statistic</th> <th>Statistic</th> <th>Std. Error</th> <th>Statistic</th> <th>Std. Error</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Factor 1: Commitment to Safety Procedure, Training and Practices.</td> <td>135</td> <td>3.87</td> <td>1.13</td> <td>5</td> <td>3.6012</td> <td>1.00407</td> <td>-1.074</td> <td>0.209</td> <td>0.144</td> <td>0.414</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Factor 2: Importance of Safety Culture within Organisation</td> <td>135</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3.3481</td> <td>1.00979</td> <td>-0.249</td> <td>0.209</td> <td>-0.77</td> <td>0.414</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Factor 3: The influence of poor knowledge about Safety Culture at Workplace</td> <td>135</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3.2241</td> <td>0.99498</td> <td>-0.372</td> <td>0.209</td> <td>-0.696</td> <td>0.414</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Factor 4: Safety Culture value for employees in the organisation</td> <td>135</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3.2815</td> <td>1.06611</td> <td>-0.234</td> <td>0.209</td> <td>-0.605</td> <td>0.414</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Factor 5: The reward <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> system applications and employee performance toward safety culture</td> <td>135</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3.516</td> <td>1.0072</td> <td>-0.429</td> <td>0.209</td> <td>-0.585</td> <td>0.414</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Factor 6: Poor implementation of safety culture within an organisation</td> <td>135</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3.0654</td> <td>0.91878</td> <td>-0.017</td> <td>0.209</td> <td>-0.489</td> <td>0.414</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 18:</strong> Accumulated descriptive statistics for the 6 factors.</p> <div class="card card-block card-header mb-2"> <div class="row flex-items-xs-middle"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-2 col-md-3"><a href="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-distributions-8-242-g003a.png" target="_blank"><img alt="ergonomics-distributions" class="media-object img-fluid" src="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-distributions-8-242-g003a.png" title="ergonomics-distributions" /></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-10 col-md-9"> <p><strong>Figure 3.1:</strong> Histogram for the distributions of factors 1-6.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>The impact of <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/education-26444.html'>education</a> on the 6 factors can be depicted from f values in <strong>Table 19</strong>. The highest impact of <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/education-26444.html'>education</a> is observed on Factor 4, while the least impact was on the second factor. The results can be more clearly inferred from the below-presented <strong>Figure 3.2</strong>.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th colspan="7">ANOVA</th> </tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th>Sum of Squares</th> <th>*df</th> <th>Mean Square</th> <th>*F</th> <th>*Sig.</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F1</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>11.722</td> <td>2</td> <td>5.861</td> <td>6.271</td> <td>0.003</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>123.372</td> <td>132</td> <td>0.935</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>135.093</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F2</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>3.636</td> <td>2</td> <td>1.818</td> <td>1.804</td> <td>0.169</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>133.001</td> <td>132</td> <td>1.008</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>136.637</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F3</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>12.625</td> <td>2</td> <td>6.313</td> <td>6.942</td> <td>0.001</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>120.034</td> <td>132</td> <td>0.909</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>132.659</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F4</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>18.443</td> <td>2</td> <td>9.222</td> <td>9.093</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>133.86</td> <td>132</td> <td>1.014</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>152.304</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F5</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>7.978</td> <td>2</td> <td>3.989</td> <td>4.115</td> <td>0.018</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>127.959</td> <td>132</td> <td>0.969</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>135.937</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F6</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>7.424</td> <td>2</td> <td>3.712</td> <td>4.636</td> <td>0.011</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>105.692</td> <td>132</td> <td>0.801</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>113.116</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="alert alert-warning"> <p>*F: F value for factor one.<br /> *Sig: If smaller than 0.05 then <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/education-26444.html'>education</a> has a significant effect on how participants rate F1.<br /> *df: These are the values in brackets (2,132).</p> </div> <p><strong>Table 19:</strong> ANOVAs stating the impact of <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/education-26444.html'>education</a> on the 6 factors.</p> <div class="card card-block card-header mb-2"> <div class="row flex-items-xs-middle"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-2 col-md-3"><a href="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-education-type-8-242-g003b.png" target="_blank"><img alt="ergonomics-education-type" class="media-object img-fluid" src="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-education-type-8-242-g003b.png" title="ergonomics-education-type" /></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-10 col-md-9"> <p><strong>Figure 3.2:</strong> Mean scores of the impact of <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/education-26444.html'>education</a> type on the 6 factors.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Similar results for the impact of job type on the overall factors can be understood from the ANOVA calculations (f value) in <strong>Table 20</strong> and in <strong>Figure 3.3</strong>. It can hence be stated that factor 4 is least affected by the type of jobs, whereas factor 5 is the one, which is mostly affected by it.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th colspan="7">ANOVA</th> </tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th>Sum of Squares</th> <th>df</th> <th>Mean Square</th> <th>F</th> <th>Sig.</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F1</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>4.302</td> <td>4</td> <td>1.075</td> <td>1.069</td> <td>0.375</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>130.792</td> <td>130</td> <td>1.006</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>135.093</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F2</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>4.677</td> <td>4</td> <td>1.169</td> <td>1.152</td> <td>0.335</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>131.96</td> <td>130</td> <td>1.015</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>136.637</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F3</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>1.893</td> <td>4</td> <td>0.473</td> <td>0.471</td> <td>0.757</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>130.766</td> <td>130</td> <td>1.006</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>132.659</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F4</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>2.013</td> <td>4</td> <td>0.503</td> <td>0.435</td> <td>0.783</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>150.29</td> <td>130</td> <td>1.156</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>152.304</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F5</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>11.683</td> <td>4</td> <td>2.921</td> <td>3.056</td> <td>0.019</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>124.254</td> <td>130</td> <td>0.956</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>135.937</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">F6</td> <td>Between Groups</td> <td>2.811</td> <td>4</td> <td>0.703</td> <td>0.828</td> <td>0.51</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Within Groups</td> <td>110.306</td> <td>130</td> <td>0.849</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>113.116</td> <td>134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 20:</strong> ANOVA stating the impact of job type on the 6 factors.</p> <div class="card card-block card-header mb-2"> <div class="row flex-items-xs-middle"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-2 col-md-3"><a href="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-impact-education-8-242-g003c.png" target="_blank"><img alt="ergonomics-impact-education" class="media-object img-fluid" src="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-impact-education-8-242-g003c.png" title="ergonomics-impact-education" /></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-10 col-md-9"> <p><strong>Figure 3.3:</strong> Mean scores of the impact of <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/education-26444.html'>education</a> type on the 6 factors.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Finally, Pearson’s correlation was calculated to develop an understanding regarding the strength of the relationship between the experience and the 6 factors. Similarly, the significance levels have also been illustrated in <strong>Table 21</strong> (Appendix).</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th colspan="9">Correlations</th> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"> </th> <th>Experience</th> <th>F1</th> <th>F2</th> <th>F3</th> <th>F4</th> <th>F5</th> <th>F6</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Experience</td> <td>Pearson Correlation</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.191*</td> <td>0.202*</td> <td>0.205*</td> <td>0.172*</td> <td>0.222**</td> <td>0.245**</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Sig.(*2- tailed)</td> <td> </td> <td>0.027</td> <td>0.019</td> <td>0.017</td> <td>0.046</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>0.004</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>N</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> </tr> <tr> <td>F1</td> <td>Pearson Correlation</td> <td>0.191*</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.727**</td> <td>0.635**</td> <td>0.638**</td> <td>0.690**</td> <td>0.584**</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Sig.(*2- tailed)</td> <td>0.027</td> <td> </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>N</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> </tr> <tr> <td>F2</td> <td>Pearson Correlation</td> <td>0.202*</td> <td>0.727**</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.584**</td> <td>0.509**</td> <td>0.538**</td> <td>0.467**</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Sig.(*2- tailed)</td> <td>0.019</td> <td>0</td> <td> </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>N</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> </tr> <tr> <td>F3</td> <td>Pearson Correlation</td> <td>0.205*</td> <td>0.635**</td> <td>0.584**</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.635**</td> <td>0.484**</td> <td>0.725**</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Sig.(*2- tailed)</td> <td>0.017</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td> </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>N</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> </tr> <tr> <td>F4</td> <td>Pearson Correlation</td> <td>0.172*</td> <td>0.638**</td> <td>0.509**</td> <td>0.635**</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.486**</td> <td>0.665**</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Sig.(*2- tailed)</td> <td>0.046</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td> </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>N</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> </tr> <tr> <td>F5</td> <td>Pearson Correlation</td> <td>0.222**</td> <td>0.690**</td> <td>0.538**</td> <td>0.484**</td> <td>0.486**</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.493**</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Sig.(*2- tailed)</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td> </td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>N</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> </tr> <tr> <td>F6</td> <td>Pearson Correlation</td> <td>0.245**</td> <td>0.584**</td> <td>0.467**</td> <td>0.725**</td> <td>0.665**</td> <td>0.493**</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Sig.(*2- tailed)</td> <td>0.004</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>N</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> <td>135</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="alert alert-warning"> <p>*. 2-tailed means that you are not assuming direction of relationship. It could be positive or negative. You are not predicting one or the other, you are just saying that there is a relationship/correlation<br /> *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).<br /> **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).</p> </div> <p><strong>Table 21:</strong> Pearson’s correlation coefficient and significance levels.</p> <p><strong>Interviews analysis and discussion</strong></p> <p>Evaluation of the interview data had provided with an understanding that the safety policies of the organization are the list of norms that the associated members must adhere to within the work environment to ascertain safety for all. It was also observed that the respondents, despite being a part of the Saudi Arabian Construction organization, comply with the international safety regulations of the ISO, OHSAS, ILO, and HSE, as the norms of their nation are mostly the similar versions of these developed countries. The respondents also mentioned in the interview session that the assessment of safety in the construction sites of Saudi Arabia is determined based on the prespecified checklist of the standard practices, which entails the safe usage of hazardous elements. It was further highlighted by the respondents that the determination of safety policies largely depended on the types of sites based on their size (area covered) and a number of workers employed therein. Moreover, they believed that the safety policy of a construction organization must be developed by the company itself as per their discretion, with a condition that it would not hamper the policies of the country.</p> <p>Moreover, the factors considered to present significant challenges in the path of maintaining safety culture and performance, in the construction industry of Saudi Arabia are lack of commitment, improper maintenance of safety regulations and non-existence of safety regulations. Some of the respondents also stated that the construction industry can be hazardous also because of the ignorant attitudes of the contractors towards the workers. When asked about the status of safety policies within the country, the majority of the respondents stated that no safety policies existed within the countries, while some of them also stated that international safety policies were adhered to maintaining their safety culture. For the question on the government’s role in the development of safety policies, the respondents conferred that there are inadequate H&S regulations properly published, requiring inspections to be conducted by the government at regular intervals.</p> <p>The respondents closely associated with the construction industry of Saudi Arabia also stated that there is a positive relationship existing between safety policy and safety culture, further arguing that these safety policies act as the framework for a particular organization in sustainable decision making. The commitment of an organization towards its safety policy is thus reflected from its culture. Similar outcomes were also received while considering the need for a framework to maintain the safety culture within the Saudi Arabian construction industry. Moreover, it can be understood from the views of the respondents as well as from the secondary data analysis that there were certainly major factors that hampered the improvements of the safety and health practices, such as absence of continuous monitoring, concern for end products, organizational commitment and safety rules infringement (<strong>Figure 4</strong>).</p> <div class="card card-block card-header mb-2"> <div class="row flex-items-xs-middle"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-2 col-md-3"><a href="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-Framework-8-242-g004.png" target="_blank"><img alt="ergonomics-Framework" class="media-object img-fluid" src="https://www.longdom.org/publication-images/ergonomics-Framework-8-242-g004.png" title="ergonomics-Framework" /></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-10 col-md-9"> <p><strong>Figure 4:</strong> Framework developed for the study.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>Case study</strong></p> <p>The case studies for the three companies have been referred to as Case Study A, B & C, the results for which have been interpreted using the thematic analysis method. The participants of case study A had opined that they did not have any distinct safety culture and hence, had designed them according to the situations’ demand. They believed that organizational culture relied largely upon its safety whereby ensuring the introduction and implementation of the safety policy was the discretionary power of the top-level management, who believed it to be expensive and less important pertaining to its end results. Therefore, it is important that the organizational culture can work upon implementing the required safety policies, thereby leading to the improvisation of its safety performance.</p> <p>Similarly, case study B’s participants asserted that they consider safety culture to be a significant element for their organization and hence the <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> regularly reviews their safety policy. These participants believed culture to reflect the organization’s attitude, which is the sole responsibility of the top level <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> to ensure their assigned the duties and responsibilities towards the employees. Lack of competency and training amid the managers and the employees hamper their safety culture. The participant finally stated that the safety culture must be a positive one, to prevent the organization and those associated with it from suffering hazards due to poor safety standards.</p> <p>Correspondingly, the participants of the case study C affirmed that they followed the safety cultures from among three categories (“International Safety Regulation, OSHA, HSE, ISO, ILO”, “Local Country Safety Regulations” and “Client Safety Requirements”) as per their convenience. The determination of the organizational culture and safety policy is the responsibility of the top level managers and it is their commitment to ascertain safety in the working environment. This commitment also influenced the employees to work towards maintaining the organizational culture. However, the ineffective flow of communication and inadequate collaboration among the employees and managers is the reason behind the poor safety culture within the organization, who stated that only framing a safety policy is of no use and hence, implementing them effectively is the most significant matter of concern.</p> </div> <h4>Conclusion</h4> <div class='text-justify'> <p>Based on the study findings, it can be argued that maintaining a safety culture in the Saudi Arabian construction industry is undoubtedly a challenging task, as it is subjected to many weaknesses, as a result of which it faces high risks from accidents on a regular basis. Although the organizations and the associated members selected as respondents have stated that safety culture is followed therein but can hardly be considered the ultimate fact as the statistics and surveys referred indicated a mixed view of the safety policy maintained therein. Implementation of an adequate safety culture requires <a target='_blank' href='https://www.longdom.org/peer-reviewed-journals/management-22652.html'>management</a> commitment, proper safety policy and safe system of work which is a time-consuming process. Although efforts are being taken to practice designing and monitoring safety policy by the construction organization of KSA to some extent, implementation of the policies lack efficiency by a large extent. KSA construction industry needs to significantly improve its safety regulations and policies including its implementation of these policies. Laws have to be laid out for the construction industry to follow and comply with and strict compliance has to be imposed. A government agency has to be set up in order to oversee safety not just in the construction industry but in the workplace as well. Any issues or gaps in the implementation of safety policies would be detected by this agency and penalties have to be imposed on violators in order to ensure compliance. 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