Assessing compliance with health and safety regulations on construction sites
Abstract
The study aims to assess compliance with health and safety regulations on construction sites. It
will focus on the factors that hinder compliance with health and safety regulations, the level of
enforcement of health and safety regulations and the extent to which contractors and their workers
adhere to health and safety regulations.
The research design adopted in the study is descriptive and has the mixed approach of both
qualitative and quantitative approaches. The respondents were all construction professionals in the
construction industry and so the type of sampling was purposive sampling. The data was collected
with the aid of questionnaires and key informant interviews and analyzed using SPSS.
The findings of the study reveal that Uganda still has a long way to achieving a 100% level of
compliance with health and safety regulations on construction sites. This is as a result of negligence
of both the workers and employers to implement the health and safety regulations and actually
practice them. The poor management commitment is also a big challenge as the employers focus
more on finishing the project on time without caring about the safety of the workers.
Based on the findings, the study recommends the implementation of safety programs at each and
every company in order to cultivate a culture of safety in different companies. Furthermore, the
study recommends the involvement of the government through hiring of more inspectors who can
carry out regular site inspections to ensure that the health and safety regulations are being followed
at construction sites.