Improving Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) implementation in construction project in Bali

Department of Civil Engineering, Universitas Udayana, Bali, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: candra_dharmayanti@unud.ac.id

Abstract

Optimal Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) implementation to achieve zero accident becomes the demand for construction service providers in realizing a qualified infrastructure, including for construction industry in Bali and Indonesia as general. This study aims to investigate the barriers of OHS implementation faced by contractors in Bali, and to formulate the efforts to improve the implementation. Collected data from a questionnaire survey were analysed using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine the priority level of the identified barriers. The results suggested that the barriers on the implementation of OHS which was sorted from the most important included Limited funding for OHS (3.231), Low OHS priority by company management (2.020), Low culture and discipline to implement OHS (1.031), Lack of knowledge about OHS (0.725), Weak supervision (0.478), Weak application of sanctions from the company (0.340), and Contractor forced to work until late at night (0.230). The related efforts were formulated based on semi-structured interviews recommended that the cost of implementing OHS including the required methods and equipment should be covered in the planning stage, and socialization, supervision and strict sanctions against violations of OSH implementation needs to be applied.