ADDIS ABABA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY AND HEALTH PERFORMANCE AMONG CONSTRUCTION SITE WORKERS IN ADDIS ABABA CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, THE CASE OF KOYE FETCHE CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS TSEGAYE DIRIBA A Thesis Submitted to College of Architecture and Civil Engineering for the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Construction Technology and Management Advisor GIRMAY KAHSSAY (PhD) NOVEMBER, 2018 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this thesis entitled “Assessment of safety and Health performance among construction site workers in Addis Ababa construction projects, the case Koye Fetche condominium project” was composed by myself, with the guidance of my advisor, that the work contained herein is my own except where explicitly stated otherwise in the text, and that this work has not been submitted, in whole or in part, for any other degree or professional qualification. Name: Tsegaye Diriba Signature፡_______________________ Date: ___________ I APPROVAL PAGE This MSc thesis entitled with “Assessment of safety and Health performance among construction site workers in Addis Ababa construction projects, the case Koye Fetche condominium project” has been approved by the following examiners in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Construction Technology and Management. Principal Advisor 1. Dr. Girmay Kahssay _______ ______ Signature Date Members of the Examining board: 1. Dr. Denamo Addisie ___________ ___________ External Examiner Signature Date 2. Dr. Khasi Rekha ___________ ___________ Internal Examiner Signature Date 3. Dr. Melaku Sisay ___________ ___________ ERA PG, Program Coordinator Signature Date 4. Mr. Seifu Sisay ___________ __________ Head, Civil Eng’g Department Signature Date 5. Dr. Brook Abate _______ ________ Dean, College of Architecture Signature Date and Civil Engineering II TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLES PAGE NUMBER DECLARATION .................................................................................................................................................................... I APPROVAL PAGE ............................................................................................................................................................... II TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................................... III LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................................................ VI LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................................................................. VII ABSTRACT.......................................................................................................................................................................... IX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...................................................................................................................................................... X ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................................................................ XI CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM............................................................................................................................ 2 1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH ...................................................................................................................... 3 1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH .......................................................................................................................... 3 1.4.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVE ........................................................................................................................................ 3 1.4.2 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE ......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................................................................ 3 1.7 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY ................................................................................................................................. 4 1.8 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY .......................................................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................................................................... 6 LITRATURE REVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS ........................................................................................................................................ 6 2.1.1 HEALTH ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 2.1.2 SAFETY ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 2.1.3 WORKER .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.2 CONSTRUCTION...................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ................................................................................................................................. 7 2.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN ETHIOPIA................................................................. 8 2.5 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN ETHIOPIA .......................................................................................................... 8 2.5.1 CONTRIBUTION TO EMPLOYMENT ................................................................................................................ 9 2.5.2 CONTRIBUTION TO GOVERNMENT REVENUE ............................................................................................. 9 2.6 SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION AND STRUCTURES .............................................................................................. 9 2.6.3 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY INCIDENTS ...................................................................................................... 11 2.6.4 INDUSTRY APPROACHES TO WORKPLACE SAFETY ................................................................................. 11 2.7 SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................... 11 2.8 SAFETY ORGANIZATION ..................................................................................................................................... 12 III 2.9 LEGISLATIVE GOVERNING OF HEALTH AND SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION ............................................... 13 2.10 SAFETY AND HEALTH LEGISLATION IN ETHIOPIA ........................................................................................ 14 2.10.1 ETHIOPIAN CONSTITUTION ........................................................................................................................... 14 2.10.2 CIVIL CODE 1960 ............................................................................................................................................... 14 2.10.3 CONSTRUCTION CODES #14 ........................................................................................................................... 15 2.10.4 PROCLAMATION 377/2003 ............................................................................................................................... 15 2.10.5 MINISTRY OF LABOUR & SOCIAL AFFAIRS 2008........................................................................................ 16 2.11 FACTORS AFFECTING SAFETY PERFORMANCE ......................................................................................... 17 2.12 MEASURE TO IMPROVE WORK PLACE SAFETY .............................................................................................. 22 2.12.1 AWARENESS ..................................................................................................................................................... 22 2.12.2 TRAINING .........................................................................................................................................................