Implementation of safety policy and safety system for construction companies in Hong Kong: Senior management's perspective

This paper is aimed to identify the stage of developement of safety policy and safety system for construction companies in Hong Kong, and to analyse the perception of senior management of these companies toward the implementation of safety policy and safety system. A total of 280 questionnaires were sent to senior management of construction companies in August 1995. A total of 44 responses were received and the responding rate was 16%. Mailing of of the questionnaire was based on the contractors's list list published in the Building Directory. Senior management including directors, partners, associates and general managers etc. There were 21 responses from Group C contractors and 23 responses from Non-group C contractors. Feedback including data such as safety targets, communication of safety policy, organisation of safety system, safety committee and safety budget. Group C contractors are eligible to tender for government contracts with unlimited tender price level under the Works Branch of the Hong Kong Government, and they represent those contractors who are better established with proven track records. The responses from group C and non-group C contractors were analysed separately and compared in this study, with the assumption that senior management of group C contractors are more advanced in the implementation of safety policy and safety system as compared to their counterparts in non-group C contractos. SPSS statistical package was used for the analysis in this study. Mean-comparison was used in order to test the hypothesis of significant differences between Group C and Non-group C contractors.