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The concern for human lives on construction sites is a major issue not only for construction stakeholders but also for relevant agencies and bodies responsible for general health and safety of people in a particular society. In this study, the level of importance of various construction safety guidelines were examined with a view to creating better awareness for improved performance of construction projects. The analysis of the data revealed a minimum mean item score (MIS) of 4.13 out of the possible 5.00 for analysed safety related variables. This implies that there is a high level of awareness of various safety guidelines while the problem of implementation and enforcement of the guidelines persist. There is therefore the need for consistent and continuous training on practical implementation of the guidelines and programs by relevant construction training agencies such as Construction Education Training Agency (CETA).
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Oke, A., Aigbavboa, C., Seemola, M. (2018). Importance of Safety Guidelines on South African Construction Sites. In: Arezes, P. (eds) Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 604. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60525-8_16
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