THE INFLUENCE OF A GOAL PROGRAMMING APPROACH FOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A SELECTED INDIAN CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATION - Production Enginnering Archives

The construction industry in India is the second most important contributor to its gross domestic prod-uct. However, high rate of accidents and fatalities have tarnished the image of industry in India. Alt-hough the industry contributes significantly to the Indian economy, safety management is the primary concern alongside with frequent workplace accidents. The role of safety management is vital to im-prove safety performance of an organization. The functions of safety management include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling and coordinating safety activities with an aim to minimize accidents/injuries. Safety trainings, employee participation, compliance of safety procedures and moti-vational schemes are part of safety management which influences the overall safety performance. Sev-eral metrics were developed to measure the safety performance of an organization but not a single measure will reflect the overall performance. The present study considered parameters pertaining to the safety management which have influence on the safety performance of a construction organization in India. The parameters are analyzed by formulating a goal programming model. The results of the study suggests that much improvement is needed in the area of safety trainings and the revised targets were established.