Factors affecting health and safety performance in mining projects: Evidence from Newmont golden ridge limited
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2021-07-05
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Health and safety issues in project management have become very critical for the
successful achievement of project objectives and the survival of business firms. Health
and safety risks in projects relate to the well-being of users or developers of the project.
The study was carried out to assess health and safety practices in mining projects in
Ghana, with Newmont Golden Ridge Limited (NGRL) as a case. The population for the
study was employees of NGRL and those of its business partners, who were, at the time
of conducting the study, present and operating at NGRL’s Akyem Mine Project, New
Abirem, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. In the sampling process, the researcher stratified
the population into two strata: employees of NGRL and employees of business partners
of NGRL. A simple random sampling technique was then used to select the research
participants proportionally from each stratum to constitute the study sample of 201 units
from whom primary data was collected through the use of questionnaire. One of the
research questions was to determine the level of performance of NGRL in terms of
preventive approach to managing health and safety in its projects. The results showed
that NGRL scored a „good’ or a „high’ level of performance in terms of preventive
approach to managing health and safety in its project activities. The company, however,
had not been able to achieve the goal of „zero harm’ for any year for the period ranging
from 2012 to 2017, as first aid accidents cases and other forms of accidents occurred
every year. One of the recommendations made was that the company should regularly
undertake continuous improvement projects in safety programmes and other project
activities to drive it towards the goal of zero harm per year in its project activities.
Another recommendation made was that the NGRL train its supervisors on the best
approaches for handling reported cases of safety events without subjecting the victims to
ill-treatment in the process of investigation.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, College of Art and Built Environment in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science.
Keywords
Factors affecting health, Safety Performance, Mining Projects