48. Contractors’ Organisational Culture Towards Health and Safety Compliance in Ghana

Most of the major incidents and personal injuries on construction sites have been attributed to poor safety culture. The purpose of the study was to examine the contractors’ organisational culture towards Health and Safety (H&S) compliance in Ghana. The study adopted Delphi survey method of data collection. Expert (academics and professionals) were asked to rate the impact of other factors in predicting contractors’ contribution that will lead to the overall compliance with H&S regulations. Findings from the study show eleven measurement variables, only one measurement variable (communication of H&S information to workers)was considered by the experts to have reached consensus with IQD cut-off (IQD ≤ 1) score. Four measurement attributes also reached consensus based on the median score of (9–10) and seven other measurement attributes reached consensus based on the median score of (7–8.99). Five out of the eleven variables were ranked by the experts as the most pressing issues on H&S compliance. It can be concluded from the findings that contractors’ organisational culture towards H&S compliance has a high impact to the overall H&S regulations in Ghana.