Application of safety and health assessment (SHASSIC method) in Malaysian construction sites / Nadia Syuhada Suhaili

Construction sector has high injury and fatality rates, making it one of the most dangerous industries to work in. Safety and Health Assessment System in Construction (SHASSIC) has been established since 2008 by CIDB with its main aim to benchmark the level of safety and health performance, to have a standard system health practices and to improve and take actions on safety and health performance and management on construction sites. Thus, this study aims to study usage level of SHASSIC. Specifically, it identifies the components and elements of SHASSIC, indicates the advantages in using SHASSIC and determines the implementation level of SHASSIC at construction sites. To achieve these objectives, online questionnaires were d by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Software. It was concluded that while majority of construction sites implement SHASSIC, some are still ignorant and unaware of it. Based on the findings, recommendations were made to increase SHASSIC's efficacy in achieving high safety performance in the construction sector. As a result, there is a need to assess the whole concept of SHASSIC to identify and improve demand for proactive safety performance.