Enhancing Workplace Safety: Implementation of a Construction Safety Management System in the New Port Toll Road Project

Abstract

According to the Annual Report of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan presented by the Minister of Manpower, the number of occupational accidents has been steadily increasing. In 2022, up until November, the recorded number of workplace accidents reached 265,334 cases, with the complete data for the year available in early January 2023 (Tira, 2023). The objectives of this study are: (1) to analyze the implementation of the construction safety management system at the project site; (2) to examine the influence of occupational safety and the work environment on workers' performance levels at the project site; and (3) to identify the application of the construction safety management system model at the project site. This study employs a mixed-methods approach, which integrates both quantitative and qualitative research methods to answer the research questions comprehensively. By combining these approaches, the study aims to provide a more thorough understanding of the construction safety management system's effectiveness. The findings of the study reveal the following: (1) the Construction Safety Management System (CSMS) has been implemented in the Makassar New Port toll road project; (2) statistical analysis using SPSS indicates that the occupational safety variable (X1) has a value of 4.335, and the work environment variable (X2) has a value of 3.276, showing a significant influence (t-test) on workers' performance levels at the Makassar New Port toll road project; and (3) prior to the implementation of the CSMS prediction model, no improvement in performance was observed. However, after implementing the CSMS program over three months within the model framework, a significant improvement of 80% was recorded after three weeks of training.