Construction site safety audit and organizational performance in shell bonny terminal integrated project

This article examined construction site safety audit (CSSA) and organizational performance in shell bonny terminal integrated project. The research question addressed the extent at which reduced accident/incident rate and increased organizational productivity is dependent on the implementation of construction site safety audit in shell bonny terminal integrated project. It assumes that if a company incorporates construction site safety audit into its investment in machines and technology (socio-technical investments) through regular site safety audits/inspections, it will result in better safety performance of employees, the management and the company as a whole. The core aspect of the study is the use of cross-sectional survey research design in generating the required primary data. The results indicated that reduced accident/incident rate in shell bonny terminal integrated project is to large extent dependent on the implementation of construction site safety audit as buttressed by the 88 % large extent response rate and increased organizational productivity in shell bonny terminal integrated project is to large extent dependent on the implementation of construction site safety audit as buttressed by the 83.33% large extent response rate. It therefore recommends among others: regular site safety audits to identify/eliminate potential workplace hazards, regular staff training to improve their hazard identification skills, involvement of both management and workers in the execution of construction site safety audit, formation of production quality circles to identify and eliminate potential hazards at each stage of production and making hazard identification/reporting everyone’s responsibility.