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    Health And Safety Management Practices Of Addis Ababa City Road Consruction Projects
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-03) Gedeon, Wongel; Bogale, Mengistu (Ph.D)
    Health and safety management practices on road construction projects of Addis Ababa city face a significant policy implementation and awareness creation gap that result in the occurrence of injuries and accidents. Research has shown that there are different stated polices on construction projects and different Road construction projects keep facing health and safety issues. This study identified health and safety practices in road construction projects and stated the main causes of accident in road construction projects as well proposed a measure to mitigate. Considering the situation in road construction the research asks what is the general look of safety and health management in Addis Ababa City road construction projects. Based on a review of the literature and the existing situation in Addis Ababa City Road Construction the Methodology is designed in a descriptive way that includes both qualitative and quantitative research approach on 18 projects undertaken by foreign and local contractors. A survey question distributed to Clients, Consultants, and Contractors, by using Convenience Sampling. Analysis of the responses demonstrated that on Local contractors all the health and safety management Measuring criteria are below 50% except Health and safety equipment. The result indicates that health and safety management are not given enough attention towards management, supervision, workspace and policy implementation, awareness creation and environmental protection in the road construction industry. Major causes of road construction injuries are stated as dust, excavation, noise, vibration and traffic accidents. On this basis, recommendation is given that Client, Contractors, and Consultant must give enough attention in awareness creation, supervise policy implementation, equipped workers and produce a conduced environment. Further research is needed to identify strategies and implementation procedures on the health and safety of road construction projects. Key words: