Article Impact of Health, Safety and Environment Management System (HSE-MS), on Waste Management in the Bonny Terminal Integrated Project (BTIP), Bonny, Rivers State

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to highlight the impact of health, safety and environment management system (HSE-MS), on waste management in the Bonny Terminal Integrated Project (BTIP), Bonny, Rivers State. The need to create a clean, safe and healthy work environment for the construction workforce necessitated the incorporation of HSE management system in the project contract document by the client company (SPDC).The ongoing campaign, on the implementation of the three golden rules of HSE-MS (comply, intervene and respect) in the management of construction waste by the project HSE Team prompted this research effort. Specifically, this study has unraveled the extent to which the adoption of HSE-MS in the BTIP is associated with the waste management practices of waste planning, segregation, collection and regular disposal. The researcher carried out an exploratory, cross-sectional survey of the SPDC/HHI BTIP in Bonny with a view to generating the primary data required for the study. The entire 4,536 workers of various categories, currently working in the BTIP constituted the population of study for this research. A sample of 368 workers was selected using stratified random sampling method for the purpose of questionnaire administration. The questionnaire responses of the sample respondents were presented using tables, analyzed and interpreted using simple percentages while the chi-square (χ2) was used for hypotheses testing. The findings of the study among others include: the waste management practices of waste planning, segregation, collection and regular disposal in the BTIP are to a large extent dependent on the adoption of an HSE-MS in the project execution. The study therefore concluded that the BTIP construction workforce practice of waste planning, segregation, collection and regular disposal as a pollution control measure was due to the adoption of HSE-MS in the project execution.  The study therefore recommends among others that efforts should be geared towards waste recycling and waste minimization as opposed to the current waste management practice of accumulation and disposal via a dump site.