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Computer based model to change occupational safety & health and energy management attitudes of occupants in the garment industry

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dc.contributor.author Ratnasinghe, AD
dc.contributor.author Seneviratne, LDIP
dc.contributor.author Ranasinghe, U
dc.contributor.editor Sandanayake, YG
dc.contributor.editor Ramachandra, T
dc.contributor.editor Gunatilake, S
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-29T10:20:50Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-29T10:20:50Z
dc.date.issued 2017-06
dc.identifier.citation Ratnasinghe, A.D., Seneviratne, L.D.I.P., & Ranasinghe, U. (2017). Computer based model to change occupational safety & health and energy management attitudes of occupants in the garment industry. In Y.G. Sandanayake, T. Ramachandra & S. Gunatilake (Eds.), What’s new and what’s next in the built environment sustainability agenda? (pp. 131-140). Ceylon Institute of Builders. https://ciobwcs.com/downloads/WCS2017-Proceedings.pdf en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17504
dc.description.abstract Garment industry is one of the major contributors to the Sri Lankan economy. Nonetheless, productivity of the industry is crucially influenced by Occupational safety and health (OSH) and Energy management (EM) mal-behaviours. Even within the industry, behaviour of sewing machine operators are vital. It is noted that that industry is the second most contributor to the OSH accidents. Further, energy demand for the manufacturing is a major concern. In fact, it is notable that these two areas can be enriched by altering personnel attitudes, which will ultimately affect to the behavioural patterns. There are varieties of tools to change attitudes of people in order to change their behaviours. Computer models can be considered as a modern approach. Thus, this research focuses on current common behavioural issues and brings-up a computer model as a solution Consequently, the research concludes findings obtained through preliminary investigation and a semi structured questionnaire survey that was conducted upon, behavioural issues and applicability of computer model respectively. Preliminary investigation consists of two surveys; expert opinion survey and structured questionnaire survey. Ten number of issues were confirmed. Not wearing PPEs, poor sitting positions, removing safety devices of the machine and not switching off probe lights and machine were noted as top three significant issues. In computer model, top two accepted aspects were scoring mechanism and monitory gifts for winners. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Ceylon Institute of Builders en_US
dc.relation.uri https://ciobwcs.com/downloads/WCS2017-Proceedings.pdf en_US
dc.subject Attitudes and behaviours en_US
dc.subject Attitude change en_US
dc.subject Computer based model en_US
dc.subject Energy management en_US
dc.subject Occupational health and Safety en_US
dc.title Computer based model to change occupational safety & health and energy management attitudes of occupants in the garment industry en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Building Economics en_US
dc.identifier.year 2017 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 6th World Construction Symposium 2017 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 131-140 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding What’s new and what’s next in the built environment sustainability agenda? en_US
dc.identifier.email ashan_dinuka@hotmail.com en_US


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