ASSESSMENT OF RESIDENCE SANITATION CONDITION AND LIFE QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, CHONBURI PROVINCE, THAILAND

Authors

  • Danai Bawornkiattikul Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Burapha University, Thailand
  • Nantaporn Phatrabuddha Department of Industry Hygiene and Safety, Faculty of Public Health, Burapha University, Thailand

Abstract

Background: Thailand economic has grown for last decade in all enterprise. Especially, construction is one industry composed by various important factors such as technology finance worker and etc. Workers in construction industry are the human resources that need welfare to promote life quality of workers. One of important welfare is the residence during constructing. Camps or residence need good sanitary management for supporting for supporting life quality of worker. Aim of this study was to assess sanitation condition of residence and life quality of construction workers.

Methodology: To survey residence sanitation, Questionnaire for life quality in 3 aspects, for samples of workers in 3 camps A B C of 3 construction sites, Analyze and compare data by as percentage and criteria that provided as 4 level of sanitation condition and life quality.

Results: Camp A sanitation was 78.70% indicating the residence sanitation was in good level meanwhile 3 aspects of life quality were during 67.45 - 70.53 % defining that samples lived and worked full effective. Camp B was 62.50 % indicating fair level of sanitation meanwhile life quality were during 63.83 - 66.89 %. Camp C was 66.00 % indicating same camp B, meanwhile life quality ranged during 63.83 - 66.89 % that same Camp A and B.

Conclusion: Good sanitation management of residence influence good life quality of worker. This study could be used as tool and evidence to evaluate not only sanitation condition and life quality, these also could be used to test the consistent of both.

Keywords Construction workers residence; Construction workers life quality; Outside job welfare

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Ministry of Labor Regulations. Standards in administration and management of safety occupational

health and environment in construction work. http://www.labour.go.th/th/doc/law/safty_construction_2551.pdf. (Accessed April 2 2018)

Ministry of Interior Notification. Safety in pile driving work 1989.

http://medinfo2.psu.ac.th/commed/occmed/images/TIS18001/tisp4/law%20safety/images/law/10.piling.pdf (Accessed April 5 2018)

The Cabinet Resolution No. 0250/7877 dated 28 June 2000. Measurement to prevent and control accidents in state construction work.

http://npdwork.net/main/control_news/store_news/p3w10316114010.pdf (Accessed April 25 2018)

English Oxford Living Dictionary. Welfare. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/welfare (Accessed April 25 2018)

Ministry of Labor Regulations. Ministerial Regulation No. 9 issued under the Building Control Act 1979. http://www.reic.or.th/law/lawfile/law030826111641.pdf (Accessed April 25 2018)

Committee of Civil Engineering 1990 – 1991 A.D. ‘(Engineering Institute of Thailand Standard and blueprint of temporary building for construction workers and pre-school childcare facilities)'. Bangkok, : Chula press; 1994: 4-34.

World Health Organization. The World Health Organization Life quality (WHOQOL).

http://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/whoqol/en/ (April 20 2018)

National Health Act, 2007.

http://www.acfs.go.th/km/download/act_healthy_2550.pdf (Accessed April 22 2018)

Danai Baworkiattikul, Deachit Noommeechai. ‘(Surveying environmental condition of housing concerning health of senior peoples Saensuk sub-district Muang district Chonburi province)'. Paper presented at the National Health and Environmental Health Symposium, Bangkok, 2015: 25.

Health and Safety Executive. Provision of welfare facilities during construction work.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pUbns/cis59.pdf (Accessed March 10 2019)

Environmental Health Directorate. Sanitation provision and maintenance on construction camps and mobile, temporary or remote work camps in Western Australia.

https://consultation.health.wa.gov.au/environmental-health-directorate/sanitation-provision-at- construction-camps/ (Accessed March 10 2019)

International Labour Organization. Worker's housing in ILO Helpdesk of International Labor Organization. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---emp_ent/---multi/documents/publication/wcms_116344.pdf(Accessed March 12 2019)

International Finance Corporation and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Worker

accommodation processes and standards https://www.ebrd.com/downloads/about/sustainability/Workers_accomodation.pdf (Accessed March 13 2019)

Shanmugam B, Ganapathi R. A Study on Quality of Work Life and Job Performance of Construction

Workers in Chennai. Int J Scientific Research and Modern Education. 2017; 1(2): 68-71.

Ganapathi R. A study on quality of work life of workers in construction industry in Madurai district. Int

J of Management Research and Analysis. 2016; 3(2): 63-66.

Qu B, Guo Hq, Liu J, Zhang Y, Sun G. Reliability and Validity Testing of the SF-36 Questionnaire for the Evaluation of the Quality of Life of Chinese Urban Construction Workers. Int J of Medical Research. 2009; 37(4): 1184-1190.

Yi Q, Khanitta Nuntaboot. Quality of Life of Construction Workers in Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. Int J of Nursing Science & Health. 2012; 35(2): 111-120.

Published

2019-08-25

Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

ASSESSMENT OF RESIDENCE SANITATION CONDITION AND LIFE QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, CHONBURI PROVINCE, THAILAND. (2019). Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Health, 4, 282-289. https://publications.inschool.id/index.php/icash/article/view/649