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Date
2006
Authors
Mkhwanazi, Sabelo W.
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Abstract
This research on Sappi Kraft (Pty) Ltd, focuses on the Health and Safety Programme
that is in implementation. The programme is expected to entrench the Health and
Safety Culture by encouraging acceptable Behaviour Based Safety, continuous staff
Training, encouraging interactive communication and housekeeping to be adopted by
all employees.
The documented study is based on the participation of the staff and management
influence to ensure organisation behavioural changes to Safety are challenged. To
verify the impact of the analysis, a questionnaire was distributed to the shop floor
staff. Interview sessions were conducted on Sappi Management members. Analytical
tools such as SPSS and Excel spreadsheet were used to demonstrate the research
trends. The analysis findings are detailed in Chapter 5.
The study considers the Health and Safety of employees as crucial. In this instance,
the secondary recorded statistical data serve as a trigger to further research to the
cause of increasing Lost Time Injuries and a proportional increase in serious injuries
sustained. This record became a trigger for Sappi Management to implement
initiatives to reduce the number of serious injuries being sustained. Such initiatives
are implemented to avoid high loss control, continual losses of life and Safety
Disasters. The disasters that occurred at Foskor, formerly known as Indian Ocean
Fertilizers and Chrome Chemicals in Merebank, are still fresh in industrial news.
Sappi Kraft management's commitment to the programme emphasizes the cultural
change and acknowledgement of the conditions under which it operates, for the
manufacturing of different paper grades. Management takes Safety objectives
seriously with the understanding that attributes such as improved health; safety and
production performance would be sustained. It must be noted that previous strategies
and measures have been implemented to improve safety.
The major challenges for Sappi Kraft to the recent strategy are to improve safety
through staff participation in continuous risk assessment training, behaviour based
safety and interactive communication. The research study period is limited to report
on the full objectives to be fulfilled, but the progress towards success is documented.
Description
Thesis (MBA)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2006.
Keywords
Management--Employee participation., Employee motivation., Theses--Business administration.