Safety Management And Safety Culture In The U.S. Construction Industry

The adoption rate of new technologies is still relatively low in the construction industry, particularly for mitigating occupational safety and health (OSH) risks, which is traditionally a largely labor-intensive activity in developing countries, occupying ill-afforded non-productive management resources. However, understanding why this is the case is a relatively unresearched area in developing countries such as Malaysia. In aiming to help redress this situation, this study explored the major barriers involved, firstly by a detailed literature review to identify the main barriers hampering the adoption of new technologies for safety science and management in construction. Then, a questionnaire survey of Malaysian construction practitioners was used to prioritize these barriers. A factor analysis further identified six major dimensions underlying the barriers, relating to the lack of OSH regulations and legislation, technological limitations, lack of genuine organizational commitment, prohibitive costs, poor safety culture within the construction industry, and privacy and data security concerns. Taken together, the findings provide a valuable reference to assist industry practitioners and researchers regarding the critical barriers to the adoption of new technologies for construction safety management in Malaysia and other similar developing countries, and bridge the identified knowledge gap concerning the dimensionality of the barriers.

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MOST SPECIFIC INCONSISTENCIES OF LABOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ENTERPRISES

Proccedings of International Scientific Conference "RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2017" ◽

10.15544/rd.2017.243 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Indra KARNUPA ◽

Janis IEVINS ◽

Inese VILCANE

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Safety Culture ◽

Management System ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Safety Management ◽

Management Systems ◽

Safety Management Systems ◽

Safety Management System ◽

Labor Safety

The construction industry and the safety of workers in it is also related to the agricultural sector and its development. The construction industry is one of the most dangerous sectors in the world where employees relatively often suffer from accidents. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of labor safety management systems in construction industry enterprises. The main goal of the study is to detect the most significant inconsistencies in the labor safety management system, to develop the necessary actions and activity, which ensure the elimination of inconsistencies or minimization of their consequences, and also provide an economic benefit for the company. Since the purpose of this study is to ensure that the construction company, knowing the most common weaknesses in the system, is preventive in dealing with these issues. The study methods used are secondary data analysis, case study and expert observations in ten companies that chooses to implement the OHSAS Standard. A total of 35 external audit reports were analyzed for the period 2008 to 2016. The study examines the role of labor safety management systems in construction industry enterprises. The study identifies the problems and influencing factors associated with implementation and maintenance of the systems. The work analyzes theoretical aspects of the safety culture, its development and choices of the labor safety culture in the organization. Requirements of labor safety legislation in the European Union are reviewed and how these requirements are integrated into Latvian legislation, and specifically in the enterprises of the reviewed sector. The most significant inconsistencies of the labor safety management system was identified and summarized in construction companies.

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Study on Improvement of the Safety Management in the Construction Industry

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.405-408.3490 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 405-408 ◽

pp. 3490-3494

Author(s):

Dong Ling Liang ◽

Zhen Wu Shi ◽

Chong Li ◽

Jia Zhou

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Safety Culture ◽

Construction Management ◽

Safety Management ◽

Real Solutions ◽

Government Functions ◽

Production Safety ◽

Safety Production ◽

The Government ◽

Pillar Industry

The construction industry is a pillar industry of Chinese national economy, but also one of the industries with high accident rates. This paper analyzed Chinese construction industry in recent years, production safety situation, which indicated that the building production safety accidents and deaths continued to decline, construction safety production and the overall situation was getting better and better. After management analysis of safety production in construction industry, strengthening the government functions, truly serving people oriented from government to business, and enhancing the safety culture were real solutions of construction management.

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Factors Influencing Safety on Construction Projects (fSCPs): Types and Categories

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph182010884 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (20) ◽

pp. 10884

Author(s):

Felipe Muñoz-La Rivera ◽

Javier Mora-Serrano ◽

Eugenio Oñate

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Safety Culture ◽

Construction Projects ◽

General Framework ◽

Safety Management ◽

Construction Safety ◽

Key Factors ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

New Methodologies ◽

Different Dimensions

Due to the fact of activity, environment and work dynamics, the construction industry is characterised by high accident rates. Different initiatives have emerged to reduce these figures, which focus on using new methodologies and technologies for safety management. Therefore, it is essential to know the key factors and their influence on safety in construction projects (fSCPs) to focus efforts on these elements. Through a systematic literature review, based on PRISMA methodology, this article identifies, describes and categorises 100 factors that affect construction safety. It thus contributes by providing a comprehensive general framework, unifying previous studies focused on specific geographic areas or case studies with factors not considered or insufficiently disaggregated, along with an absence of classifications focused on understanding where and how factors affect the different dimensions of construction projects. The 100 factors identified are described and categorised according to the dimensions and aspects of the project in which these have an impact, along with identifying whether they are shaping or immediate factors or originating influences for the generation of accidents. These factors, their description and classification are a key contribution to improving the systematic creation of safety and generating training and awareness materials to fully develop a safety culture in organisations.

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