Impact of the Supervisor on Worker Safety Behavior in Construction Projects

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 04015001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongping Fang ◽  
Chunlin Wu ◽  
Haojie Wu
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Safety Behavior

scholarly journals Critical Success Factors for Safety Management of High-Rise Building Construction Projects in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yadi Li ◽  
Yan Ning ◽  
Wei Tong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Construction Safety Management

This study aims at identifying the critical success factors (CSFs) for safety management of high-rise building construction projects and exploring interactions among such CSFs. Study data were sourced from semistructured interviews and a questionnaire survey administered in China. The study constructs a third-order CSFs system containing six CSFs: management measures, management organization, technical and management plan, worker safety behavior, safety environment, and worker safety quality. Among these, management organization is found to be the key factor affecting construction safety management performance, while worker safety behavior is a factor with a direct impact. Implications for practice are proposed. This study enriches the existing literature on the CSFs and performance evaluation of construction safety management in high-rise building construction projects. Safety performance of high-rise building construction projects can be effectively enhanced by improving the professional competence of safety management organizations.

scholarly journals Research on the Tournament Incentive Mechanism of the Safety Behavior for Construction Workers: Considering Multiple Heterogeneity

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liuyang Ji ◽  
Wenyao Liu ◽  
Yifan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Aversion ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Risk Preference ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Ability Level ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Incentive Model ◽  
Unsafe Behavior

The unsafe behavior of construction workers is one of the most important and direct causes of safety accidents. Managers usually develop effective incentives aimed at regulating worker safety behavior. Due to the large number of workers in construction projects, there are multiple differences in fairness preference, risk preference and ability level, which will lead to the complex effect of the traditional mechanism to regulate workers’ safety behavior. In order to improve the effectiveness of incentive measures for worker safety behavior, this paper takes into account the multiple differences of individual workers’ fairness preference, risk preference and ability level, based on the tournament mechanism to construct a competition incentive model. By designing a tournament reward and salary distribution for heterogeneous workers, the occurrence of unsafe behaviors can be reduced. The study found that in terms of the optimal level of safety investment, workers with risk aversion attitude generally invest higher than that of workers with risk preference, no matter whether they have a strong fairness preference or not; In terms of the distribution of tournament rewards, workers with a risk aversion attitude and a higher level of fairness preference need to be given higher incentives.

Effect of Safety Socialization on New-Worker Safety Behavior

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Mullen ◽  
Kevin Kelloway ◽  
Mike Teed
Keyword(s):  
Worker Safety ◽  
Safety Behavior

The effect of simulated accident on worker safety behavior around industrial robots

1991 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waldemar Karwowski ◽  
Mansour Rahimi ◽  
Hamid Parsaei ◽  
Bangalore R. Amarnath ◽  
Nai Pongpatanasuegsa
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Robots ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Safety Behavior

scholarly journals Exerting Explanatory Accounts of Safety Behavior of Older Construction Workers within the Theory of Planned Behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 3342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng ◽  
Chan
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Safety Behaviors ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Age Related

Older construction workers are vulnerable to accident risks at work. Work behavior affects the occurrence of accidents at construction sites. This study aims to investigate the organizational and personal factors that underlie the safety behaviors of older construction workers considering their age-related characteristics. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey, which involves 260 older construction workers (aged 50 and over), was conducted, and an integrative old-construction-worker safety behavior model (OSBM) was established on the basis of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Results showed that the OSBM provides a considerably good explanation of the safety behaviors of older construction workers. The explained variances for safety participation and compliance are 74.2% and 63.1%, respectively. Subjective norms and perceived behavioral control are two critical psychological drivers that proximally affect the safety behaviors of workers. Moreover, safety knowledge, management commitment, and aging expectation are the distal antecedents that significantly influence psychological drivers. This study proves the mediating role of psychological factors on predicting safety behaviors among older construction workers, thereby promoting an understanding of “how” and “why” their safety behaviors occur. Furthermore, the identified effects of several critical organizational and personal factors, particularly age-related factors, provide new insights into the safety behaviors of older construction workers.

Alignment between Lean Principles and Practices and Worker Safety Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 04016083 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Gambatese ◽  
Catarina Pestana ◽  
Hyun Woo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Worker Safety ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Lean Principles

scholarly journals MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT AND SAFETY TRAINING AS ANTECEDENT OF WORKERS SAFETY BEHAVIOR

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-20
Author(s):  
Zuraida Hassan ◽  
Chandrakantan Subramaniam ◽  
Md. Lazim Mohd. Zain ◽  
Subramaniam Sri Ramalu ◽  
Faridahwati Mohd Shamsudin
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Management Commitment ◽  
Safety Behaviour

The manufacturing sector in Malaysia is categorized as one of the dangerous work sectors with a high accident record. The use of heavy machinery, unsafe working conditions, and hazardous materials handling is among the causes of many work-related accidents recorded among factory workers. In addition, the lack of safety training and low safety management commitment towards worker safety also contributed to the increasing number in this statistic. The goal of this investigation is to determine the link between management commitment and safety training on safety behaviour among workers. This study involved small and medium factory workers operating in the northern states of peninsular Malaysia. The data for this study was obtained using a questionnaire, while the Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) application was used to perform the data analysis process. The results of the data analysis show that employers' commitment to safety and safety training has a positive relationship with safety behaviour among study respondents. Suggestions and improvements to the study are presented at the end of this writing.

Study on Construction Worker Safety Performance Improvement Model in China

2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 2729-2733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Guo ◽  
Shi Wang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Construction Worker

Construction is the second dangerous industry in China, which is preceded only by mining industry. Thus it’s necessary and urgent to ensure workers safety due to the specialty of the dangerous industry. Improving the safety performance of construction workers could be an efficient and reliable way to ensure their safety in China. Literatures related to safety performance, safety climate, safety behavior, personal issues and safety evaluation were reviewed. Based on this, a conception model for the workers safety performance improvement was then proposed and analyzed.

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