scholarly journals Fostering Safety Communication among Construction Workers: Role of Safety Climate and Crew-Level Cohesion

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhavana Pandit ◽  
Alex Albert ◽  
Yashwardhan Patil ◽  
Ahmed Al-Bayati
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Synergetic Effect ◽  
The United States ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Safety Communication ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys

Safety communication among construction workers is fundamental to effective safety management. However, evidence suggests that poor safety communication is a common problem in construction workplaces. In fact, previous research has unveiled a number of systemic barriers to effective safety communication in the construction industry. When workers do not sufficiently communicate relevant safety hazards and appropriate injury prevention measures, unexpected injuries can follow. Therefore, research examining factors that promote or impede effective safety communication is necessary. Towards achieving this goal, the purpose of the current research was to evaluate the effect of safety climate and crew cohesion on the demonstrated safety communication levels. The goal was achieved by gathering empirical data from 57 construction workplaces in the United States. More specifically, the participating construction workplaces were visited, and data pertaining to the safety climate and crew-level cohesion were first collected using questionnaire surveys. Next, a safety communication survey instrument was administered, and the data necessary to compute network density—a social network metric that is indicative of safety communication levels was gathered. The analysis of the data suggested that a positive relationship exists between safety climate and safety communication levels. Likewise, construction crews that demonstrated higher levels of cohesion exhibited superior safety communication levels. Finally, evidence also suggested that a synergetic effect exists between safety climate and crew cohesion in improving safety communication levels.

The role of the safety climate in the successful implementation of safety management systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 48-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ng Khean Kim ◽  
Noor Fareen Abdul Rahim ◽  
Mohammad Iranmanesh ◽  
Behzad Foroughi
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Safety Management Systems

scholarly journals Factors Causing Health and Safety Hazards at Construction Sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-74
Author(s):  
Om Prakash Giri
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Safety Awareness ◽  
Awareness Programs ◽  
Health And Safety Hazards ◽  
Improve Health

 The Construction industry is prone to risk to health and safety hazards. Construction workers should have the knowledge of health and safety and apply the knowledge while working. The main objective of this paper was to review and to identify the factors that cause accidents at construction sites and the methods to improve health and safety. The review revealed that lack of awareness about site safety and negligence of workers in wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) were the main causes of poor safety practices. It is necessary to create employer’s and contractor’s interests in safety management and enhance awareness on possible risk factors to reduce these risk factors among workers. Effective implementation of training and safety awareness programs among construction workers is vital to improve health and safety of construction workers.

scholarly journals Determinants of Safety Climate in the Professional Logging Industry

Safety ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Elise Lagerstrom ◽  
Sheryl Magzamen ◽  
Pete Kines ◽  
William Brazile ◽  
John Rosecrance
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Musculoskeletal Symptom ◽  
Safety Communication ◽  
Logging Industry ◽  
Intermountain Region ◽  
Safety Priority ◽  
Safety Systems

Work involving forest logging is considered one of the most dangerous occupations in the world. In the intermountain region of Montana and Idaho in the United States, the extreme terrain, remote location and severe weather conditions escalate risk. Although safety has improved through the development of mechanized equipment, logging tasks continue to be very hazardous. Thus, as with leading companies in other occupational sectors, logging enterprises are beginning to consider safety climate as a useful measure in their safety systems. The purpose of this study was to quantify safety climate within the logging industry of Montana, USA and to identify specific determinants of safety climate. A demographic, musculoskeletal symptom (MSS), and safety climate survey (NOSACQ-50) was administered to 743 professional loggers. Analyses were conducted to determine the association between demographic characteristics, MSS, workplace variables and the scores on five safety climate dimensions (management safety priority and ability, workers’ safety commitment, workers’ safety priority and risk non-acceptance, peer safety communication, learning and trust in safety ability, and workers’ trust in efficacy of safety systems). Variables identified as predictors of safety climate included logging system type, supervisory status, age, years of experience and reported MSS. As safety climate is a leading indicator of workplace safety, if work groups with the lowest safety climate scores can be identified, they could receive targeted safety intervention programs or resources; thereby directing resources to the groups who need it the most, without relying on lagging indicators such as injury and fatality rates.

A systematic review of construction workers’ health and safety research in India

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vigneshkumar Chellappa ◽  
Vasundhara Srivastava ◽  
Urmi Ravindra Salve
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Science Mapping ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mapping Approach ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
And Behavior

Purpose Construction workers’ health and safety (CWHS) research in India has not gained much attention among researchers. This study aims to review articles related to CWHS research in India using a science mapping approach. Design/methodology/approach A total number of 64 journal articles published between 2004 and 2019 were extracted from the Scopus database using keywords including “construction safety,” “occupational health,” “ergonomics in construction,” etc. VOSviewer software was used to examine the influential keywords, documents, sources and authors in the field of CWHS. Findings The study found that most of the current work focuses on safety management, safety climate, safety performance, musculoskeletal disorders and behavior-based safety. The result indicates no theoretical basis for the theories and learning methods for the existing studies. Practical implications The findings open up a research gap that researchers explore to enhance workers’ health and safety within the Indian construction environment. Originality/value The paper is the first article to provide a better understanding of current research in the field of CWHS in India by analyzing its growth through the science mapping approach.

scholarly journals Hazard Recognition Patterns Demonstrated by Construction Workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
pp. 7788 ◽  
Author(s):  
S M Jamil Uddin ◽  
Alex Albert ◽  
Abdullah Alsharef ◽  
Bhavana Pandit ◽  
Yashwardhan Patil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Radiation Hazard ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Hazard Exposure ◽  
Pressure Chemical ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Disproportionate Number ◽  
Hazard Recognition

Construction workers fail to recognize a large number of safety hazards. These unrecognized safety hazards can lead to unintended hazard exposure and tragic safety incidents. Unfortunately, traditional hazard recognition interventions (e.g., job hazard analyses and safety training) have been unable to tackle the industry-wide problem of poor hazard recognition levels. In fact, emerging evidence has demonstrated that traditional hazard recognition interventions have been designed without a proper understanding of the challenges workers experience during hazard recognition efforts. Interventions and industry-wide efforts designed based on a more thorough understanding of these challenges can yield substantial benefits—including superior hazard recognition levels and lower injury rates. Towards achieving this goal, the current investigation focused on identifying hazard categories that workers are more proficient in recognizing and others that they are less proficient in recognizing (i.e., hazard recognition patterns). For the purpose of the current study, hazards were classified on the basis of the energy source per Haddon’s energy release theory (e.g., gravity, motion, electrical, chemical, etc.). As part of the study, 287 workers representing 57 construction workplaces in the United States were engaged in a hazard recognition activity. Apart from confirming previous research findings that workers fail to recognize a disproportionate number of safety hazards, the results demonstrate that the workers are more proficient in recognizing certain hazard types. More specifically, the workers on average recognized roughly 47% of the safety hazards in the gravity, electrical, motion, and temperature hazard categories while only recognizing less than 10% of the hazards in the pressure, chemical, and radiation hazard categories. These findings can inform the development of more robust interventions and industry-wide initiatives to tackle the issue of poor hazard recognition levels in the construction industry.

scholarly journals Exploring the Effects of Safety Climate on Worker’s Safety Behavior in Subway Operation

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8310
Author(s):  
Yongliang Deng ◽  
Haolun Guo ◽  
Miaomiao Meng ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Shuangshuang Pei
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Safety Level ◽  
Safety Communication ◽  
Total Influence

The safety climate is becoming more and more important in the processes of subway operation safety management due to various accidents. The research objective of this study is to explore the effects of safety climate and personal factors on safety behavior in subway operation. First, a conceptual model is developed based on the literature review and expert experience. Then, data are collected from 352 workers in the Xuzhou subway operation company by questionnaire survey. Third, the structural equation model is employed to do model analysis based on SPSS and AMOS, and the final model is achieved through a serious of model tests and modification. At last, the quantitative effect of safety climate on worker’s safety behavior in subway operation is obtained and analyzed. The results show that the descending order of total influence effect of safety climate on safety behavior is safety attitude (0.36), safety communication (0.265), safety policy (0.238), safety education and training (0.1), management commitment (0.099), and safety participation (0.073), respectively. The total influence effects of mediator variables (safety awareness and safety ability) are 0.242 and 0.194, respectively. This study would be beneficial by offering recommendations in regard to worker’s safety behavior to raise the safety level in subway operation.

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