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.

scholarly journals Exploring the Relationship between Safety Climate and Worker Safety Behavior on Building Construction Sites in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3326
Author(s):  
Wei Tong Chen ◽  
Hew Cameron Merrett ◽  
Ying-Hua Huang ◽  
Theresia Avila Bria ◽  
Ying-Hsiu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

Construction occupational accidents are often attributed to workers’ having an insufficient perception of how their actions influence safety in the construction site. This research explores the relationship between safety climate (SC) and personnel safety behavior (SB) of construction workers operating on building construction sites in Taiwan. The study discovered a significant positive relationship between SC and SB of Taiwan’s building construction sites, and in turn SC level had a positive impact on SB participation and overall safety perceptions. The higher the SC cognition of Taiwan’s building construction workers, the better the performance of SB was found to be. The dimension of "safety commitment and safety training" had the greatest relationship with SB. Safety training also had a deep impact on the cognition of SB. Therefore, the organizational culture and attitudes to safety coupled with the successful implementation of safety education and training can effectively enhance SC and worker SB on building construction sites in Taiwan, thereby potentially reducing the impacts of the underlying organizational factors behind safety related incidents.

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.

Safety climate and safety performance among construction workers in Hong Kong

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oi-ling Siu ◽  
David R Phillips ◽  
Tat-wing Leung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Construction Workers

scholarly journals E DIRECT EFFECT OF CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND SAFETY CLIMATE ON INTENTION TO SAFETY BEHAVIOR: A STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nor Azma Rahlin ◽  
Zainudin Awang ◽  
Mohamad Zulkifli Abd Rahim ◽  
Ayu Suriawaty Bahkia
Keyword(s):  
Direct Effect ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Employee Safety ◽  
Islamic Work Ethic ◽  
Medium Enterprise

Purpose of the study: The main objective of this study was to examine the effect of climate emergence (i.e., work ownership, Islamic work ethic, and employee safety climate) on the intention of safety behavior. Methodology: The research framework was developed based on the Theory of Planned Behavior and Social Exchange Theory. Stratified random sampling was used to collect data from 400 first-line operators and supervisors within the Small Medium Enterprise. A total of 250 useable questionnaires with a response rate of 75% were used for data analysis. The five proposed hypotheses were tested using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in IBM-SPSS-AMOS. Main Findings: The results indicate that climate emergence factors have a positive and significant effect on employee intention to safety behavior. Furthermore, employee safety climate found to be the strongest predictor of employee intention to safety behavior, while other climate emergence factors do not have a direct effect on the intention of safety behavior. The model accounted for 76% of the variance in climate emergence in the context of intention to safety behavior. Applications of this study: The results obtained from this study contribute to the improvement of proactive safety performance measures in the small-medium enterprise. However, further efforts are required to achieve the enhanced safety performance level Novelty/Originality of this study: This study adds to the existing psychological literature on climate and employee safety behavior. This present study enhanced the climate-based construct by improving the safety performance measurement for small-medium enterprises.

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