Guan, Z; Yiu, T W; Samarasinghe, D A S and Reddy, R (2024) Health and safety risk of migrant construction workers–a systematic literature review. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 31(3), pp. 1081-1099. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to review and analyze the research literature on the health and safety issues of migrant workers in the construction industry from 2000 to 2022. Design/methodology/approach: 5 steps method is used to conduct a systematic review to achieve the objectives. After scanning two authoritative search engines “Web of Science” and “Scope”, 60 articles are selected from 225 publications for identification and review. These identified articles are classified by research fields, countries and time span. Findings: The review finds that with the increasing influence of migrant construction workers, the number of publications on the health and safety of migrant workers has shown a rapid upward trend. Moreover, language barriers are the most dominant safety risk factors encountered by on-site migrant workers. This systematic literature review also summarizes the definition of migrant workers and solutions to reduce safety risk factors. Originality/value: The research data on the health and safety issues and risk factors of migrant workers in the construction industry is still limited. This literature review summarizes the research trends and contributions of the literature in this field in the past 22 years and provides theoretical support for future research on the safety management of the migration construction field.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction; construction safety; risk management |
| Index terms: | construction worker, construction industry, systematic literature review, safety management, health and safety issues, search engines, risk factor, literature review, risk management, publication, science, migrant worker, migration, construction safety, methodology, health and safety |
| Subjects: | industry analysis, environmental health, demography, occupational health and safety management, research evaluation and metrics, research dissemination and communication, data analysis and analytics, environmental hazards, research methods, specialized education, health safety and environment, risk assessment, information science, practitioner, management |
| Topics: | Information Management, Risk Management, Urban Studies, International Construction, Roles and Professions, Sustainability, Health and Safety, Research Practice, Education, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here