Chellappa, V; Srivastava, V and Salve, U R (2021) A systematic review of construction workers' health and safety research in India. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(6), pp. 1488-1504. ISSN 1726-0531
Abstract
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. 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. 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. 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.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | climate; construction safety; health and safety; learning; performance; safety; construction worker; ergonomics; India |
| Index terms: | occupational health, journal, India, construction worker, systematic literature review, safety performance, safety management, mapping, safety climate, construction safety, ergonomics, science, documents, database, health and safety |
| Subjects: | environmental health, research evaluation and metrics, occupational health and safety management, Geography, research dissemination and communication, spatial and geospatial analysis, health safety and environment, specialized education, practitioner, data management, professional development |
| Topics: | Information Management, Geographical Context, Health and Safety, Sustainability, Roles and Professions, Digital Applications, Education, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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