Chen, Q and Jin, R (2012) Safety4site commitment to enhance jobsite safety management and performance. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(4), pp. 509-519. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Safety management is becoming increasingly important in the construction industry. Effective safety management not only reduces contractors' incident rates and compensation costs, it also enhances productivity and efficiency in project execution. In addition, better safety performance increases contractors' competitive advantage in the market by providing better values to their clients. This paper presents a case study of an on-site safety management program launched by a general contractor (GC). The initial findings, based on quantitative measurement of incident rates and safety violations, are presented to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. Overall, the program is effective in reducing jobsite accidents/incidents and safety violations in the GC's organization while having less effect on subcontractors' safety performance. This research also finds no linear relationship between incident rates and safety violation rates, indicating that these two measurements are uncorrelated and that both of them need to be used in evaluating jobsite safety performance and the effectiveness of a safety program.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction; focus 4 hazards; incident rate; safety; safety management; safety performance; safety violation rate |
| Index terms: | effectiveness, compensation, construction industry, competitive advantage, efficiency, site safety management, becoming, case study, productivity, program, safety management, subcontractor, violation, safety performance, commitment, general contractor |
| Subjects: | performance management, software systems, management, industry analysis, regulatory law, philosophical process, occupational health and safety management, market analysis, practitioner, dispute resolution, data collection methods, operations management, psychology |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Business Strategy, Health and Safety, Roles and Professions, Quality Management, Legal Issues, Digital Applications, Organizational Design, Site Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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