Gilkey, D P; Del Puerto, C L; Keefe, T; Bigelow, P; Herron, R; Rosecrance, J and Chen, P (2012) Comparative analysis of safety culture perceptions among homesafe managers and workers in residential construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(9), pp. 1044-1052. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Construction workers continue to experience high rates of injury and illness compared with many other industries. Growing evidence suggests that safety culture has a direct effect on safety performance. This study investigated measures of safety culture and risk perception among a residential-home-building cohort within the HomeSafe Pilot Program in the Denver metro area of Colorado. Investigators compared group-level responses of management to frontline construction workers. Results indicate that managers appraised the overall safety culture at higher levels compared with the workers. Managers also perceived a higher level of management commitment to safety and health than that reported by workers.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction sites; management; residential construction; safety culture |
| Index terms: | program, evidence, safety performance, manager, injury, construction site, risk perception, commitment, comparative analysis, residential construction, construction worker, direct effect, safety culture, illness |
| Subjects: | occupational health and safety management, health conditions and diseases, environmental hazards, factor and component analysis, construction integration, software systems, health safety and environment, psychology, work location, data analysis and analytics, evaluation and assessment methods, practitioner |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Sustainability, Health and Safety, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Organizational Design, Site Management, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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