Langford, D; Rowlinson, S and Sawacha, E (2000) Safety behaviour and safety management: Its influence on the attitudes of workers in the UK construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(2), pp. 133-140. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
This paper identifies the critical factors that influence the attitudes of construction workers towards safe behaviour on construction sites. It studies these attitudes by using a research model that links three themes: safety management implementation strategies, attitudes of workers about safety and behavioural factors displayed by construction workers. This model is used to frame the responses of 126 directly employed construction workers in 10 companies. Some 56 variables were identified as having a potential influence upon attitudes to safety. The initial data analysis found that 12 technical factors significantly correlated to the development of strong positive attitudes towards safety management. Second-order analysis, using factor analysis, isolated five variables that had a major influence on safety attitudes. The five factors were: organizing for safety supervision and equipment management, industry norms and culture, attitudes to risk taking and management behaviour.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | attitudes; construction site safety; safety culture; safety improvement; safety management; worker behaviour factors |
| Index terms: | data analysis, risk taking, equipment management, strategy, construction site, industry norm, safety management, safety culture, safety behaviour, critical factor, factor analysis, supervision, implementation, safety attitude, construction industry, construction worker |
| Subjects: | contractual arrangements, data analysis and analytics, work location, operational management, practitioner, control systems, business, risk assessment, statistical analysis, industry analysis, occupational health and safety management, health safety and environment, decision-making and reasoning, management |
| Topics: | Plant and Equipment, Procurement, Risk Management, Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Project Management, Health and Safety, Business Strategy, Site Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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