Determinants for Safety Climate Evaluation of Construction Industry Sites in Saudi Arabia

Makki, Anas A.; Mosly, Ibrahim

doi:10.3390/ijerph17218225

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“…Mosly and Makki [45] identified 13 safety-climate-influencing factors in Saudi Arabian construction sites (Table 1). Subsequently, Makki and Mosly conducted an exploratory study [46] that revealed that those influencing factors act as determinants of the safety climate under three key components (safety commitment, safety interaction, and safety support). This study builds upon these previous studies, using their safety climate determinants to explore the set of factors capable of predicting safety climate levels.…”

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Predicting the Safety Climate in Construction Sites of Saudi Arabia: A Bootstrapped Multiple Ordinal Logistic Regression Modeling Approach

Makki

Mosly

2021

Applied Sciences

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Construction site accidents can be reduced through proactive steps using prediction models developed based on factors that influence the safety climate. In this study, a prediction model of the safety climate observed by construction site personnel in Saudi Arabia was developed, identifying a set of significant safety climate predictors. The model was built with data collected from 401 active construction site personnel using a bootstrapped multiple ordinal logistic regression model. The model revealed five significant predictors: supervision, guidance, and inspection; social security and health insurance; management’s commitment to safety; management’s safety justice; and coworker influence. The model can correctly predict 67% of the safety evaluations. The identified predictors present proof of the importance of safety support, commitment, and interaction in construction sites and their influence on the perceived evaluations of the safety climate by personnel. Moreover, the prediction model can help construction industry decision makers, safety policy designers, government agencies, and stakeholders to estimate the safety climate and assess the current situation. Furthermore, the model can help form a better understanding and determine areas of improvement, which can translate into higher safety performance levels.

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Predicting the Safety Climate in Construction Sites of Saudi Arabia: A Bootstrapped Multiple Ordinal Logistic Regression Modeling Approach

Makki

Mosly

2021

Applied Sciences

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“…Although the present study has achieved its aim, there are a few recommendations that future studies could focus on. A study on the impact of safety program elements on overall project success by using empirical methods would be of strategic importance, while presenting a country-specific checklist for the successful implementation of health and safety programs, as recommended by [ 70 ], could also offer some practical solutions.…”

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Safety Program Elements in the Construction Industry: The Case of Iraq

Buniya

Othman

Durdyev

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The construction industries’ unsafe conditions require increased efforts to improve safety performance to prevent and reduce accident rates. Safety performance in the Iraqi construction industry is notoriously poor. Despite this condition, safety research has so far been neglected. Implementing a safety program is a proven initial step to improve safety. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify the key elements of a safety program in the Iraqi construction industry. To verify and validate a list of safety program elements identified in the literature review, a mixed method approach was used by using interviews and questionnaire surveys. A final list of 25 elements were then analyzed using exploratory factor analysis. The analysis found that these elements can be grouped into four interrelated dimensions: management commitment and employee involvement, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control systems, and safety and health training. This study contributes to the body of knowledge on safety in the Iraqi construction sector, a research area which has not been adequately investigated previously. They also help decision-makers focus on key elements that are needed to start improving safety performance in this context.

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“…This disparity in the number and type of SC dimensions is a source of uncertainty among construction researchers and practitioners [34]. However, creating a unified set of SC dimensions has limitations as due to the influences of factors of different countries [35,36]. However, several similarities exist between the findings of many SC studies [37].…”

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Exploring the Relationship between Safety Climate and Worker Safety Behavior on Building Construction Sites in Taiwan

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Construction occupational accidents are often attributed to workers’ having an insufficient perception of how their actions influence safety in the construction site. This research explores the relationship between safety climate (SC) and personnel safety behavior (SB) of construction workers operating on building construction sites in Taiwan. The study discovered a significant positive relationship between SC and SB of Taiwan’s building construction sites, and in turn SC level had a positive impact on SB participation and overall safety perceptions. The higher the SC cognition of Taiwan’s building construction workers, the better the performance of SB was found to be. The dimension of "safety commitment and safety training" had the greatest relationship with SB. Safety training also had a deep impact on the cognition of SB. Therefore, the organizational culture and attitudes to safety coupled with the successful implementation of safety education and training can effectively enhance SC and worker SB on building construction sites in Taiwan, thereby potentially reducing the impacts of the underlying organizational factors behind safety related incidents.

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Determinants for Safety Climate Evaluation of Construction Industry Sites in Saudi Arabia

Cited by 12 publications

References 46 publications

Predicting the Safety Climate in Construction Sites of Saudi Arabia: A Bootstrapped Multiple Ordinal Logistic Regression Modeling Approach

Predicting the Safety Climate in Construction Sites of Saudi Arabia: A Bootstrapped Multiple Ordinal Logistic Regression Modeling Approach

Safety Program Elements in the Construction Industry: The Case of Iraq

Exploring the Relationship between Safety Climate and Worker Safety Behavior on Building Construction Sites in Taiwan

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