North American Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication and Construction Worker Safety Climate Perception Affected by Job Position

Pinion, Clint; Klyza, James; Brewer, Shelley; Douphrate, David I.

doi:10.3390/safety4020014

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“…Actually, these authors stressed the fact that the main benefit of assessing workers’ SC relies on its association with safety practices, accidents and unsafe behaviors. Accordingly, SC assessment provides information on the workers’ perception of safety in their work environment [ 5 ], resulting in an effective tool for evaluating their safety performances in a specific context [ 6 , 7 , 8 ]. Hence, it is deemed that investigating SC represents a crucial factor for the prevention of accidents and the improvement of the level of safety at the workplace [ 9 ].…”

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NOSACQ-50 for Safety Climate Assessment in Agricultural Activities: A Case Study in Central Italy

Fargnoli

Lombardi

2020

IJERPH

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Safety climate assessment has been recognized as a powerful tool to bring to light workers’ perceptions related to safety practices, attitudes and behaviors at the workplace. Accordingly, its investigation can provide useful information about safety problems within a company before accidents occur. In literature, numerous studies can be found investigating safety climates in different types of industry. However, safety climate assessment in agricultural activities is addressed scarcely, even though agriculture represents a very hazardous sector. To reduce this gap, the present study proposes an investigation of safety climate among farmers by means of the Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50). The results of the survey brought to light a low level of safety perception of the interviewed sample, especially as concerns safety commitment and risk-taking attitudes. In particular, a different attitude toward safety issues has been registered depending on both the position and gender of the interviewed farmers. Overall, the output of this cross-sectional analysis adds to the current literature by expanding knowledge of safety climate among farmers, representing a baseline for further investigations based on human-centered approaches to enhance safety in agriculture and consequently social and workplace aspects of sustainable agricultural systems.

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NOSACQ-50 for Safety Climate Assessment in Agricultural Activities: A Case Study in Central Italy

Fargnoli

Lombardi

2020

IJERPH

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“…Nevertheless, some discussions persist about the regional ambiguity as the female workers sometimes suffer higher risk due to higher job stress and injury rate than male workers (Gordon, 2019). Education has been considered a direct and effective strategy for improving work capability and safety skills (Zhang and An, 2011), but some uncertainties regarding the regional in uence of education level on the personal awareness and organizational safety of construction workers remain unaddressed due to the observed insigni cant correlations (Pinion et al, 2018). For age, Schwatka and Rosecrance (2016) indicated that young workers will have a better safety at work compared with the older workers because of their better alertness to potential threats and higher physical capacities.…”

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Cross-Regional Research in Demographic Impact on Safety Consciousness and Safety Citizenship Behavior of Construction Workers: A Comparative Study between Mainland China and Hong Kong

Meng¹,

Chan²

2020

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Background: The construction industry has rapidly developed with the continuous prosperity in Hong Kong and Mainland China, though accidents still occur with unacceptable frequency and severity. For promoting the safety issue of workers in construction industry, safety citizenship behavior (SCB) and safety consciousness (SC) were considered two influential constructs and further studied with integration of sociodemographic theories by scholars. However, no study has compared the SC and SCB of construction workers in terms of the demographic influence between Mainland China and Hong Kong. Methods: To fill this research gap, this study investigated the territorial difference between these two regions by conducting a cross-sectional questionnaire survey with recruitment of 253 Mainland construction workers and 256 Hong Kong construction workers. Results: Significant similarities and differences of SC and SCB performance were revealed in terms of the workers with different genders, education levels, weekly working hours, and ages. Conclusions: This study provides insights into the comparison of demographic influence on SC and SCB of construction workers between Hong Kong and Mainland China, which is unique as it can yield useful managerial knowledge relevant to the personal safety of targeted groups of construction workers with particular demographic characteristic in both regions and contribute the implementation of safety interventions in line with the specific distinction in territorial aspect.

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“…It concluded that relationships are the most important factor contributing mainly to safety performance through adequate procedures, training, and constructive communication [16]. Furthermore, a research study that examined the variances in safety climate perceptions between job positions in North America revealed that differences exist according to job position [17]. Results showed that the highest safety climate score came from project managers, followed by supervisors, then technical support employees and supervisors, and finally labourers [17].…”

Section: Safety Climate Research In the Construction Industry Worldwidementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, a research study that examined the variances in safety climate perceptions between job positions in North America revealed that differences exist according to job position [17]. Results showed that the highest safety climate score came from project managers, followed by supervisors, then technical support employees and supervisors, and finally labourers [17]. Moreover, a research study undertaken in Hong Kong suggested that safety climate could be implemented as a significant investigative tool for assessing and enhancing site safety for construction sites [18].…”

Section: Safety Climate Research In the Construction Industry Worldwidementioning

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Factors Influencing Safety Climate in the Construction Industry: A Review

Mosly¹

2019

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The construction industry represents a significant share of the economy for any country. Nevertheless, it is considered a dangerous industry, where the level of injuries and deaths is generally high compared to other industries. As a result, it becomes important to maintain adequate levels of safety performance on construction sites, and this can be promoted by raising the safety climate amongst the construction industry personnel. This research study aimed to identifying the factors influencing the safety climate in the construction industry. A literature review was the main method of data collection, and only journals included on the Web of Science platform were considered in the process of identifying key factors. As a result, 18 factors were identified and grouped into management related safety climate factors, and worker-related safety climate factors. In conclusion, it was found that the organization's management team had the greatest influence on safety climate; thus, they are considered accountable for safety measures as a result.

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North American Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication and Construction Worker Safety Climate Perception Affected by Job Position

Cited by 15 publications

References 25 publications

NOSACQ-50 for Safety Climate Assessment in Agricultural Activities: A Case Study in Central Italy

NOSACQ-50 for Safety Climate Assessment in Agricultural Activities: A Case Study in Central Italy

Cross-Regional Research in Demographic Impact on Safety Consciousness and Safety Citizenship Behavior of Construction Workers: A Comparative Study between Mainland China and Hong Kong

Factors Influencing Safety Climate in the Construction Industry: A Review

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