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

Makki, Anas A.; Mosly, Ibrahim

doi:10.3390/app11041474

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“…This corroborates the fact that the construction industry in Saudi Arabia is an indispensable sector of the Kingdom's economy [3], [4]. However, construction projects in Saudi Arabia have been synonymous with accidents despite the industry's significant impact on the nation's economy and the considerable improvements in safety through the years [2]. Remarkably, the rate of accidents in construction projects is second to none compared to any other sector of the economy [5], [6].…”

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“…The construction industry of Saudi Arabian is considered one of the most significant pillars of the nation's economy, and it generates 9.5% of the Kingdom's Gross Domestic Product [1]. About 18% of the country's population is gainfully employed in construction [2]. This corroborates the fact that the construction industry in Saudi Arabia is an indispensable sector of the Kingdom's economy [3], [4].…”

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Safety Risk Factors for Tower Cranes Used by Small and Medium-Scale Contractors on Construction Sites

Sodangi¹

2023

Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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Considering a large number of Small and Medium-Scale Contractors (SMSCs) dominating the construction industries of many developing nations and the increasingly high rate of tower crane accidents in the industry, this paper seeks to methodically determine the safety risk factors that are significant in influencing construction site safety, especially on sites where the SMSCs operate tower cranes. The paper will further assess the extent to which each safety risk factor affects safety on construction sites. Data for the study was obtained through a literature search, site visual observations, discussions with site operators, and structured questioning of safety and equipment managers of leading construction companies. The study's findings reveal that the operator's low experience level was the most significant factor influencing construction site safety, particularly when operating tower cranes. This paper systematically investigates the key safety risk factors that influence construction site safety when operating tower cranes. The paper presents a clear methodology for identifying and prioritizing the safety risk factors, which may readily apply to other construction equipment. The findings of this paper are expected to play an important role in promoting and enhancing a safety culture for operating tower cranes in construction sites, particularly the project sites operated by the SMSCs.

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Safety Risk Factors for Tower Cranes Used by Small and Medium-Scale Contractors on Construction Sites

Sodangi¹

2023

Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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“…Cronbach’s alpha was calculated to measure the reliability for sets of latent variables in the used questionnaire, and the overall alpha value for NOSACQ-50 was 0.877, indicating a satisfactory level of reliability because the value exceeded the threshold of > 0.70 [ 11 ]. Table 3 presents descriptive statistics delineating mean and standard deviation values that compare the levels of safety climate between local and multinational employers’ samples by presenting the mean score for each item across the seven dimensions.…”

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“…Additionally, it is a vital tool that enables companies to use rubric-based descriptors to evaluate their safety climate maturity in a reliable way [ 9 ], thereby improving safety culture, employee quality of life, and accident prevention [ 10 ]. The importance of SC was emphasized by Makki & Mosly [ 11 ] who argued that it can assist industry owners and contractors by providing details related to attitudes and perceptions that can enhance safety performance. In terms of managerial benefits, the excellence of the safety climate influences three areas: management, site, and enterprise.…”

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Assessment of workplace safety climate among power sector employees: A comparative study of cross-culture employer in Pakistan

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Pakistan’s power sector has undergone extensive reforms to improve its technical and monetary performance over the last two decades. However, despite its fast-growing and hazardous nature, safety research remains limited in this context. This study aims to address this gap by assessing the level of safety climate in the power sector and comparing the safety climate in plants operated by multinational companies (MNCs) and local companies (LCs).To this end, five power plants operating in the southern part of the Punjab region (in Pakistan) were included in this study. The Nordic Occupational Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50), an analytical tool comprising of 50 items across seven dimensions, was used to determine the level of safety climate. An independent T-Test was then applied to compare the means in two different setups to draw a conclusion about overall safety climate differences. In MNCs, overall management/leadership perception improved; however, workers in both setups responded similarly in many cases. The lowest observed score in both setups was related to worker’s prioritization of safety and risk non-acceptance. The study highlights the importance of a company’s policies, procedures, and leadership commitments in creating a stronger safety climate by instilling trust in workers. The study further demonstrates that cross-cultural and strong policies devised by multinational companies help to improve the overall safety climate andconcludes that promoting an efficient and positive safety climate in the power sector is a long journey and that can only be achieved if all workers and leaders take on an active role.

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“…The second study revealed that the 13 factors act as determinants of safety climate in construction sites of Saudi Arabia under three key components of safety climate which are safety commitment, safety interaction, and safety support [38]. The third study developed a safety climate prediction model and revealed the set of significant safety climate predictors in construction sites of Saudi Arabia [39]. To further enrich the area of research related to safety climate workers perceptions in the Saudi Arabian construction industry, this study aimed to determine the perceptions and multi-sociodemographic characteristics of construction site personnel regarding the factors that influence the safety climate.…”

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The Effects of Multi-Sociodemographic Characteristics of Construction Sites Personnel on Perceptions of Safety Climate-Influencing Factors: The Construction Industry in Saudi Arabia

Mosly

Makki

2021

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The construction industry in Saudi Arabia relies prominently on migrant workers of multi-sociodemographic characteristics with different perceptions of a safety climate. The exploration of the perceptions regarding the safety climate among various groups of migrant workers may help identify effective means of improving safety levels at construction sites in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to examine the effects of multi-sociodemographic characteristics of construction site personnel on their perceptions of the factors that influence the safety climate at construction sites in Saudi Arabia. Data were collected from 401 construction site workers, employed at ongoing construction project sites in Saudi Arabia, using a designed questionnaire. A generalized, linear model approach was applied, using the single ordinal logistic regression method, to analyze the collected data. The results revealed the significant sets of sociodemographic characteristics and their associated subgroups that had significant effects on the perception of importance assigned to each safety climate-influencing factor. These findings provide a better understanding of the views of construction site personnel on the safety climate and can assist construction industry decision-makers, safety policy designers, government agencies, and stakeholders when designing better-targeted enhancement plans and strategies to improve the safety climate of construction sites, based on the sociodemographic makeup of the personnel at each construction site.

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

Cited by 8 publications

References 55 publications

Safety Risk Factors for Tower Cranes Used by Small and Medium-Scale Contractors on Construction Sites

Safety Risk Factors for Tower Cranes Used by Small and Medium-Scale Contractors on Construction Sites

Assessment of workplace safety climate among power sector employees: A comparative study of cross-culture employer in Pakistan

The Effects of Multi-Sociodemographic Characteristics of Construction Sites Personnel on Perceptions of Safety Climate-Influencing Factors: The Construction Industry in Saudi Arabia

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