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JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH
Volume 40, Issue 1, Pages 53-61Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.12.005
Keywords
Occupational injury; Construction; Safety; Safety climate; Qualitative methods
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Funding
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH [R01OH007633] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NCRR NIH HHS [U54 RR 023469-01] Funding Source: Medline
- NIOSH CDC HHS [R01 OH 007633] Funding Source: Medline
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Problem: Construction risk management is challenging. Method: We combined data on injuries, costs, and hours worked, obtained through a Rolling Owner-Controlled Insurance Program (ROCIP), with data from focus groups, interviews, and field observations, to prospectively study injuries and hazard control on a large university construction project. Results: Lost-time injury rates (1.0/200,000 hours worked) were considerably lower than reported for the industry, and there were no serious falls from height. Safety was considered in the awarding of contracts and project timeline development; hazard management was iterative. A top-down management commitment to safety was clearly communicated to, and embraced by, workers throughout the site. Discussion and Impact: A better understanding of how contracting relationships, workers' compensation, and liability insurance arrangements influence safety could shift risk management efforts from worker behaviors to a broader focus on how these programs and relationships affect incentives and disincentives for workplace safety and health. (c) 2009 National Safety Council and Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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