Safety Management and Safety Culture among Small Construction Firms

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Goldenhar, Linda M. ; Wang, Xuanwen
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training. CPWR Data Center ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In recent years, high performing construction industry contractors, who are striving for zero injuries and continuous improvement in their safety and health programs, have recognized that a positive safety culture is tied to all other aspects of their businesses, including productivity and competitiveness. To track changes in safety management and safety culture in the construction industry, CPWR has collaborated with Dodge Data & Analytics (formerly known as McGraw Hill Construction) to conduct an online Construction Safety Management Survey (CSMS) using Dodge's member contractor panel (>3,000). The first online survey was conducted in 2012; the second in 2015. Moving forward, the CSMS will be conducted biennially. The Dodge SmartMarket Report "Building a Safety Culture: Improving Safety and Health in the Construction Industry" was released in April 2016. The results showed broad industry implementation of interventions to promote a strong safety culture. Jobsite worker involvement ranked first in the percentage of contractors who consider it an essential part of a world class safety program in 2015, up from ranking sixth in 2012. Moreover, a higher number of construction companies in the 2015 survey reported that they reduced work-related injuries and increased their business competitiveness by investing in safety. Despite the encouraging results, the data indicates that small construction firms lag behind larger ones in most of the safety management and safety culture measures. To examine this issue in more detail, we analyzed the CSMS data comparing the differences in safety management and safety culture between small and large firms in this Quarterly Data Report. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Small Business Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Health Surveys Injury Prevention Intervention Management Personnel Occupational Safety Occupational Safety Programs Protective Measures Safety-research Safety Climate Safety Culture Safety Monitoring Safety Personnel Safety Practices Safety Programs Small Businesses Worker Safety Work Operations Work Practices

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• Subseries:
  CPWR Quarterly Data Report
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  21 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050586
• Citation:
  CPWR Quarterly Data Report. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2016 Jul; :1-21
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8746e182ed5fd71cc8c21b95cba0b79cd4f47eca3ccbd59eb8ec423648b3cc98905e05c472a037bc75d130a68f907c49c08465133d8f34b163273b0ee92dbb6e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/157842/cdc_157842_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.35 MB ]