The Effects of Error Management Climate and Safety Communication on Safety: A Multi-Level Study

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• Personal Author:
  Chen PY ; Cigularov KP ; Rosecrance J
• Description:
  Work in the construction industry is considered inherently dangerous, despite the technological improvements regarding the safety of work conditions and equipment. To address the urgent need to identify organizational predictors of safety performance and outcomes among construction workers, the present study examined multi-level effects of two important indicators of safety climate, namely contractor error management climate and worker safety communication, on safety behavior, injury, and pain among union construction workers. Data were collected from 235 union construction workers employed by 15 contractors in Midwest and Northwest regions of the United States. Results revealed significant main effects for safety communication and error management climate on safety behaviors and pain, but not on injuries. Our findings suggest that positive safety communication and error management climate are important contributors to improving workplace safety. Specific implications of these results for organizational safety research and practice are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Safety Behavior Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Injury Injury-prevention Multi-level Analysis Pain Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-research Safety Climate Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health Worker-motivation Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0001-4575
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Iowa ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037621
• Citation:
  Accid Anal Prev 2010 Sep; 42(5):1498-1506
• Contact Point Address:
  Konstantin P. Cigularov, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3105 South Dearborn, Suite 252, Chicago, IL 60616-3793
• Email:
  kcigular@iit.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  Accident Analysis and Prevention
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:83e8ee3c927b5db6b7b9f6e3c04202af3014d7a8ae90c7baa5bbbae3730d8ff8adc6becbe47ded69299ffcdb42d72e259f8a7695dc9e7453b36f190e2ca36da2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188681/cdc_188681_DS1.pdf
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