Stakeholder perceptions of risk in construction

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• Personal Author:
  Kleiner BM ; Lingard H ; McCoy AP ; Mills TH ; Zhao D
• Description:
  Safety management in construction is an integral effort and its success requires inputs from all stakeholders across design and construction phases. Effective risk mitigation relies on the concordance of all stakeholders' risk perceptions. Many researchers have noticed the discordance of risk perceptions among critical stakeholders in safe construction work, however few have provided quantifiable evidence describing them. In an effort to fill this perception gap, this research performs an experiment that investigates stakeholder perceptions of risk in construction. Data analysis confirms the existence of such discordance, and indicates a trend in risk likelihood estimation. With risk perceptions from low to high, the stakeholders are architects, contractors/safety professionals, and engineers. Including prior studies, results also suggest that designers have improved their knowledge in building construction safety, but compared to builders they present more difficultly in reaching a consensus of perception. Findings of this research are intended to be used by risk management and decision makers to reassess stakeholders' varying judgments when considering injury prevention and hazard assessment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Construction Stakeholder Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Experiment Exposure-levels Hazards Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational Safety And Health Preventive-medicine Risk-factors Risk Management Risk Perception Safety-measures Safety-programs Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  0925-7535
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  111-119
• Volume:
  82
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046835
• Citation:
  Saf Sci 2016 Feb; 82:111-119
• Contact Point Address:
  Dong Zhao, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University, 552 W Circle Dr., East Lansing, MI 48824
• Email:
  dzhao@msu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Safety Science
• End Date:
  20150131
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0a79c0384c4350f4e62d30f036a49d6f3b62116b2e97e857bc1cea59437f918a62515f8201698cc06d707a6e518e47b85b9edf5718915556bb7addfe8fed452a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202127/cdc_202127_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 873.14 KB ]