How Do Project Manager’s View Construction Safety in Australia Versus the United States?

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• Personal Author:
  Cooke T ; Kleiner BM ; McCoy A ; Mills T ; Saunders L
• Description:
  This paper investigates differences between the safety cultures in the United States and Australia from the viewpoint of constructor project managers. The authors conducted interviews with the project managers on three large construction projects in both countries to qualitatively examine differences of how safety is considered throughout the construction project lifecycle. The results indicate that while constructability reviews during the design phase occur in both countries, safety is considered as an explicit factor in constructability reviews in Australia, while in the United States safety is considered after this review is completed. It is contended that this difference has a major impact on safety culture. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Construction Safety Construction Industry Construction Workers Occupational Safety And Health Safety Culture Safety Research
• Publisher:
  International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061987
• Citation:
  Proceedings of CIB W099 Conference: Prevention - Means to the End of Construction Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities, August 24-26, 2011, Washington, D.C. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, 2011 Aug; :1-12
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of CIB W099 Conference: Prevention - Means to the End of Construction Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities, August 24-26, 2011, Washington, D.C.
• End Date:
  20150131
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3551f817169703f4909c59d81b3cb2b2a7002868ce7cf376ebb8e1c16896b22c4b0dede29ff7b22bb8ae5ce5059291e07879961cece45d380b1264ddc09a7aa9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225315/cdc_225315_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 373.58 KB ]