Engaging Stakeholders in Improving the Quality of OSH Decision-Making in Construction Projects: Research to Practice Report

Details

• Personal Author:
  Blismas N ; Harley H ; Jones K ; Lingard H ; Pirzadeh P ; Wakefield R ; Zhang RP
• Description:
  Traditionally the construction industry has performed poorly in terms the occupational safety and health (OSH) of its workers. Research undertaken in the United States and Australia had three aims, to investigate: (i) the benefits associated with early consideration of construction workers' OSH in the life cycle of a construction project, (ii) the role played by communication and social networks in supporting positive OSH outcomes in construction projects, and (iii) ways to ensure that project team members work collaboratively and cooperatively to produce good OSH outcomes. This report illustrates the importance of early OSH intervention in construction projects, the important role of communication and consultation in achieving safety and OSH improvements and, perhaps most importantly, provides simple tools for identifying OSH benchmarks from which a strategy for improvement can be built. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Decision Making Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Construction Workers Decision Making Occupational Safety And Health R2p Research To Practice Initiative Worker Safety
• Publisher:
  Centre for Construction Work Health and Safety Research
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-68
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062014
• Citation:
  Melbourne, Australia: Centre for Construction Work Health and Safety Research, 2015 Apr; :1-68
• Contact Point Address:
  Centre for Construction Work Health and Safety Research, RMIT University, Building 8, Level 8, Room 34, 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
• Email:
  constructionOSH@rmit.edu.au
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Engaging stakeholders in improving the quality of OSH decision-making in construction projects: Research to Practice report
• End Date:
  20150131
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4ad9043717a8983d3fc2d7147ccc048551bd75b391cd3f77821db47f08e15e908ee9c253e4b06dce5ef5ef1c1ddfbf70d710e5a32df1f34e6664a8fe62329fdd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225340/cdc_225340_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.06 MB ]