Owner’s Role in Construction Safety

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• Personal Author:
  Hinze J ; Huang X
• Description:
  Despite dramatic improvements in recent decades, the construction industry continues to be one of the industries with the poorest safety records. Recent improvements are due, in part, to the concerted efforts of owners, contractors, subcontractors, and designers. While past safety studies have investigated the roles of contractors, subcontractors, and designers, the owner's impact on construction safety has not been previously investigated. This paper will present the results of a study on the owner's role in construction safety. Data were obtained by conducting interviews on large construction projects. The relationship between project safety performance and the owner's influence was examined, with particular focus on project characteristics, the selection of safe contractors, contractual safety requirements, and the owner's participation in safety management during project execution. By identifying practices of owners that are associated with good project safety performances, guidance is provided on how owners directly impact safety performance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Environmental Exposure Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accidents Construction Industry Construction Workers Exposure Levels Fatalities Hazards Injuries Personal Protective Equipment PPE Protective Measures Risk Factors Safety Education Safety Measures Safety Programs Training Traumatic Injuries Work Environment Workers Worker Safety

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• ISSN:
  0733-9364
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Indiana ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  164-173
• Volume:
  132
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063251
• Citation:
  J Constr Eng Manage 2006 Feb; 132(2):164-173
• Contact Point Address:
  Xinyu Huang, Senior Safety Engineer, Intel Products (Shanghai) Ltd., No. 999 Ying Lun Rd. Wai Gao Qiao Free Trade Zone, Pudong, Shanghai 200131
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, Indiana
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
• End Date:
  20030831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8ec5fcc88caa7867458b0659e2c26556f29290c81b79427b26a0e5914ba29aa52c2ad8aa7483c063ef500c8ae55e0e05ec158d32586386f53b827e31fa7438ae
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226345/cdc_226345_DS1.pdf
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