Briefing: Defining safety leadership in construction

Umar, Tariq

doi:10.1680/jmuen.16.00004

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal E

2017

DOI: 10.1680/jmuen.16.00004

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Briefing: Defining safety leadership in construction

Tariq Umar¹

Abstract: This briefing explores the tenets of safety leadership within the construction environment. The scope of this briefing aims to define a universal definition of safety leadership with key components from literature review. Without a clear definition towards safety leadership, a misalignment between safety expectations may occur which can create a misappropriation towards safety efforts. This may adversely impact injury rates within the workplace due to ill-conceived safety leadership behaviours. A detailed defi… Show more

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“…Many researchers proposed a variety of ways to improve of construction safety for the benefits of both the workers and organizations. Umar (2016-b) stressed on the universal definition of the safety leadership as he considered that in absence of a clear definition of safety leadership may result into the confusion in safety expectations and will disturb the safety efforts. Similarly, Umar and Wamuziri (2016-b) while exploring the challenges and opportunities for improvement of occupational safety and health in Oman, concluded that there is a need for establishing of an independent organizations responsible for the implementation of occupational safety and health regulations in Oman.…”

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An assessment of health profile and body pain among construction workers

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Construction is one of the most hazardous and complex industries worldwide which result into the most fatal accidents and occupational illnesses. It is also regarded as a major industry in not only in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries but worldwide and it is rapidly growing. This study reports an assessment of different body parameter including physiologic factor, and body pain of construction workers from GCC countries. Demographic Data was collected through face to face interview followed by the measurement of BMI, blood pressure and heartbeat. Data for musculoskeletal pain was collected through a structured questionnaire. The results reveal that a majority of workers were overweight or obese. The blood pressure of 43.3% of the participant was more than the threshold and fall under the hypertension values. 46.6% of the workers informed to have experienced body pain in the last three months, while the most frequent reported areas for pain were neck, shoulder, lower back, leg and Knees. Sleeping hours was one of the factors which are considered to be affecting on pain experience of workers. The finding of this research would be helpful to develop strategies to improve the well-being of construction workers in GCC countries.

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“…The first is a Briefing paper by Tariq Umar (2017), which reviews the literature to identify the key elements of safety leadership and offers a detailed definition of this as it applies to a construction environment. Its importance is emphasised, as a lack of clarity on what effective safety leadership looks like is seen to have a negative impact on rates of injury in the workplace.…”

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This issue presents one briefing and four papers which, while treating a range of topics, all share the common theme of identification of safety solutions within their different contexts.The first is a Briefing paper by Tariq Umar (2017), which reviews the literature to identify the key elements of safety leadership and offers a detailed definition of this as it applies to a construction environment. Its importance is emphasised, as a lack of clarity on what effective safety leadership looks like is seen to have a negative impact on rates of injury in the workplace.The next three papers relate to aspects of road safety and avoiding traffic casualties. The first of the three (Das and Burger, 2017) looks at road safety improvement on suburban arterial roads, using a case study approach in Blomfontein city, South Africa. Data collection involved different primary surveys -of households, traffic and road geometrics -combined with secondary traffic accident data. Influential roadgeometry-related parameters on traffic accidents include road width, number of lanes and median width. The paper concludes that the number of accessible roads linking residential and arterial rods is the major variable in the cause of road traffic accidents.The second paper (Abdi et al., 2017) offers an analysis of traffic-calming measures to reduce speed and improve road safety. Speed profiles and traffic modelling were undertaken on a particular one-way street with three passing lanes. Shortening the distance between speed humps was found to have a direct impact on speed reduction; however, street capacity was also reduced. It is therefore recommended that appropriately distanced speed humps be used to maintain the desired level of service.The paper by Dündar (2017) is the third on the theme of road safety, this time relating to accidents involving pedestrians on street crossings. Individual pedestrian behaviour and their activities while crossing the street were analysed using video footage in combination with an examination of the significance of the different cross walk design features and environmental conditions such as the weather. Significant variables for crossing time were found to be pedestrian sex and age, activities such as cell phone use, time of day, temperature and motor vehicle density. Again this leads to useful insights and planning recommendations.Finally, Ko and Standing (2017) present two new risk methods to assess the likelihood of structural damage to buildings by trees, based on an assessment of likely physical damage to structures and ground settlement in shrinkable clay soils. Risk rating systems comprise a hazard model, a consequence model and a risk model. Results lead to guidelines for planting different sized trees near man-made structures, suitable for use by laymen rather than those with specialist knowledge of trees.Common features of all the papers in this issue are that they identify specific safety concerns that directly impact on people's lives. They also all develop recommendations for planning interven...

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Safety climate factors in construction – a literature review

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2020

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It is an established fact that a mature safety climate and a rich safety culture contribute to achieving a safe workplace. This paper aims to explore and to make explicit the existing safety climate assessment tools and dimensions and suggests the leading factors that can be used for safety climate assessment in construction. The construction industry and the status of occupational safety and health are firstly discussed in a global context. The concept of safety climate is then discussed with a review of different safety climate factors from the published literature. A qualitative research method was employed to explore the existing safety climate factors. A total of 19 safety climate assessment tools with 103 safety climate factors spanning over a period of 39 years (1980 -2019) are discussed. The most prevailing safety climate factors including management commitment, training, employees' involvement, behavior, communication, accountability and justice, and leadership are discussed in the paper. It is recommended that the factors discussed in this paper may need to be validated first before they are incorporated in the assessment of the safety climate of a specific construction project and organization in a country or region.

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Briefing: Defining safety leadership in construction

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