Investigation of multi-level safety culture in the Indian construction industry: a multi-level employees’ perception-based approach

Bhagwat, Kishor; Delhi, Venkata Santosh Kumar

doi:10.1080/10803548.2021.1956184

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“…Other scholars have institutionalized the system based on an OHS management system to reduce occupational health and safety risks and have emphasized the importance of fostering an excellent safety culture for construction safety [57].To better understand and develop safety culture and to explore the relationship between safety culture and safety climate, Deepak, M., and Mahesh, G. developed a safety knowledge-based safety culture questionnaire to investigate the impact of safety culture on project safety, i.e., on project CSC and performance [58,59] through questionnaires, factor analysis, and inter-project correlation tests [60]. Other scholars have found a single level in assessing safety culture, and scholars Bhagwat, K. and Delhi, V. S. K. proposed to assess the level of multi-level safety culture in the construction industry more comprehensively by capturing employees' perceptions of safety culture at multiple levels [61]. Through the analysis of the above papers, this study finds that safety culture and safety climate belong to a complementary relationship and that safety culture-related research can largely help other scholars to carry out research on CSC.…”

Section: Safety Climate and Safety Culturementioning

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Current Status and Future Directions of Construction Safety Climate: Visual Analysis Based on WOS Database

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Construction safety climate (CSC) has become an important part of the construction safety research field in recent years. This paper analyzes the current research status, hot spots, and trends of CSC by sorting 531 articles in the Web of Science (WOS) database from 2017–2022 through the visualization software VOSviewer. The study shows that (1) China has made significant contributions to CSC research, with Chan, A.P.C. being the most published and cited scholars in recent years, respectively, laying the foundation for CSC; (2) the hotspots of CSC include two main directions, namely research on CSC dimensions and evaluation systems, and the combination with cross-cutting themes (such as safety culture, safety performance, and safety behavior); (3) the research on CSC and safety behavior has become one of the most prominent research directions, mainly divided into two aspects, namely workers’ causes and external causes; (4) a warning system of safety behavior for construction workers through CSC is still worthy of exploration. The results of this study could help scholars clarify the research lineage and current situation in this field and to grasp future research directions.

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Current Status and Future Directions of Construction Safety Climate: Visual Analysis Based on WOS Database

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BIM-Based Safety Leading Indicators Measurement Tool for Construction Sites

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Recognition of safety leading indicators is considered as an important part of safety management in construction projects to prevent hazardous accidents occurrence. In the available literature, the lack of a comprehensive proactive approach for assessing safety, based on active safety leading indicators is tangible. In this study, BIM and knowledge base are integrated to develop a safety management framework, then, this framework is implemented in a case study to assess its performance. Safety leading indicators are extracted from experts’ expertise, documents, and best practice, and then the relationships among safety leading indicators, activities, and their attributes are established; these pieces of knowledge are stored in a safety leading indicator knowledge base. To measure the impacts of these indicators on the project, a framework is developed to integrate the knowledge base and building information modeling (BIM). The developed add-on generates a heat-map to visualize the impacts of the safety leading indicators on a daily basis, and it also produces a textual result sheet. To verify the effectiveness and efficiency of the developed tool a survey from professionals is conducted. This tool provides a way to automatically assess the impacts of the safety leading indicators. Using its results, safety managers and project participants can make important decisions to reduce hazards. The results also indicate that accidents occurring in the construction site dropped by 38% after employing the presented framework.

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Risk assessment and ranking methodology for occupational hazards in construction: a case of Indian high-rise projects

Tripathi,

Mittal

2024

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PurposeThe unique nature, complicated design, hazardous activities and complex work environment involved in the high-rise construction projects constitute significant risks worldwide. In the Indian context, construction safety management in high-rise construction projects is crucial due to the presence of significant occupational risks and hazards at the workplace. Occupational hazards lead to accidents that severely affect human health and result in substantial financial losses.Design/methodology/approachThe study aims to present a hybrid risk assessment method (RAM) and the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method to detect and evaluate occupational risks in different construction activities through a questionnaire survey approach.FindingsAroundsix types of construction activities and corresponding ten risks are identified and evaluated during the study. Based on the calculation of risk scores, the findings imply that “roof work activities,” “finishing work,” “mechanical, electrical and plumbing work (MEP)” are hazardous construction activities, while, among the corresponding ten risks, “workers falling from height” is the most prominent risk among the majority of activities. Other risks include “risk due to fire and electric accidents” and “struck by falling objects,” which are the major risks in high-rise construction projects.Originality/valueTheoriginality of the paper lies in its activity-based risk assessment and ranking of hazards in high-rise construction projects. By integrating theoretical insights with practical applications, the study attempts to enhance occupational safety and reduce accidents on construction sites, thereby significantly contributing to both academia and industry practices.

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Investigation of multi-level safety culture in the Indian construction industry: a multi-level employees’ perception-based approach

Cited by 4 publications

References 68 publications

Current Status and Future Directions of Construction Safety Climate: Visual Analysis Based on WOS Database

Current Status and Future Directions of Construction Safety Climate: Visual Analysis Based on WOS Database

BIM-Based Safety Leading Indicators Measurement Tool for Construction Sites

Risk assessment and ranking methodology for occupational hazards in construction: a case of Indian high-rise projects

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