Managing construction health and safety: Migrant workers and communicating safety messages

Learning to adapt health and safety initiatives from mega projects: an Olympic case study

“…It is also essential to take every precaution to ensure that the employee understands the message conveyed. This aspect is developed further by Bust et al 45 and Tutt et al 46 …”

Virtual environments for safety learning in construction and engineering: seeking evidence and identifying gaps for future research

“…Other factors related to human errors are attributed to demographic aspects such the age distribution and labor market composition. For example, in countries like Japan the high rate of skilled workers retiring and being replaced by young inexperienced workers was associated with the higher accident rates (Bust et al 2008). Countries with increasing or high percentage of migrant workers are at more risk of accidents due to initial communication barriers (Bust et al 2008).…”

“…For example, in countries like Japan the high rate of skilled workers retiring and being replaced by young inexperienced workers was associated with the higher accident rates (Bust et al 2008). Countries with increasing or high percentage of migrant workers are at more risk of accidents due to initial communication barriers (Bust et al 2008). Therefore, domain researchers in VE for safety learning in construction and engineering are instigated to investigate the effect of VE in reducing safety incidents associated with human (e.g., communication) and cognitive (e.g., distraction) factors.…”

“…This is a reasonable finding as the construction industry is considered one of the riskiest sectors to work for in most countries. Construction workers are three times more likely to fall victim of a fatal accident and twice as likely to be injured in comparison to workers in other occupations (Bust et al 2008). However, due to the ethical, social and economic burden that results from accidents, more studies are required into other-than-construction sectors.…”

Multiskilling in Construction ‐ a Strategy for Stable Employment

“…The image is low even among construction industry workers themselves to the extent that the majority of construction crafts workers (of various ages and experience) would never recommend their trade to their children (Liska 2002); -the high mobility of construction workers as a result of the unattractive image, unsafe working conditions, the lack of respect and inadequate opportunities for training. Site safety and the quality of works are always the last to be considered as the conflict of interests in "earning" and "speed" arises (Ahmed et al 2000;Fung et al 2008;Idoro 2008;Navon and Kolton 2006;Tam et al 2001); -dissatisfaction with the way in which labour is organised, especially the unstable workload which has been cited as the principal reason for release by relieved workers (Cahuc and Postal-Vinay 2002;Haas et al 2001;Kazaz et al 2008;Smithers and Walker 2000); -a set of problems related to issues of women in construction which deserve special attention from researchers (Charlesworth and Baird 2007;Dainty et al 2000;Elvitigalage et al 2008); -globalisation has added an often negative ethnic characterisation of labour forces and therefore consideration of cultural differences within multi-lingual construction teams is increasingly important (Belić 2002;Bust et al 2008;Jaselskis et al 2008;Wilson 2003); -the migration of the workforce to countries offering better wages (for example, the drain of the workforce from Eastern European countries since joining the European Union (EU). The combination of these factors has led to a labour market reliant upon a casual workforce, incorporating high levels of self-employment, low levels of training investment and, hence, low quality skills (Briscoe et al 2000;Dainty et al 2004;Kashiwagi and Massner 2002).…”