“Safety is everyone's job:” The key to safety on a large university construction site |
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Authors: | Mary Anne McDonald [Author Vitae] Hester J Lipscomb [Author Vitae] [Author Vitae] Judith Glazner [Author Vitae] |
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Institution: | a Division of Community Health, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA b Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA c Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA |
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Abstract: | ProblemConstruction risk management is challenging.MethodWe combined data on injuries, costs, and hours worked, obtained through a Rolling Owner-Controlled Insurance Program (ROCIP), with data from focus groups, interviews, and field observations, to prospectively study injuries and hazard control on a large university construction project.ResultsLost-time injury rates (1.0/200,000 hours worked) were considerably lower than reported for the industry, and there were no serious falls from height. Safety was considered in the awarding of contracts and project timeline development; hazard management was iterative. A top-down management commitment to safety was clearly communicated to, and embraced by, workers throughout the site.Discussion and ImpactA better understanding of how contracting relationships, workers' compensation, and liability insurance arrangements influence safety could shift risk management efforts from worker behaviors to a broader focus on how these programs and relationships affect incentives and disincentives for workplace safety and health. |
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Keywords: | Occupational injury Construction Safety Safety climate Qualitative methods |
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