Safety — behaviour and culture in construction
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
ISSN: 0969-9988
Article publication date: 1 January 1995
Abstract
The construction industry has a poor safety record. There is a common perception that this is because it is an inherently dangerous industry. It is suggested that the industry would be better characterized as one with a poor safety culture and that attempts to improve the safety record will not be fully effective until the safety culture is improved. The relationship between unsafe behaviour and safety culture is discussed together with the difficulties of assessing and managing safety culture. Some of the influences on safety culture in construction are described. The initiative to develop an improvement in the safety culture of construction needs to come from within the industry through a genuine commitment to safety.
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Citation
DESTER, W.S. and BLOCKLEY, D.I. (1995), "Safety — behaviour and culture in construction", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb021000
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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