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Developing a Model of Construction Safety Culture |
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| Authors: | Rafiq M. Choudhry Dongping Fang Sherif Mohamed |
| Affiliation: | 1Ph.D. Candidate, Tsinghua-Gammon, Construction Safety Research Center, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing 100084, China; and, Faculty Member, National Univ. of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. E-mail: choudhry03@gmail.com 2Professor and Director, Tsinghua-Gammon Construction Safety Research Center, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing 100084, China. E-mail: fangdp@tsinghua.edu.cn 3Professor and Director, Center for Infrastructure Engineering and Management, Griffith Univ., Queensland 9726, Australia. E-mail: s.mohamed@griffith.edu.au |
| Abstract: | The concept of safety culture is relatively new in the construction industry; however, it is gaining popularity due to its ability to embrace all perceptional, psychological, behavioral, and managerial factors. To address the lack of a verifiable process to analyze construction safety culture, this technical note presents a robust conceptual model that has its roots firmly entrenched in pertinent academic and applied literature. It provides a critical review of the term “safety culture”; along with distinct yet related concepts (i.e., safety climate, behavior-based safety, and safety system). It also compares the proposed model with available safety culture models in order to demonstrate its applicability in construction site environments. |
| Keywords: | Safety Occupational safety Construction sites Construction management |