The occurrence of accidents and injuries continues to be a major problem in construction worldwide. Even though … procurement path. Although a statistical relationship between high levels of integration and low levels of accidents was weak, a … the statistics available. The interview study also indicated reasons for this link. A key element in improved safety was …

years. These social costs and safety investments were identified from 119 construction projects involving 1414 accidents and … of social safety investments made, a reduction of $2.27 of social costs on construction accidents was achieved in Hong …Most contractors' financial losses associated with accidents, but not all, are also social costs. Some social costs are …

Direct financial costs of accidents are the tip of the iceberg when compared to the indirect costs. Notwithstanding the … (non-material losses) of the victims of construction accidents in Hong Kong based on relevant High Court personal injury … all construction accidents in that year are known. Based on previous research in which the material losses in Hong Kong …

have expressed concern with the high rate of injuries that occur when workers violate company safety policies. To enhance … knowledge associated with this topic the following four objectives were targeted: (1) quantifying the current level of safety …

consecutive days through injury. If first-aid-only and non-injury accidents were also considered, the minimum safety investment …A survey was undertaken of the losses or costs incurred in building contracts because of accidents on building sites …. Altogether, 576 accidents from 18 building sites were investigated. On each site, an accident occurrence index (AOI) was …

address this issue, differences in safety attitudes and behaviours were explored among construction workers, first …-line supervisors, and project managers in small residential construction companies with respect to recommendations for safety … qualitative (interview) methods was used to obtain different but complementary data on the same safety challenges. Shadowing was …

Recent research has produced frameworks for integrating safety risk data into project schedules, visual models and … other construction planning tools. Unfortunately, only a few studies have attempted to quantify base-level safety risk for … efficacy of existing frameworks for integration of safety risk data with project planning tools. …

those studies. Factors commonly associated with falls included working surfaces and platforms, workers' safety behaviours …

, team building, automation and integration of information systems and safety had a positive correlation with improved …

Safety knowledge appears to be 'a doing'. In construction work safety is practised in the complex interrelationship … preferences pertaining to the practice of safety at a construction site. An ethnographic fieldwork, in which the researcher worked … extent that they do not pose a threat to the solidarity of the community or safety of other workers. The informal practice of …