Investigating effective factors on risk perception, safety attitude and safety performance of construction workers of Shiraz city, 2012
Journal of Behdasht dar Arseh (i.e., Health in the Field),
Vol. 1 No. 4 (1392),
22 June 2014
,
Page 30-36
https://doi.org/10.22037/jhf.v1i4.5458
Abstract
Background and Aims: Construction sites are one of the most hazardous places in industries because of variety of activities, hazards and harmful agents. Therefore, workers employed in these sites are always exposed to risks of injuries. The aim of this study was to investigate the effective factors of risk perception, safety attitude and performance on construction workers.
Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, effective factors on risk perception, safety attitude and performance of 295 construction workers in Shiraz city were investigated. The study was conducted using a validated questionnaire which was completed through interview. Data were analyzed by using SPSS16. The level of significance was considered 0.05.
Results: While the risk perception of 77.6 % of the study population was high, only 48.5 % had high safety attitude. However, 93.6% of construction workers had high safety performance. Among studied variables, association of risk perception with age, education and being witness of accident was significant. Moreover, the association of safety attitude with having insurance and safety performance with work experience, marital status and occurrence of accident for relatives was significant (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The result of this study showed that by increasing risk perception of construction workers, their attitude and safety performance could be improved.
- Construction workers, Risk perception, Safety attitude, Construction site
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