Safety and health management programs and system components such as use of incentives, discipline, goal setting, accident investigation approaches, communication methods, sharing of findings, etc. Research Goal 8.1.2: Evaluate how safety and health cultures influence key construction industry subgroups such as: New workers Young/Older workers Apprentices Female workers Immigrant workers Other workers at disproportionate risk of injuries and illnesses Research Goal 8.1.3: Conduct interviews of best practice construction employers and safety and health professionals to evaluate current practices in regards to construction safety culture and climate and what works for them and why. Collect information that could be used to develop a general baseline regarding the current use of climate surveys and other practices in construction. Research Goal 8.1.4: Forge new partnerships with construction unions, small and large employers, trade associations, and others to evaluate factors and subgroups identified in RG 8.1.1 and 8.1.2. Attempt to build good relations with employers having a poor safety record to better understand the role of culture in relationship to why these problems exist. Research Goal 8.1.5: Conduct research on indicators associated with strong safety culture, such as management commitment, policies and procedures, leadership, communication, employee involvement, etc. Examine issues that can help provide diagnostic tools for improving construction safety culture. Research Goal 8.1.6: Investigate the monetary relationship (e.g. business case) between positive and negative construction health and safety cultures. Research to Practice Goal 8.1.7: Create a repository of existing and new research on factors and indicators influencing positive and negative safety cultures in construction. Research to Practice Goal 8.1.8: Disseminate results of this research to the construction industry, workshops, and other communication media to stakeholders, labor unions, and industry associations to raise awareness of construction safety culture issues across the industry. Intermediate Goal 8.2: Develop and expand the use of validated measurement methods for evaluating safety culture and safety climate in the construction industry. Performance Measure: Within 7 years, using information gathered on factors contributing to positive or negative construction cultures; develop, validate, and inventory direct and indirect measures of construction culture and encourage their use throughout the industry. There is a need to develop additional effective construction-relevant methods and toolkits to assess safety culture. Resulting research results can be transformed into products for use by construction stakeholders to validly and reliably measure safety culture.
Safety and health management programs and system components such as use of incentives, discipline, goal setting, accident investigation approaches, communication methods, sharing of findings, etc. Research Goal 8.1.2: Evaluate how safety and health cultures influence key construction industry subgroups such as: New workers Young/Older workers Apprentices Female workers Immigrant workers Other workers at disproportionate risk of injuries and illnesses Research Goal 8.1.3: Conduct interviews of best practice construction employers and safety and health professionals to evaluate current practices in regards to construction safety culture and climate and what works for them and why. Collect information that could be used to develop a general baseline regarding the current use of climate surveys and other practices in construction. Research Goal 8.1.4: Forge new partnerships with construction unions, small and large employers, trade associations, and others to evaluate factors and subgroups identified in RG 8.1.1 and 8.1.2. Attempt to build good relations with employers having a poor safety record to better understand the role of culture in relationship to why these problems exist. Research Goal 8.1.5: Conduct research on indicators associated with strong safety culture, such as management commitment, policies and procedures, leadership, communication, employee involvement, etc. Examine issues that can help provide diagnostic tools for improving construction safety culture. Research Goal 8.1.6: Investigate the monetary relationship (e.g. business case) between positive and negative construction health and safety cultures. Research to Practice Goal 8.1.7: Create a repository of existing and new research on factors and indicators influencing positive and negative safety cultures in construction. Research to Practice Goal 8.1.8: Disseminate results of this research to the construction industry, workshops, and other communication media to stakeholders, labor unions, and industry associations to raise awareness of construction safety culture issues across the industry. Intermediate Goal 8.2: Develop and expand the use of validated measurement methods for evaluating safety culture and safety climate in the construction industry. Performance Measure: Within 7 years, using information gathered on factors contributing to positive or negative construction cultures; develop, validate, and inventory direct and indirect measures of construction culture and encourage their use throughout the industry. There is a need to develop additional effective construction-relevant methods and toolkits to assess safety culture. Resulting research results can be transformed into products for use by construction stakeholders to validly and reliably measure safety culture.
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