What is it about?
Every day, construction workers step onto job sites where one wrong move can lead to serious injury or fatality. Research indicates that strong management commitment to safety makes a decisive difference. When site leaders provide proper training, ensure reliable protective equipment, and enforce rules consistently, workers are more likely to act safely and look out for one another. This improves their physical well-being, boosts construction safety performance, and helps prevent life-threatening accidents.
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Why is it important?
Behind every construction injury and fatality statistic is a human being – a parent, a friend, a breadwinner who deserves to return home safely. No construction milestone is worth the price of a life. Strengthening safe behaviour is not just a policy choice; it is a moral responsibility to protect workers who build the world around us.
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It is important to know that too many construction accidents are preventable, and the key lies in behaviour on the job. Workers deserve more than rules written on paper; they deserve leadership that puts safety first. Every worker should return home safely every single day.
Dr. Olubimbola Oladimeji
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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This page is a summary of: Personal Characteristics Influencing Construction Workers' Unsafe Behaviour, October 2024, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1201/9781032614069-14.
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