An Assessment Model of Owner Safety Management and Its Application to Real Estate Projects

Abstract

Establishing a scientific and applicative safety management assessment system is crucial in improving safety performance of organizations. Currently, there are few studies on owners’ safety management assessment systems. Based on the behavioral-based safety theory, this paper explores the links among safety management system, safety management behavior, safety management state and safety performance, which constitute an assessment model that characterizes the features of safety management. It then proposes a safety management indicator system that applies to real estate owners. The applicability and effectiveness of the system is verified by a four-year case study with a real estate owner. Relationships between safety management system, safety management behavior, safety management state, and their main impacting factors are obtained. Results indicate that the assessment model makes safety evaluation clearer and demonstrates significant correlations between different safety management issues. Owners’ safety management system is established and implemented favorably under the safety management assessment indicator system. This paper presents a profound understanding of safety management assessment, in which the safety management assessment model and the indicator system is applied effectively in practice. To improve safety management level, specific theoretical and practical implications lead researchers and practitioners to pay more attention to safety management assessment.