Abstract
The hazardous nature of the construction industry requires giving increasing attention to safety management and the available means to eliminate or reduce the risks of workers’ injuries. Workers in the construction industry of Saudi Arabia face similar daily risks as workers face in other countries. The safety climate significantly influences safety performance, making research in the field of safety climate a vital step toward raising safety levels at construction sites. This study aims at exploring key components of determinants for safety climate evaluation of Saudi Arabian construction sites. Using data collected from 401 industry practitioners, a dimension reduction statistical approach and exploratory factor/principal component analysis were conducted on 13 safety climate factors that were found to significantly correlate with safety climate evaluation of construction sites. The study revealed three key components of determinants for safety climate evaluation of Saudi Arabian construction sites. Notable components are safety commitment, safety interaction, and safety support. Implications of this study include assisting construction industry stakeholders to bolster the safety climate at their construction sites, which should lead to improved safety performance levels.
Highlights
Occupational safety is a serious global issue in the construction industry [1], mainly due to the industry’s consistently high injury rates
A reliability analysis was conducted for all items in the survey questionnaire of the 13 factors significantly correlating with safety climate evaluation in construction sites (Table 1)
This study aimed at exploring key components of determinants for safety climate evaluation of Saudi
Summary
Occupational safety is a serious global issue in the construction industry [1], mainly due to the industry’s consistently high injury rates. The involvement of several stakeholders such as owner, designers, construction managers, and subcontractors adds to this complexity [3]. These stakeholders all have unique views on aspects of safety. Several important developments have occurred, over the years, in safety management, the construction industry still has high rates of serious and nonserious injuries, as well as fatalities [4]. Due to the often hazardous nature of their work, frontline construction workers are constantly exposed to threats and accidents [7]. This scenario is no different in the context of the construction industry in
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