A Safety Climate Framework for Improving Health and Safety in the Indonesian Construction Industry.

Lestari, F; Sunindijo, RY; Loosemore, M; Kusminanti, Y; Widanarko, B

A Safety Climate Framework for Improving Health and Safety in the Indonesian Construction Industry.

Lestari, F Sunindijo, RY Loosemore, M

Kusminanti, Y Widanarko, B

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Publisher:: MDPI AG
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17, (20), pp. 7462-7462
Issue Date:: 2020-10-14

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dc.contributor.author	Lestari, F
dc.contributor.author	Sunindijo, RY
dc.contributor.author	Loosemore, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3189-4655
dc.contributor.author	Kusminanti, Y
dc.contributor.author	Widanarko, B
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-11T02:23:25Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-12
dc.date.available	2020-11-11T02:23:25Z
dc.date.issued	2020-10-14
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17, (20), pp. 7462-7462
dc.identifier.issn	1660-4601
dc.identifier.issn	1660-4601
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/143887
dc.description.abstract	The Indonesian construction industry is the second largest in Asia and accounts for over 30% of all occupational injuries in the country. Despite the size of the industry, there is a lack of safety research in this context. This research, therefore, aims to assess safety climate and develop a framework to improve safety in the Indonesian construction industry. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 311 construction workers. The results show a moderately healthy safety climate but reflect numerous problems, particularly around perceived conflicts between production and safety logics, cost trade-offs being made against other competing project priorities, poor safety communication, poor working conditions, acceptance of poor safety as the norm, poor reporting and monitoring practices, poor training and a risky and unsupportive working environment which prevents workers from operating safely. Two new safety climate paradoxes are also revealed: contradictions between management communications and management practices; contradictions between worker concern for safety and their low sense of personal accountability and empowerment for acting to reduce these risks. A low locus of control over safety is also identified as a significant problem which is related to prevailing Indonesian cultural norms and poor safety policy implementation and potential conflicts between formal and informal safety norms, practices and procedures. Drawing on these findings, a new integrated framework of safety climate is presented to improve safety performance in the Indonesian construction industry.
dc.format	Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	MDPI AG
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/ijerph17207462
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dc.subject.classification	Toxicology
dc.title	A Safety Climate Framework for Improving Health and Safety in the Indonesian Construction Industry.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	17
utslib.location.activity	Switzerland
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
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Abstract:

The Indonesian construction industry is the second largest in Asia and accounts for over 30% of all occupational injuries in the country. Despite the size of the industry, there is a lack of safety research in this context. This research, therefore, aims to assess safety climate and develop a framework to improve safety in the Indonesian construction industry. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 311 construction workers. The results show a moderately healthy safety climate but reflect numerous problems, particularly around perceived conflicts between production and safety logics, cost trade-offs being made against other competing project priorities, poor safety communication, poor working conditions, acceptance of poor safety as the norm, poor reporting and monitoring practices, poor training and a risky and unsupportive working environment which prevents workers from operating safely. Two new safety climate paradoxes are also revealed: contradictions between management communications and management practices; contradictions between worker concern for safety and their low sense of personal accountability and empowerment for acting to reduce these risks. A low locus of control over safety is also identified as a significant problem which is related to prevailing Indonesian cultural norms and poor safety policy implementation and potential conflicts between formal and informal safety norms, practices and procedures. Drawing on these findings, a new integrated framework of safety climate is presented to improve safety performance in the Indonesian construction industry.

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