Proactive behavior-based safety management for construction safety improvement

Li, H; Lu, M; Hsu, SC; Gray, M; Huang, T

Proactive behavior-based safety management for construction safety improvement

Li, H Lu, M Hsu, SC Gray, M Huang, T

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Citation:: Safety Science, 2015, 75 pp. 107 - 117
Issue Date:: 2015-06-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Li, H	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lu, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hsu, SC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gray, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Huang, T	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Safety Science, 2015, 75 pp. 107 - 117	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0925-7535	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36051
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Construction is one of the most hazardous industries due to its dynamic, temporary, and decentralized nature. The Hong Kong Commissioner for Labor identifies worker behavior as the root cause of construction accidents. Behavior-based safety (BBS) is one effective approach in managing employee safety issues. However, there is little research on the application of BBS in the construction industry. This research proposes an extension of the BBS approach, proactive behavior-based safety (PBBS), to improve construction safety. PBBS integrates the theory of BBS with the technology of Proactive Construction Management System (PCMS). The innovations of PBBS are: (1) automatically monitoring location-based behaviors; (2) quantitatively measuring safety performance; (3) investigating potential causes of unsafe behaviors; and (4) improving the efficiency of safety management. A pilot study of a Hong Kong construction site practicing PBBS was conducted. The experiment results showed that PBBS performed well on construction accident prevention and the Safety Index (SI) of the two project teams, with increased improvements by 36.07% and 44.70% respectively. It is concluded that PBBS is effective and adaptable to construction industry.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Safety Science	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.ssci.2015.01.013	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Human Factors	en_US
dc.title	Proactive behavior-based safety management for construction safety improvement	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	75	en_US
utslib.for	09 Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	11 Medical and Health Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	75	en_US

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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Construction is one of the most hazardous industries due to its dynamic, temporary, and decentralized nature. The Hong Kong Commissioner for Labor identifies worker behavior as the root cause of construction accidents. Behavior-based safety (BBS) is one effective approach in managing employee safety issues. However, there is little research on the application of BBS in the construction industry. This research proposes an extension of the BBS approach, proactive behavior-based safety (PBBS), to improve construction safety. PBBS integrates the theory of BBS with the technology of Proactive Construction Management System (PCMS). The innovations of PBBS are: (1) automatically monitoring location-based behaviors; (2) quantitatively measuring safety performance; (3) investigating potential causes of unsafe behaviors; and (4) improving the efficiency of safety management. A pilot study of a Hong Kong construction site practicing PBBS was conducted. The experiment results showed that PBBS performed well on construction accident prevention and the Safety Index (SI) of the two project teams, with increased improvements by 36.07% and 44.70% respectively. It is concluded that PBBS is effective and adaptable to construction industry.

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