Safety Behaviour in the Construction Industry

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Health and Safety Authority

Summary Statement

A multifaceted study of occupational safety culture and habits in the Irish construction industry.
2002

 Factor Non-complianceManagement
Factor 1
(scale 1- 5)
Management
Factor 2
(scale 1- 5)
Safety Rep. on
site?
ReportingFixingStop
working
Follow
working
Site 32.284.124.002 (Yes)37.3822.4326.8013.40Site 22.712.504.00276.615.856.7610.78Site 77.143.503.00259.9818.3117.614.08Site 157.144.373.00242.9525.7612.7018.60Site 117.853.622.50275.9015.26.887.96Site 125.004.122.50270.4817.065.566.88Site 514.002.503.001 (No)58.915.1819.2516.65Site 1812.854.002.50131.2534.163.3331.25Site 1310.001.372.00145.5526.465.5522.40Site 611.712.852.00137.306.3823.8632.48Site 1412.142.872.00147.2627.284.8520.61Site 412.851.121.50132.2617.4136.5513.81Site 1715.002.872.50150.3626.5813.119.93Site 115.713.501.00168.3825.31.006.31Site 1620.714.122.00128.6057.583.0310.80Site 1024.852.002.00147.6316.667.1528.60 Factor Non-complianceR= -.2709
(p= .310)
R= -.6604
(p= .005)R= -.7870
(p= .000)R= -.3623
(p= .168)R= -.3785
(p= .148)R= -.1898
(p= .481)R= -.3305
(p= .211)  Management Factor 1R= .3572
(p= .146)R= .4901
(p= .054)R= .0535
(p= .844)R= .3779
(p= .149)R= -.3203
(p= .226)R= -.2553
(p= .340)   Management
Factor 2
R= .6931
(p= .003)R= .2031
(p= .451)

R= -.2904 (p= .275)

R= .1748
(p= .517)R= -.1545
(p= .568)    Safety Rep. on
site?
R= .5074
(p= .032)R= -.2698
(p= .279)R= .0006
(p= .998)R= -.4868
(p= .040)Table 23: Visual and statistical correlations. Table ordered to show visual correlations between Non- compliance and Management- Factor 2. Other correlations shown are presence of Safety Representative on site and Preferred behaviour of operatives in the face of danger.