"Safety is everyone's job:" The key to safety on a large university construction site

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-61

  McDonald, Mary Anne ^a   Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Bondy, Jessica ^b   Glazner, Judith ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Occupational injury; Qualitative methods; Safety; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISKS; PRODUCT LIABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION RISK MANAGEMENTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; HAZARD CONTROLS; HAZARD MANAGEMENTS; LIABILITY INSURANCES; LOST-TIME INJURIES; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; OWNER-CONTROLLED INSURANCE PROGRAMS; QUALITATIVE METHODS; SAFETY; SAFETY CLIMATE; TOP DOWNS; WORKERS' COMPENSATIONS; WORKPLACE SAFETIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 61749093194     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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