Safety in construction - a comprehensive description of the characteristics of high safety standards in construction work, from the combined perspective of supervisors and experienced workers

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 399-409

  Törner, Marianne ^a   Pousette, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Occupational safety; Safety climate; Safety culture; Safety management; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CONSTRUCTION WORKS; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH SAFETY; IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTIONS; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; WORK SAFETY; WORKER SAFETY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MANAGERS; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STANDARDS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; TRUST;

FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRUST;

EID: 71549151301     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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