Determining safety inspection thresholds for employee incentives programs on construction sites

Safety Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-84

  Sparer, Emily H ^a   Dennerlein, Jack T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Incentives; Leading indicators; Reward threshold; Worksite safety program

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; EMPLOYEE SAFETY; GENERAL CONTRACTORS; HARVARD; INCENTIVE PROGRAMS; INCENTIVES; LEADING INDICATORS; LEVEL OF SAFETIES; MEDIAN VALUE; NUMERICAL VALUES; PROJECT DURATION; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; REWARD THRESHOLD; SAFETY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS; SAFETY INSPECTIONS; SAFETY PROGRAMS; THRESHOLD DETERMINATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION; CONTRACTORS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84865443972     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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