Prospective safety performance evaluation on construction sites

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-72

  Wu, Xianguo ^a   Liu, Qian ^a   Zhang, Limao ^a,b   Skibniewski, Miroslaw J ^b,c   Wang, Yanhong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED INFORMATICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Case study; Construction safety; Questionnaire survey; Safety performance evaluation; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GUARD RAILS; SURVEYS;

CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CHINESE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISE; CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923919651     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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