This companion brief examines the safety context surrounding a nationwide study of multiskilling in U.S. construction. It draws on 2024 safety data voluntarily reported by 15 participating contractors, representing approximately 33.2 million employee-hours, along with site-visit observations and a review of the potential safety relevance of work-area density and crew handoffs. The contractor sample reported an aggregate TRIR of 0.74, a DART rate of 0.35, an hours-weighted EMR of approximately 0.60, and no fatalities. These rates compared favorably with national and NAICS-weighted construction benchmarks, and participating firms commonly reported structured safety planning, orientation, training, incident investigation, and toolbox meetings. The brief is intentionally cautious: it is not a safety audit and does not claim that multiskilling caused better safety performance. Instead, it documents the safety environment of the sample and identifies priorities for direct future research on qualification, hazard awareness, work-area density, and task-level outcomes.
Purpose: Highway construction remains one of the most hazardous sectors in the U.S., with safety incidents frequently attributed to behavioral and procedural failures. To enhance compliance, safety incentive and disincentive programs have been implemented across state Departments of Transportation (DOTs), yet their eff...
N. Le, Steven Stennett, Daniel Tran· Lean Construction Journal· 0 citations
The construction industry in the United States continues to experience high rates of fatalities and serious injuries, particularly on multi-employer projects where fragmented accountability and coordination challenges complicate safetymanagement. Although regulatory frameworks established by the Occupational Safety and...
Divine Ikechukwu Duruobioma· Communication in Physical Sc...· 0 citations
Workplace accidents, injuries, and near-miss incidents continue to impose substantial human and financial costs on organizations across industrial and service sectors. This study examines the influence of Workplace Safety Management Systems (WSMS) on Employee Performance (EP), using Safety Climate (SC) and Employee Eng...
D. P. Dhinakaran, M. Anuradha, K. Rani et al.· International journal of com...· 0 citations
A persistent organizational misconception is that occupational safety and health (OSH) is primarily the responsibility of the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) function because HSE professionals are specifically appointed to address safety matters. This perception can obscure a fundamental feature of work: safety is...
Niyaz Khan· International Journal For Mu...· 0 citations
[Purpose] Despite successive regulatory and punitive reinforcements, serious accidents in Korean construction have not fallen to policy targets. In 2025 injuries declined 14.4% while fatalities rose 10.1%, and the fatal accident rate eased only from 1.57 to 1.54 per 10,000 workers, driven by a 12.6% larger insured work...
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