Annual Revenue’s Influence on the Safety Performance of Construction Firms
Publication: Construction Research Congress 2022
ABSTRACT
Small construction firms face higher rates of fatal and nonfatal injury. These firms often lack the necessary resources to create, maintain, and fund adequate safety and health policies. Thus, there is a need to better understand factors that contribute to small construction firms’ overall safety performance. This study aims to assess the influence of annual revenue on the safety culture, safety climate, and safety behavior of construction firms. An online survey was administered to achieve the study aim. The results from the survey suggest statistically significant correlations between annual revenue and both safety culture and safety behavior scores. However, no statistically significant correlation between annual revenue and safety climate was detected. Therefore, there is a crucial need to improve the safety management techniques to achieve higher levels of safety performance of smaller construction firms in terms of annual revenue. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by improving the understanding of annual revenue’s influence on construction firms’ overall safety performance.
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