To increase the adoption of safety practices in industry, actors from across the industry must engage in promoting the use of a wide range of safety management practices by contractors. Safety management in the construction industry data Construction industry companies report using a wide range of safety practices as part of their safety management programs.
Types of Practices Used to
Promote Safety on Projects
Practices Involving Analysis, Investigation or Measurement
Variation by Firm Size
Variation by Use of BIM
Variation by Use of Prefabrication/
Modularization
Safety management in the construction industry When respondents are generally asked to choose best practice to improve safety, their answers fall into two categories: either they focus directly on site conditions or they have to do with incorporating of a strong safety process, including staffing and site involvement. employees. Some companies also indicate that safety practices that begin in the pre-construction phase are among the most effective in improving the safety of a project going forward.
Variation by Firm Type
Seventeen percent believe that analyzing potential safety hazards on a construction site and assigning project safety personnel before construction begins are very effective.
Top Practices to Increase Safety on Projects
Top Practices Found Most Effective in Increasing Project Safety
Safety management in the construction industry data Forty-two percent of respondents do not plan to change their current safety practices in the next three years. General contractors and specialty contractors are evenly split at 42% when it comes to not changing their current safety practices over the next three years.
Implementing New Safety Practices in the
Still, some plan to do more over the next three years to improve their safety programs, albeit at a low level. Because smaller companies generally already have fewer safety practices, many clearly recognize the need to invest in their safety programs.
Next three Years
24% of small firms plan to establish measurable safety goals and objectives, compared to 8% of large firms. 15% plan to establish an effective, site-specific training program for workers and subcontractors, compared to 2% of large firms.
New Safety Practices Firms Are Planning to Implement in Next Three Years
Seventy-one percent of general contractors indicate that they have fully comprehensive and widely observed safety policies compared to 63% of specialty contractors. 95% of large general contractors report having fully comprehensive and widely observed safety policies compared to small general contractors (50%).
Level of Integration of Safety Policies and Programs
80% of large specialty contractors report having fully inclusive and broadly compliant security policies compared to small specialty contractors (46%). 83 percent of companies that use BIM have a fully inclusive and widely observed safety program, compared to 56% of companies that do not use BIM.
Level of Adoption of Safety Practices and Policies
Safety Management in the Construction Industry Data Company size is directly correlated with the level of integration of safety policies and programs at companies. Seventy-three percent of companies using prefabrication/modularization have a fully inclusive and widely adhered to safety program, compared to 48% of companies not using prefabrication.
On-the-Ground Approach
Safety Management in the Construction Industry data selection of ten practices by over 60% of respondents as a critical part of a world-class safety program clearly demonstrates recognition that a wide range of practices are necessary for strong safety outcomes.
Organizational Involvement
Practices Involving Investigation or Analysis
Aspects of a World-Class Safety Program
Aspects of a World-Class Safety Program (according to general Contractors and
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY MANAGEMENT Data on 51% of specialist contractors, and the same gap of 26% is present between general contractors and specialist contractors who prioritize thorough case and near miss investigations.
Aspects of a World-Class Safety Program (according to BiM users)
Integration of Safety and Quality Management
Many contractors are finding the integration of risk analysis, quality and safety to be critical as they determine project scheduling and phasing
Expanding Risk Analysis
Integrating Safety and Quality in
Safety Management in the Construction Industry Data Improved reputation is the positive impact of adopting safety practices reported by the highest percentage of respondents, even higher than injury reduction.
Safety Culture
Business Impacts
Impact of Safety Practices on the
Success of Projects
Data
Positive Impacts of Using Safety Practices (reported by at Least 50% of respondents)
Positive and Negative Productivity Impacts of Safety Programs on Projects
Other Safety Impacts
Safety Management in the Construction Industry Data Among the companies that notice an improvement in project schedule due to their safety practices, 50% have experienced a decrease in their project schedule of one week or more, with 19% reporting a decrease of two weeks or more. Similarly, a much higher percentage of the largest companies (43%) cite a decrease in their projects by one week compared to very small companies (13%).
Impact of Safety Practices on Project Schedule
Planning is a critical factor for both types of businesses, with the completion of specific on-site transactions being critical to the coordination of a project as a whole. Small businesses are much more likely to be involved in shorter-term projects than large businesses, so if measured purely in the amount of time saved, they can be expected to report far fewer savings.
Impact of Safety Practices on Project Schedule
safety management in the construction industry data Nearly half (49%) of respondents reporting positive impacts on their budget report a decrease of 1%. While there is no statistically significant difference by business type, there is a general trend for a higher percentage of specialty contractors to report greater budget savings as a result of safety practices than general contractors.
Impact of Safety Practices on Project Budget
Although these savings may seem relatively conservative, in the construction industry saving even 1% of the project budget can be quite impactful. Specialty contractors may have a better opportunity to educate themselves on specific, trade-related security issues, allowing them to see a greater impact on their overall budget.
Impact of Safety Practices on Project Budget
SECURITY MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION DATA Fifty-three percent of respondents who report an increase in ROI due to security practices find that they achieve an increase in ROI of 1% to 5%. Because of their position in the rental chain, specialty contractors may experience greater business impacts from their security investments than general contractors.
Impact of Safety Practices on Project ROI
Some of the factors contributing to these increases in ROI include increased reputation, increased ability to contract new work, and increased project quality. While a security clearance may affect a contractor's likelihood of being hired, greater sensitivity to security issues among contractors compared to other actors such as owners, make a good safety record more important to specialty contractor firms, which are primarily employed by general contractors.
Impact of Safety Practices on Project ROI (according to those that reported Positive
In contrast, a greater percentage of specialty practitioners than general practitioners (13% vs. 8%) report less than a 1% reduction in injury rates. Large businesses are more likely to see a greater reduction in injury rates than small businesses.
Impact of Safety Practices on Injury Rates
Safety Management in the Construction Industry Data Not only do a large percentage of contractors report that the use of safety practices results in reduced injury rates (see page 16), but a much higher percentage also report average levels up to high reductions, compared to other impact measures. Some firms have adopted zero-tolerance policies for any security breaches to help ensure a low injury rate.
Impact of Safety Practices on Project Injury Rates
Lagging indicators of safety performance, such as total recordable incident rates, and days away and restricted or transferred speeds, are well established in the construction industry.
Developing Leading Indicators
Using Leading Metrics
Many companies use leading indicators in performance metrics, helping to alert them to issues and guide them about how to react
Safety Database
But in an effort to take a more proactive approach to safety, many contractors are also leading the way. 83% of general contractors report that concern for employee well-being is a major influence, compared to 73% of specialty contractors.
Factors Driving the Adoption of
Current Safety Management Practices
Greater customer demand is noted by 75% of BIM users as a key driver for future investment compared to 62% of non-users. Since BIM users have already clearly invested in not adopting many typical safe practices, they may have the added impetus of client demand and more. Wider adoption of risk analysis and mitigation is reported by 57% of BIM users as influential compared to 33% of non-users. BIM users may be more.
Factors Encouraging Future Investment in
Sixty-three percent of large companies report greater use of risk analysis as a highly influential reason for investing in more security management practices, compared to only 33% of small companies. Large companies can usually invest in more intensive processes such as risk analysis than small companies and can also dedicate staff to this function. Fifty-five percent of prefab/modularization users report that stricter regulations and mandates would affect them, compared to 29% of non-users. As with BIM users, the investment in prefab users' safety practices is already quite high, so it makes sense that many would feel compelled to add to their program only as needed.
More Extensive Safety Management Practices
SAFETY GOVERNANCE IN INDUSTRY data Respondents report reduced insurance rates (78%) and greater customer demands (68%) as the top two factors influencing their companies to invest in more comprehensive safety management practices and procedures in the future. Fifty-nine percent of prefab/modularization users would also invest in safety if they had more data on its positive effects, compared to 38% of non-users. The business benefits will also encourage greater security investment.
Factors Encouraging Wider Adoption of Safety Management Practices in the Future
SECURITY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY data, three of the four top factors discouraging investment in security reflect ongoing concerns that security will have negative impacts on a firm's business, including concerns about increased cost, lower productivity and reducing competition. However, these concerns are indirect contradictions to the positive report. Nearly a quarter (24%) of respondents also indicate a lack of knowledge of advanced security practices, suggesting greater industry education and training.
Factors Discouraging Investment in
Factors Discouraging Investment in Safety Practices
Top Influential People Impacting Improvement of
Safety Management Practices
Most Influential Position Within Company for Improving Safety
Charlie Bacon is a founding member of the Incident and Injury-Free CEO's Forum and has been recognized.
Charlie Bacon is a founding member of the Incident and Injury-Free CEO’s Forum and has been recognized
Safety Management in the Construction Industry data Safety training and orientation has a major impact on safety management procedures for key personnel in construction projects. While the percentage considering security training and orientation for estimators is much lower than the rest (31%), it is still notable given the limited role an estimator can play in the implementation of security practices.
Impact of Safety Training and
89 percent of companies using prefabrication or modularization find safety training and orientation quite influential for foremen and supervisors, compared to 71% of non-users.
Orientation on Construction Firm Employees
Influence of Safety Training By Role at Contracting Firm
SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Data Firm size is a significant factor in the choice of how safety training is conducted by firms. BiM users are more likely to be comfortable in an electronic format, which may contribute to this difference.
Entities That Conduct Safety Training for
In addition, 47% of small to medium-sized companies with 50 to 99 employees report using an external trainer, compared to 25% of larger companies. Large companies can invest cost-effectively in training by dedicating staff to this position, while it is likely to be cheaper for most small businesses to outsource training.
Jobsite Workers
Entities That Conduct Safety Training for Jobsite Workers
Safety Training Conducted Online
Percentage of Safety Training/Orientation Conducted Online
Safety Management in the Construction Industry Data OSHa 30 training for supervisors and foremen is more common than OSHa 10 training for all workplace workers. Sixty-one percent of companies using BIM require OSHa 10 training, and 82% require OSHa 30 training, compared to non-users at 47% and 60%, respectively.
Requiring OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 Training
Although different training methods are widely used by most firms, there are also notable differences. Specialty firms are slightly more likely to use authorized site workers than general contractors, but the differences are not significant.
Value of Training/Orientation
Types of Safety Training and
Orientation for Jobsite Workers
Level of Use and Value of Modes of Training for Jobsite Workers
Classroom training is highly valued by 55% of respondents, and is particularly favored by large companies that can invest in off-site training. While a higher percentage of companies that do not use BiM consider classroom training to be moderately valuable (24%) than those that do (21%), this difference is much smaller than the higher percentage of companies that use BiM and consider , that classroom training is of great value (69%) compared to non-users (44%).
Orientation for Foremen and Supervisors
While this may seem to contrast with an emphasis on in-house training opportunities for larger companies, off-site classroom training may in fact still be provided by in-house staff. Eighty-five percent of companies using prefabrication or modularization find on-the-job training for foremen and supervisors valuable, compared to 71% of non-users.
Level of Use and Value of Modes of Training for Foremen and Supervisors
86 percent of companies using BIM believe that location orientation is of great value to workers in the workplace, compared to 71% of non-users. Additionally, 73% of BIM users consider OSHa 10 training to be of great value, compared to 54% of non-users.
Importance of Safety Training for Jobsite Workers
Safety Management in the Construction Industry Data Site orientation (78%) and supervisor training (77%) are considered to be of greatest value to workers in the workplace. Companies using prefabrication or modularization place a high value on OSHA training in general, with 68% considering oSha 10 and 48% considering oSha 30 to be of great value, compared to 42% and 27% respectively of not - users.
Value of Types of Safety Training for Jobsite Workers
While respondents feel that 10 hours of oSha training has greater value than 30 hours of oSha training, as mentioned above, more firms require oSha 30 for their supervisors than oSha 10 for all workplace employees (70% against 53%). See page 30.) this may be due to the expectation that supervisors can directly affect workplace safety. BiM projects are often complex and site orientation can be critical to help minimize risks.
Value of Safety Training for Senior Management
Safety culture effects on performance (67%) and safety leadership training (60%) are considered the highest value. General contractors felt that safety culture effects on performance had a greater value than specialty contractors (73% versus 58%). this is consistent with many previous findings regarding the higher adoption rate of safety practices, as well as the higher reported performance impacts by general contractors.
Value of Types of Safety Training for Senior Management
Eighty percent of companies that use BIM place a high value on training senior management about the effects of safety culture on performance, compared to 58% of companies that do not use BIM. CONSTRUCTION SAFETY MANAGEMENT Data The largest companies offer formal safety training to their workers on the job site more often than smaller companies.
Frequency of Formal Safety Training for
Frequency of Formal Safety Training for Jobsite Workers
In recent years, behavioral training has emerged as a critical part of many safety programs. In addition to offering required training and voluntary programs, such as oSha's 10- and 30-hour courses, security professionals dig deeper into the problem to focus on changing the security culture.
Making Workers Act as Safety Observers
Safety Training in the Construction Industry
In concert with industry-wide efforts to improve safety statistics on jobsites, many construction firms aim not only to train workers
Engaging the Trades
Combining Safety With Other Initiatives
Safety management in the construction industry data the two most effective ways to communicate safety to employees, selected by a far greater percentage than all other choices, are toolbox talks (short on-site safety meetings at the start of the day or shift) and training . Even though there are no statistically significant differences, the best choice for companies that do not do prefabrication/modularization or that use prefabrication/modularization on 25% or less of their projects are toolbox talks.
Most Effective Means of Communicating
Most Effective Means of Communicating About Safety With Employees
Safety management in the construction industry data the main source of health and safety information reported by respondents varies widely by company size. Mid-sized companies (10 to 99 employees): largely prefer online and trade or professional associations as their main sources of information.
Top Sources of Health and Safety Information
Large companies (100 to 499 employees): Almost equally divided between online sources, regulatory agencies and associations, educational, trade or professional associations and peers as their main sources of health and safety information, with only a five-point difference between them . Small businesses (fewer than 10 employees): Have the largest percentage of all groups seeking their information from online sources, with regulatory agencies and associations also important to a significant percentage.
Top Sources of Health and Safety Information
Use of BIM by Respondents
Impact of BIM on Safety
Impact of Building Information Modeling (BIM)
SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ATA Among BIM users who believe that using BIM improves safety, almost half (47%) find that identifying potential site hazards before construction begins is the most effective BIM function to improve safety . subcontractors do not. Another important BIM function for improving safety according to contractors, is the use of BIM for collision detection. Find collisions rather than on site, preventing on-site hazardous situations with workers from different trades who want to work in one area to escape.
Top BIM Functions for Improving Safety
Top BIM Function for Improving Safety
Use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction
SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY The two most important stages of the BIM process that safety personnel get involved in, according to the respondents, are just before the start of construction and throughout the construction process. For more than 20% of contractors using BIM, safety personnel are never involved in the BIM process.
Modulariaztion
However, it is noteworthy that 26% of general contractors report the involvement of safety personnel at design initiation, a significantly higher percentage than the 8%.
Stages in BIM Process at
Which Safety Personnel Get Involved
Stage in the BIM Process at Which Construction Safety Professionals
3-D Visualization and Analysis
Integrating Safety Into Project Design
Emerging Ways to Use BIM to Enhance Safety
Numerous architectural, engineering and contractor firms, academics and organizations around the world are exploring innovative ways of
Innovative Safety Training Using BIM
4-D BIM
The Future of BIM and Safety
Seventy-one percent of respondents who use mobile devices do so in more than 75% of their workplaces. general contractors use mobile devices more often than specialty contractors, with 14% more general contractors reporting mobile device use at that level.
Types of Devices Used Over Time
Use of Mobile Devices on the Jobsite
Types of Mobile Devices Used Over Time (ByPercentageofrespondent)
Mobile Device Tools Most Commonly Used on Jobsites
SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY The personnel who use mobile devices most often depends largely on the type of business. Among general contractors, site supervisors and senior management reported the highest percentage of mobile device users on the construction site, a percentage nearly 30 percentage points higher than the next position. Less than one-quarter of general contractors report that workers use mobile devices on the job site. Ninety percent of BIM users report that site supervisors use mobile devices, compared to 80% of non-users. There are advantages to giving site supervisors access to BIM models rather than just using drawings produced from the on-site model, which may explain the increased use.
Staff Using Mobile Devices
Staff Using Mobile Devices (byTypeofFirm)
SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY A wide range of mobile devices are reported to have a positive impact on safety, with more than half of respondents reporting positive effects across all devices and over 75% across multiple devices. there is clear agreement across the industry that the use of mobile devices helps make projects safer. A significantly higher percentage of companies with 100 or more employees believe that smartphones other than iPhones have a positive impact on security than companies with fewer employees, with around 75% of smaller companies reporting that smartphones have a positive impact, compared to 95 % of companies with 100 to 499 employees and 83% of companies with more than 500 employees.
Impact of Mobile Devices on Safety
There are statically significant differences between the percentage of general contractors and specialty contractors who believe mobile devices have a positive impact on safety. However, specialty contractors rise higher in the percentage noting a positive impact from these devices for all but one option, smartphones other than iPhones. The findings described below by company type and size strongly suggest that companies with more experience in prefabrication and modularization can better reap the safety benefits of using these construction methods.
Variation by Type of Firm
Variation by Size of Firm
Impact of the Use of
Prefabrication and Modularization on Safety
Modularization Has a Positive Impact on Safety
The highest percentage of general contractors (78%) consider the ability to do complex assemblies on-site or off-site as an aspect of prefabrication/. The highest percentage of specialty contractors (69%) view site safety as improved by the ability to have fewer workers on site contributing to different aspects of the building using prefabrication and modularization.
Variation by Firms Using BIM
Aspects of the Use of
Prefabrication and Modularization That Contribute to Project Safety
Aspects of the Use of Prefabrication/
Modularization That Contribute to Project Safety
Renewed Interest in Prefabrication and
Modularization in Construction
Safety is an important benefit of using prefabrication and modularization in construction, but it is only one of the many benefits driving a renaissance
Increased Use of Prefabrication and
Factors Driving Growth
Ability to Improve Safety
SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DATA Eighteen percent of companies responding to the survey report providing specific safety training to their employees on green technologies, processes and products. Since green training is recognized as an emerging area, this figure is intended to provide a baseline as safety becomes an important topic in green building.
Specific Safety Training for
Green Technologies, Practices or Products
Firms Providing Specific Safety Training for Green Technologies,
Green Projects and Safety
Safety Management in the Construction Industry A recognized leader in sustainable company-wide operations, Yancy Wright's dedication to evolving the entire construction industry through green workforce training has resulted in the training of thousands of tradespeople. Safety Management in the Construction Industry Mcgraw hill Construction conducted the 2013 Safety Management in the Construction Industry study to evaluate the use of specific safety practices and their impact on safety and project outcomes.
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