Author(s)

Xiaojie Wu ¹, Huixia Zhu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Economics and Management, Liaoning University of Technology, Jinzhou, Liaoning, 121001, China

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ABSTRACT

In recent years, safety accidents caused by unsafe behaviours have occurred, making it important to control the risk of unsafe behaviours among construction workers. This paper follows the guiding principles and research process of rooted theory research methodology, extensively collects case data and interview data related to construction workers' unsafe behaviours, and constructs a theoretical model of risk factors for construction workers' unsafe behaviours through open coding, spindle coding, selective coding and theoretical saturation tests. The results show that there are four risk factors for construction workers' unsafe behaviour. Three risk points for poor working conditions, inadequate personal protection and work behaviour violations build the risk factors for personal factors, one risk point for improper equipment operation builds the risk factors for human-equipment factors, two risk points for unsuitable weather and unsuitable operating environment build the risk factors for human-environment factors, and four risk points for excessive workload, poor work management, poor training management and poor team communication build the risk factors for human-management factors. The findings deepen the understanding and research on the risk of unsafe behaviours among construction workers and have positive theoretical and practical implications for preventing unsafe behaviours, reducing the spread of unsafe behaviours and reducing the risk of unsafe behaviours.

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Xiaojie Wu, Huixia Zhu, Risk Factors for Unsafe Behaviour of Construction Workers and Intervention Countermeasures. Financial Engineering and Risk Management (2023) Vol. 6: 101-106. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/ferm.2023.060413.

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