Â鶹ÊÓƵ Report: Many Small Firms Lag on Safety Culture Indicators
High-performing construction contractors recognize the importance of a positive safety culture at their firms. In 2012 and 2015, Â鶹ÊÓƵ partnered with Dodge Data and Analytics (formerly part of McGraw-Hill) to survey construction contractors and learn about their Construction Safety Management Systems. The findings, reported in the "Building a Safety Culture: Improving Safety and Health in the Construction Industry," indicated important progress over the three-year period. However, the data also indicated that small firms lagged behind larger ones on most of the indicators. A new , "Safety Management and Safety Culture among Small Construction Firms," compares the responses of small and large firms. Among the findings:
Nearly 90% of respondents at large firms (500+ employees) reported having measurable safety goals and objectives; 37% of small firms (1-9 employees) did.
Nearly 80% of respondents at large firms said they required all workers on the jobsite to have OSHA 10-hour training; 53% of small firms said the same.
Some 74% of large firms indicated that safety and health is a top agenda item in all meetings; less than 25% of the smaller firms said the same.
At 64% of large firms, workers were involved in job-hazard analysis; only 38% of small firms reported this. Safety culture is one of today's most promising frontiers in construction safety and health, and it's heartening to see the industry's leading firms actively cultivating a positive safety culture on their construction sites. We must continue to provide information and resources to the nation's smaller firms so they can do the same.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ WEBINAR
August 21 @ 2:00pm (ET), 20 min. -- Where do you get your information? A survey of occupational safety and health practitioners
Where do the nation's apprenticeship instructors turn to find out what's new in construction occupational safety and health? What do corporate safety directors say is required reading? Where do construction safety consultants gather online? Â鶹ÊÓƵ asked more than 1400 occupational safety and health practitioners about their favorite websites, magazines, e-newsletters and social media. Join us for a 20 minute webinar on Sept. 21 and find out what they told us!
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ IN PRINT
Recently Published Journal Articles by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Scholars
Marc Weinstein, Pam Susi and Mark Goldberg. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, June 2016.
. Natalie Schwatka, Steven Hecker and Linda M. Goldenhar. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, June 2016.
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ONLINE RESOURCES
Find the latest on regulatory efforts and Create-A-Plan to control exposures at -- a one-stop source of information on how to prevent a silica hazard and protect workers
is the premier online source for construction health and safety information, with research, training materials, fact sheets and more
is a safety and health database designed with construction contractors and workers in mind -- an inventory of common industry hazards paired with common-sense solutions
Visit for information on our training programs, research findings, and resources for your health and safety or research initiatives
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NIOSH Science Blog, 7/1/2016
Safety + Health, 8/31/2016
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ABOUT US Â鶹ÊÓƵ -- Â鶹ÊÓƵ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created by North America's Building Trades Unions, AFL-CIO. Working with partners like you in business, labor, government, and the universities, we strive every day to make work safer for the ten million men and women who work in the U.S. construction industry!
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