UNSAFE BEHAVIOR AMONG EMPLOYEES IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Slobodan Bundalevski

DOI Number
https://doi.org/10.22190/FUWLEP2203169B
First page
169
Last page
175

Abstract


This paper investigates risk tolerance, risk perception and safety climate perception among construction workers. This is important because there is a significant risk to worker health and safety in the construction industry. Questionnaires were used to prove the general hypothesis that there is a significant difference between construction workers and managers, and the analysis was done using the SPSS software package. The results confirm the general hypothesis.

Keywords

risk tolerance, risk perception, safety climate perception

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