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A Comparative Analysis Between Day Shift and Night Shift Construction Workers on their Safety Performance towards Reducing Workplace Accidents
Subject area: Science,Engineering and Technology · Area of research: Health and Safety
Abstract
The core drive of this study is to evaluate the safety locus of control, situation awareness, and safety behavior of construction workers in relation to their safety performance. This current study also investigates the comparative differences between day and night shift construction workers about the three variables and discusses how they can affect their safety performance. Thus, these purposes intend to address the given variables' adverse impacts on construction workers' safety performance by reducing workplace accidents. Using a mixed-methods approach, the participants of this study are 24 interviewees, 62 survey respondents of day shift construction workers, and 62 survey respondents of night shift construction workers, for a total of 124 survey respondents. Moreover, a comparative approach is used to determine the significant difference between the day and night shifts. The findings revealed that the safety locus of control of both day and night shift construction workers scores an insignificant difference. In contrast, both safety awareness and safety behavior have significant differences. It is also evident in the findings that day-shift construction workers tend to have higher safety performance than night-shift workers. In terms of condition, night shift workers need to put some effort into prioritizing their safety performance. Overall, this study provides a strong basis for recommendations to prioritize safety performance enhancement. Lastly, recommended actions for the stakeholders are disclosed, as are suggestions for the future expansion of this study.
Keywords
Safety Locus of Control, Situation Awareness, Safety Behavior, Safety Performance
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How to cite this paper
@article{1704892,
author = {Jalen I. Marfori, Nicolas Pocholo D. Alfonso, Raymond R. Gomez, Jhaieson M. Manuel; May Ann S. Santos, John Paul S. Valderama; Ana Pauline B. Pagador, RCE},
title = {A Comparative Analysis Between Day Shift and Night Shift Construction Workers on their Safety Performance towards Reducing Workplace Accidents},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2023},
volume = {7},
number = {1},
pages = {392-414},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1704892.pdf},
abstract = {The core drive of this study is to evaluate the safety locus of control, situation awareness, and safety behavior of construction workers in relation to their safety performance. This current study also investigates the comparative differences between day and night shift construction workers about the three variables and discusses how they can affect their safety performance. Thus, these purposes intend to address the given variables' adverse impacts on construction workers' safety performance by reducing workplace accidents. Using a mixed-methods approach, the participants of this study are 24 interviewees, 62 survey respondents of day shift construction workers, and 62 survey respondents of night shift construction workers, for a total of 124 survey respondents. Moreover, a comparative approach is used to determine the significant difference between the day and night shifts. The findings revealed that the safety locus of control of both day and night shift construction workers scores an insignificant difference. In contrast, both safety awareness and safety behavior have significant differences. It is also evident in the findings that day-shift construction workers tend to have higher safety performance than night-shift workers. In terms of condition, night shift workers need to put some effort into prioritizing their safety performance. Overall, this study provides a strong basis for recommendations to prioritize safety performance enhancement. Lastly, recommended actions for the stakeholders are disclosed, as are suggestions for the future expansion of this study.},
keywords = {Safety Locus of Control, Situation Awareness, Safety Behavior, Safety Performance},
month = {July},
}