| Title |
Analysis on Consciousness of Shifting Responsibility triggering Safety accidents at Construction Sites |
| Authors |
Oh, Gyusun ; Kim, Hyunbin ; Han, Sangwon ; Hyun, Changtaek ; Cha, Yongwoon |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/KJCEM.2018.19.6.055 |
| Keywords |
Safety Accidents ; Consciousness of Shifting-responsibility ; Unsafe Condition ; Unsafe Act ; Safety Prevention Action |
| Abstract |
In spite of many previous studies conducted to prevent safety accidents at construction sites, the frequency of safety accidents has not decreased. And recently, a lot of research has been done to analyze the causes of the accidents resulting from the personal characteristics and behaviors of managers or workers, and eliminate them. However, despite these efforts, safety accidents occur consistently as managers and workers shift their responsibilities for the safety accidents onto someone other than themselves. Therefore, in order to prevent safety accidents, this study investigated the consciousness of shifting responsibility among managers and workers and analyzed the correlation between factors influencing the consciousness of shifting responsibility. In addition, it proposed the quantitative levels of the consciousness of shifting responsibility based on the survey of managers and workers. The results of this study demonstrated that managers tend to the shift responsibility onto workers, whereas workers the shift responsibility onto managers. It was additionally demonstrated that there is a correlation between the consciousness of shifting responsibility and the factors influencing it. The findings of this study are expected to improve the safety awareness among managers and workers and make contributions in the theoretical and practical aspects of construction safety management. |