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Abudayyeh, O, Federicks, T, Palmquist, M and Torres, H N (2003) Analysis of Occupational Injuries and Fatalities in Electrical Contracting Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 152–8.

Ammar, A, Hanna, A S, Nordheim, E V and Russell, J S (2003) Indicator Variables Model of Firm’s Size-Profitability Relationship of Electrical Contractors Using Financial and Economic Data. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 192–7.

Brown, D C (2003) Novel Method of Excavation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 222–5.

Brunso, T P and Siddiqi, K M (2003) Using Benchmarks and Metrics to Evaluate Project Delivery of Environmental Restoration Programs. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 119–30.

Chua, D K H, Wang, Y and Tan, W T (2003) Impacts of Obstacles in East Asian Cross-Border Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 131–41.

Cox, R F, Issa, R R A and Ahrens, D (2003) Management’s Perception of Key Performance Indicators for Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 142–51.

Elliott, M E and Heymsfield, E (2003) Inspection of Luling Bridge Cable Stays: Case Study. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 226–30.

Hinze, J and Gambatese, J (2003) Factors That Influence Safety Performance of Specialty Contractors. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 159–64.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Safety factors; Contractors; Construction industry; safety; safety systems; performance evaluation; construction industry; contracts;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2003)129:2(159)
  • Abstract:
    In the construction industry specialty contractors perform most of the construction work. Given their impact on the industry, the safety performance of specialty contractors should be of concern to the construction industry. This paper describes a study conducted to identify factors that significantly influence the safety performance of specialty contractors. The study was composed of separate surveys of three different specialty contractor populations—a variety of trade contractors located primarily in southern Nevada, roofing contractors in the state of Florida, and the regional offices of a large, nationwide mechanical contractor. While there appeared to be contradictions between the surveys in some areas, the study concluded that specialty contractor safety performance was consistently influenced, in part, by a number of factors. The factors shown to positively affect safety performance include minimizing worker turnover, implementing employee drug testing with various factors initiating the testing, and training with the assistance of contractor associations. Safety incentive programs were not necessarily associated with better safety performance. Growth in company size was found to be associated with improved safety performance as well.

Maloney, W F (2003) Labor-Management Cooperation and Customer Satisfaction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 165–72.

Marzouk, M and Moselhi, O (2003) Object-oriented Simulation Model for Earthmoving Operations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 173–81.

Palaneeswaran, E and Kumaraswamy, M M (2003) Knowledge Mining of Information Sources for Research in Construction Management. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 182–91.

Schaufelberger, J E and Wipadapisut, I (2003) Alternate Financing Strategies for Build-Operate-Transfer Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 205–13.

Shi, J J and Halpin, D W (2003) Enterprise Resource Planning for Construction Business Management. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 214–21.

Trost, S M and Oberlender, G D (2003) Predicting Accuracy of Early Cost Estimates Using Factor Analysis and Multivariate Regression. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(02), 198–204.