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Workplace Health, Safety and Wellbeing of People in Construction

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 3796

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Fidelis A. Emuze

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Unit for Lean Construction and Sustainability, Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa
Interests: construction management; lean construction; health, safety and well-being; people; sustainability

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The world’s population is now over 8 billion and increasing per second. The growth pattern necessitates shelter and infrastructure designed and built by people in construction (PiC). The surging demand increases the involvement of PiC in operations that often expose them to near-miss incidents and accidents. The outcome of such events in the form of injuries and fatalities attests to the notion that the conventional engineering/technological approach to ensuring the health, safety, and well-being (HSW) of PiC—creating more warnings and safeguards— fails due to limited or inadequate analyses of the social side of hazard and risks. At project and industry levels, PiC continue to live with high-risk work site rules, methods, practices and technologies. Today, accidents, injuries, and fatalities on-site and off-site in construction appear to defy known solutions. Types and levels of interactions of PiC in operations suggest that the social side of countermeasures is required to support no harm. The approach involved organizational and personal factors that see ‘safety differently’ and encouraged research on the worldview of Safety I and Safety II. This construction HSW Special Issue invites topics in Safety Science, Human Factors, Workplace Culture, Industrial Safety and Health, High-risk Technologies, Site Safety, Resilience Engineering, and Loss Control. Papers that combine high academic standards with practical applications are encouraged.

Prof. Dr. Fidelis A. Emuze
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • accident
  • construction
  • health
  • safety
  • wellbeing

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Psychosocial Hazards in the Northern Territory Building and Construction Industry: A Profile of Job Demands and Job Resources in a Jurisdiction and Industry with High Rates of Suicide
by Nicholas Thompson, Adam Robertson, Rebecca Loudoun, Amanda Biggs and Keith Townsend
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(3), 334; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030334 - 12 Mar 2024
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The work environment for building workers in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) is characterised by concerningly high rates of distress and suicide at both a jurisdictional and an industry level. Work-related psychosocial hazards are known antecedents of work-related distress and suicide, and more research [...] Read more.
The work environment for building workers in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) is characterised by concerningly high rates of distress and suicide at both a jurisdictional and an industry level. Work-related psychosocial hazards are known antecedents of work-related distress and suicide, and more research is required to understand how these hazards impact workers in this unique building context. This paper examines the unique work environment in the NT building industry by comparing psychosocial hazards in the NT with those in the broader Australian building and construction industry. When comparing 330 NT self-report survey responses about psychosocial hazards in the workplace to 773 broader Australian building industry responses, supervisor task conflict for NT workers was more concerning, at 10.9% higher than the broader Australian cohort. Within the NT sample, comparisons between fly-in and fly-out/drive-in and drive-out (FIFO/DIDO) workers and non-FIFO/DIDO workers were also performed to determine specific local psychosocial hazards. When comparing FIFO/DIDO workers’ responses to their NT peers, role overload and supervisor task conflict were significantly higher, and co-worker and supervisor support were lower. In FIFO/DIDO environments, praise and recognition, procedural justice, and change consultation were at concerningly lower averages than the broader NT building and construction industry. These results suggest that the NT building and construction industry, and particularly FIFO/DIDO operations, require greater resourcing, investment, and focus on workplace mental health initiatives to improve the work environment and wellbeing of this workforce and mitigate hazards that can lead to distress and the high rates of occupational suicide found in this jurisdiction and industry. Full article
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Exploring the Impact of Social Identity on the Bullying of Construction Industry Apprentices
by Peter Greacen and Victoria Ross
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(21), 6980; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20216980 - 26 Oct 2023
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Background: There is a lack of literature specifically examining the workplace bullying of apprentices and trainees in traditional, male-dominated sectors such as the Australian building and construction industry. Using social identity theory (SIT), the aim of this study was to gather the attitudes, [...] Read more.
Background: There is a lack of literature specifically examining the workplace bullying of apprentices and trainees in traditional, male-dominated sectors such as the Australian building and construction industry. Using social identity theory (SIT), the aim of this study was to gather the attitudes, thoughts, and feelings of construction industry leaders to better understand how social identification (i.e., group membership) impacts bullying on targets and perpetrators and the willingness to report bullying to targets and bystanders. Method: One-on-one, semi-structured interviews using a purposive sample of eight leaders from construction and blue-collar industries. Qualitative data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Results: Four overarching themes were identified: difficulties for apprentices transitioning into industry, the need for continued improvement in industry culture, reluctance to report bullying, and rethinking apprenticeships to empower. Each theme provides insight into the psychosocial phenomenon of the bullying of trade apprentices and suggests that an apprentice’s level of social identification with work groups shapes how bullying is identified, interpreted, and prevented. Conclusion: Findings from this study will be important for tailoring evidence-based interventions, human resource policies, and initiatives for education and awareness training. Themes also highlight systemic inadequacies impacting apprentices’ mental health and skill development, with implications for the future sustainability of apprenticeship training agreements. Full article
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