Identifying the Factors Influencing Hazard Recognition Capability of Construction Workers
Identifying the Factors Influencing Hazard Recognition Capability of Construction Workers
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2020
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ABUBAKAR, Muawiya IBRAHIM, Yahaya Makarfi BALA, Kabir DOKO, Ahmed Ibrahim ABDULLAHI, Muhammad
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Literature on construction safety have reported the importance of hazard recognition to an\
safety management initiative. The persistence of poor safety records of the construction industry
has been linked to the inability of workers to recognise and manage work hazards. This is
certainly among the major reasons for the growing research interests on the improvement of
hazard recognition performance of construction workers. To avert the negative consequences of
poor hazard recognition of construction workers, it is important to understand the factors that
influence their hazard recognition capabilities. This will enable the development of appropriate
strategies to improve the level of hazards recognized and managed by the workers, thereby
achieving the desired improvement on the general safety performance of the construction
industry. This paper reports on efforts to provide empirical evidences of factors influencing
hazard recognition capability of construction workers. A total of 53 factors were identified from
literature and validated with 14 construction experts. The factors were grouped as personal,
organisational, social, and project factors. The paper is the first step in a larger sludy aimed all
developing a model for evaluating hazard recognition capability of construction workers
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'Dept. of Building, Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zaria-Nigeria. E-mail: muawiyaabubakarl@gmail.com
2Dept. of Quantity Surveying, Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zaria-Nigeria. E-mail: makarfi@gmail.com
3Dept. of Building, Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zaria-Nigeria. E-mail: balakabir@gmail.com
4Dept. of Quantity Surveying. Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zaria-Nigeria. E-mail:
adibrahim2@yahoo.com
5Dept. of Quantity Surveying. Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zaria-Nigeria. E-mail:
bnabdallah02@gmail.com