Improving Safety, Health, and Wellbeing in Construction

Dear Colleagues,

Enhancing safety, health and wellbeing of construction workers is a large challenge for the construction industry worldwide. This industry has been recognized, for many years, as having a high likelihood of accidents and, unfortunately, fatalities. Statistically, the construction sector employs 6% to 10% of the total workforce, but makes up 25% to 40% of the fatalities. Obviously, the construction industry is far from the "zero accident" vision advocated by many construction companies. Apart from the dangers of the jobsite front-line, workers in the construction industry are also exposed to other potential health hazards throughout the building process. Many of the occupational hazards of site workers have not been accurately assessed; it is clear that workers are exposed to both acute and chronic illnesses at their primary workplace. Although construction work is inherently dangerous and highly prone to stressful environment, many risks/hazards can be avoided by appropriate implementation of safe work practice. Therefore, it calls for a persistent endeavour to evaluate, develop, and execute innovative approaches in improving health, safety, and wellbeing in the construction industry. This Special Issue will engage technological, managerial, cultural, and organizational perspectives in managing safety and health risk/hazard in construction and is open to any subject area relevant to construction safety and health. The listed keywords suggest just a few of the many possibilities.

Prof. Albert P.C. Chan
Dr. Wen Yi
Guest Editors

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