Enhancing Construction Safety Culture: A Systematic Review of Factors, Practices for Ergonomic Improvement and Practical Applicability in Construction Industry

Abstract

Some of the major factors contributing to accidents in the construction industry are human behavior, intricate and distant work sites, labor-related complexities, hazardous safety cultures, the utilization of perilous machinery, and non-compliance. Notably, renowned databases, including Springer, Taylor & Francis, ScienceDirect, Research Gate, and Google Scholar, were all included in this systematic review (SR) that was completed following the PRISMA method. The goal is to investigate the relationship between safety culture and the effectiveness of safety measures on construction sites and for construction employees. In this systematic review, various keywords were selected, including "safety culture," safety performance, worker behavior," construction sites," "improved safety culture," and "ergonomic practices". Research published between 2016 and 2022 was considered, as were studies of safety culture in the construction industry that were linked to improved safety culture among construction employees. In this paper, the author examines the role of safety culture in the construction industry on the basis of 17 recent studies based on when the study was published, what technologies were used, and their relation to the construction industry. Researchers prefer proactive measures, which affect the safety culture and climate for construction employees. The study shows that more research is needed, especially in the areas of safety practices and the relationship between agronomic practices and the building industry, to figure out the complicated relationships between variables