Safety climate of migrant construction workers and its relationship with their safety performance in the construction industry in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Objective: Safety of migrant construction workers is now becoming a global concern and this requires the identification of the important safety climate factors and attention to them to enhance the workers’ overall safety performance in this industry. Methodology: A cross-sectional study aimed to...
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2023
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| Summary: | Objective: Safety of migrant construction workers is now becoming a global
concern and this requires the identification of the important safety climate factors
and attention to them to enhance the workers’ overall safety performance in this
industry. Methodology: A cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the
relationship between the safety climate and its relationship with safety
performance (in terms of safety participation, safety compliance, and selfreported
near misses and injuries) of migrant construction workers in Abu Dhabi.
141 respondents from the major nationalities (Indians, Pakistanis, and
Bangladeshi) participated in this study, from the 2 industrial zones (Abu Dhabi
and Al Ain) of this emirate. Sociodemographic characteristics, information about
safety climate, and safety performance were assessed by using a specifically
designed questionnaire for the construction industry in English and respondents’
native languages (Hindi, Urdu, and Bengali). Descriptive statistics determined
the socio-demographic and work information whereas spearman’s correlation
coefficient test was carried out to determine the relationship between safety
climate and safety performance of the migrant construction workers. The chisquare
test was carried out to compare the safety performance among the
Indian, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani migrant construction workers; and to identify
the effects of demographic variables on the Safety performance of the Indian,
Bangladeshi, and Pakistani migrant workers. The effects of demographic
variables on the Safety climate of the Indian, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani migrant
construction workers were explored by using the Independent Sample Kruskal-
Wallis and Mann-Whitney U Tests. Result: The study showed that about half of
the respondents (56%) belonged to the age group of 31 to 40 years, and nearly
three-quarters (78%) of them were married. Their work information showed that
75% of them are skilled workers and one-third of them (75%) work with
contractors and had construction industry experience of 6 years or more. Skilled
migrant construction workers have a higher commitment toward safe work than
laborers. Correspondingly married construction workers, aged 30 to 50 years.
and having 6-15 years of experience in the same company majorly working
directly with clients, supporting 1 -2 family members, with no smoking or drinking
habit have achieved a relatively higher safety climate score than the other
relevant categories. Construction workers with ages less than 30 years or below,
with lower education and no dependents to support, and with smoking and
drinking habits have achieved relatively low safety climate score. Safety climate
showed a significant positive relationship (r = 0.272, p = 0.001) with the safety
performance of the Indian, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani migrant construction
workers. The factor of safety climate, organizational and management safety
commitment developed the strongest relationship (r = 0.339, p = 0.001) with the
perceived safety climate, on the other hand, the most ignored factor with the
least relationship was Workers’ Perception of Safety rules and procedures (r =
0.203, p = 0.016). Safety performance comparison among these nationalities
revealed that there is an association between the country of origin and safety
performance (p<0.05, χ2=6.828) and Indians showed the highest injury rates
(54.4%) as compared to Pakistanis (26.3%) and Bangladeshi workers (19.3%).
Conclusion: The present study suggested that there was a significant positive
relationship between safety climate and the safety performance of migrant
construction workers. Therefore, construction workers with less experience and
lower education, aged 30 years or below, with no dependents to support, with
smoking and drinking habits needs to be focused on the augmentation of their
safety performance by safety awareness, relevant safety education, and training. |
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