Industrial Engineering, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia.
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Windsor, Canada.
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2022 Jun;28(2):779-789. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2021.1985302. Epub 2021 Nov 12.
The Saudi construction industry is among the largest in the region - and, for workers, among the most dangerous industries. The importance of this study is assisting to reduce hazards, sources of risk and perceptions of safety in the construction sector. Using a quantitative survey measure administered to a small ( = 276) sample of individuals, this study aimed to contribute to empirical understandings of safety performance in this unique context. A multivariate safety performance model was developed to ensure compatibility with the structure of the survey measure. The survey data revealed a strong consensus expressing negative views of every safety dimension and variable tested, with only tiny minorities selecting positively valenced responses. To test the descriptive power of the model as a whole, a structural equation modelling technique was used to assess the correspondence between the relationships constituting the model and their significance relative to empirical data.
沙特建筑业是该地区最大的行业之一——对于工人来说，也是最危险的行业之一。这项研究的重要性在于帮助减少建筑行业的危险、风险源和安全意识。本研究使用定量调查措施对一小部分（=276）个人进行了调查，旨在对这一独特背景下的安全绩效提供实证理解。开发了一个多变量安全绩效模型，以确保与调查措施的结构兼容。调查数据显示，强烈的共识表达了对每个安全维度和测试变量的负面看法，只有极少数人选择了积极的回应。为了测试模型作为一个整体的描述能力，使用结构方程建模技术来评估构成模型的关系与其相对于实证数据的显著性之间的一致性。
