School of Built Environment, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Sep 17;21(9):1218. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21091218.
Construction is widely acknowledged for its socioeconomic contributions, although it is also always considered as a dangerous and incident-prone industry. As a new method of working, prefabrication presents better work environments and other benefits that can potentially improve the safety and mental health of construction workers. This study compares the extent of stressors in traditional and prefabricated construction. Eighty-four construction site and factory-based workers in Australia were surveyed. Prefabricated construction respondents reported less experience of industry-related, management/organisational, and personal stressors. Specifically, the stressors found to be weakened by prefabrication were mental fatigue, work injuries, poor working conditions, unfavourable shift rosters, work overload, and poor work-life balance. Furthermore, the degree of the experience of potential mental health improvement factors such as labour effort efficiency, reduced on-site trade overlap, increased mechanised construction, and less dependence on weather conditions, among others, was significantly higher in prefabrication than in traditional construction. The influence of prefabrication on measures of poor and positive mental health is recommended for further studies, particularly by finding its links with the different groups of construction workers.
建筑行业被广泛认为对社会经济有贡献，但也一直被认为是一个危险且容易发生事故的行业。预制是一种新的工作方式，它为建筑工人提供了更好的工作环境和其他潜在的好处，从而有可能改善他们的安全和心理健康。本研究比较了传统建筑和预制建筑的压力源程度。对澳大利亚的 84 名建筑工地和工厂工人进行了调查。预制建筑的受访者报告称，他们在行业相关、管理/组织和个人压力源方面的经历较少。具体来说，预制建筑减轻了精神疲劳、工作伤害、恶劣的工作条件、不利的轮班安排、工作过载和工作与生活失衡等压力源。此外，预制建筑在劳动力效率提高、减少现场工种重叠、增加机械化施工、减少对天气条件的依赖等潜在改善心理健康因素的体验程度方面明显高于传统建筑。建议进一步研究预制建筑对不良和良好心理健康的影响，特别是通过发现其与不同建筑工人群体的联系。
