TY - JOUR
T1 - An experimental study of intrusion behaviors on construction sites: The role of age and gender
AU - Shuang, Dong
AU - Heng, Li
AU - Skitmore, Martin
AU - Qin, Yin
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a General Research Grant titled “Proactively Monitoring Construction Progress by Integrating 3D Laser-scanning and BIM” from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (Reference No. PolyU 152093/14E ) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71801094 ). The authors also gratefully acknowledge the Business School of East China University of Science and Technology for providing support. Appendix A
Funding Information:
This work was supported by a General Research Grant titled “Proactively Monitoring Construction Progress by Integrating 3D Laser-scanning and BIM” from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (Reference No. PolyU 152093/14E) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71801094). The authors also gratefully acknowledge the Business School of East China University of Science and Technology for providing support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Intrusion, which is the unauthorized entry to hazardous areas on a construction site, is one of the most serious rule-breaking behaviors. It has received limited research attention since existing manual safety observations cannot effectively capture large and complex intrusion related information. This paper explores how age and gender impact on various forms of intrusion behaviors on construction site. Location tracking technology combined with BIM (Building Information Modeling) was applied to identify and record intrusion behaviors of 147 construction workers over a 4 month period. The results, empirically tested by ANOVA, show that age and gender have significant interactive effects on both intrusion frequency and duration. The analysis further indicates that male site workers were more intrusive-prone than females. For both genders, middle-aged workers had significantly higher intrusion frequency than younger and older workers. Further, young workers had the lowest intrusion frequency and duration. Finally, the corresponding reasons for intrusions and the responsive management methods were sourced from interviews, including the influence of male hyper-masculine norms in construction and the implementation of targeted training for high risk individuals. The findings in this study also provide support and key insight into the use of location tracking technology for intrusion management and safety improvement in the construction industry.
AB - Intrusion, which is the unauthorized entry to hazardous areas on a construction site, is one of the most serious rule-breaking behaviors. It has received limited research attention since existing manual safety observations cannot effectively capture large and complex intrusion related information. This paper explores how age and gender impact on various forms of intrusion behaviors on construction site. Location tracking technology combined with BIM (Building Information Modeling) was applied to identify and record intrusion behaviors of 147 construction workers over a 4 month period. The results, empirically tested by ANOVA, show that age and gender have significant interactive effects on both intrusion frequency and duration. The analysis further indicates that male site workers were more intrusive-prone than females. For both genders, middle-aged workers had significantly higher intrusion frequency than younger and older workers. Further, young workers had the lowest intrusion frequency and duration. Finally, the corresponding reasons for intrusions and the responsive management methods were sourced from interviews, including the influence of male hyper-masculine norms in construction and the implementation of targeted training for high risk individuals. The findings in this study also provide support and key insight into the use of location tracking technology for intrusion management and safety improvement in the construction industry.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062288584&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ssci.2019.02.035
DO - 10.1016/j.ssci.2019.02.035
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062288584
SN - 0925-7535
VL - 115
SP - 425
EP - 434
JO - Safety Science
JF - Safety Science
ER -