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Enhancing Construction Managers' Risk Perception and Lowering Risk Tolerance toward Unsafe Behaviors Through Experiential Safety Training

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Authors

Kim, Namgyun; Park, Sungjae; Uhm, Miyoung; Ahn, Changbum R.; Kim, Hongjo

Issue Date
2025-01
Publisher
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
Citation
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING, Vol.41 No.1, p. 04024067
Abstract
The training effect can be enhanced when trainees/learners interact with real-world environments and construct personal knowledge from those direct experiences. Leveraging such experiential learning strategies for occupational training has been widely discussed due to its effectiveness. The construction industry has also been focusing on experiential safety training to address the limitations in conventional classroom-based training, such as passive learning and limited interaction with actual physical hazards. Recently, government organizations and construction companies have started to operate safety training facilities, where trainees can physically experience the negative consequences of unsafe behaviors (without actual injuries). Although the effect of experiential safety training at those facilities has been anecdotally noted, no study has empirically investigated its effectiveness in enhancing trainees' risk perception toward unsafe behaviors. To this end, this study examined the effectiveness of experiential safety training in enhancing construction managers' risk perception toward workers' unsafe behaviors and their intention to stop workers from working in dangerous situations. The results, based on answers to survey questions showing scene images of unsafe behavior related to the risk of a fall, show that construction managers who participated in experiential safety training perceived a higher risk regarding workers' unsafe behaviors in less obviously risky situations, and exhibited a stronger intention to immediately stop workers from working in subtly unsafe conditions. This study contributes empirical evidence about the effectiveness of experiential safety training at safety training centers, thereby promoting the wide adoption of experiential safety training and advancing safety engineering and management strategies in the construction industry.
ISSN
0742-597X
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/216395
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1061/JMENEA.MEENG-6283
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