@article{ref1,
title="Risk Perception and Construction Safety",
journal="Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering",
year="2006",
author="MacDonald, Geoff",
volume="159",
number="2 SPEC ISS",
pages="51-56",
abstract="Risk assessment is the cornerstone of modem health and safety legislation and of accepted approaches to safety management However based on detailed interviews with construction site managers on a mix of small- to medium-sized projects-and by drawing on existing, widely based, risk-perception research-this paper provides evidence that risk perception, as opposed to a formal risk assessment, plays a significant role in safety decision making. It also highlights marked and disturbing differences between on-site risk identification, assessment and decision-making processes and those envisaged in safety management teaching as well as current legislation.<p />",
language="",
issn="0965-089X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}