%0 Journal Article
%T Risk Perception and Construction Safety
%J Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering
%D 2006
%A MacDonald, Geoff
%V 159
%N 2 SPEC ISS
%P 51-56
%X 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 />
%G 
%I Thomas Telford Journals
%@ 0965-089X
%U http://dx.doi.org/