TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Safety challenges and improvement strategies of ethnic minority construction workers: a case study in Hong Kong
JO  - International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics
A1  - Wu, Chunlin
A1  - Luo, Xiaowei
A1  - Wang, Tao
A1  - Wang, Yue
A1  - Sapkota, Bibek
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Due to cultural differences, ethnic minority construction workers are more difficult to manage and more vulnerable to accidents. This study aims to identify the major barriers faced by ethnic minority workers from their own perspectives and determine potential strategies to enhance safety climate of construction projects, thus ultimately improve their safety performance. A survey with modified Nordic safety climate questionnaire was conducted in a certain sub-contractor in Hong Kong. In-depth interviews, status quo description, major challenge investigation and safety knowledge tests were carried as well. The top three most important safety challenges identified are improper stereotypes from the whole industry, lack of opportunities for job assignment, and language barriers. To improve the safety performance, employers should allocate sufficient personal protective equipment and governments should organize unannounced site visits more frequently. Besides, the higher-level management should avoid giving contradictory instructions to foremen against to the standards of supervisors.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1080-3548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2018.1466508
ID  - ref1
ER  -