Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering

Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering

Investigating the relationship between the factors affecting the safety culture and the Safety performance of people working in a construction project using the Fuzzy DEMATEL method

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Master Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Khomein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomein, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Khomein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomein, Iran
Abstract
Construction workshops are among high-risk centers in Iran in terms of occupational accidents. The first step to control occupational accidents in this field is to raise the level of safety culture among people working in these workshops .Determining the factors affecting the safety culture and finding its relationship with the safety performance of people working in construction projects can be helpful in achieving this goal. In this research, the Dimetal Fuzzy method has been used to investigate the relationship between the factors affecting safety culture and the safety performance of people working in construction projects. The upcoming research has been conducted in an expert-centered way. In this regard, 84 experts who had work experience related to safety and were familiar with safety culture were selected in a targeted way. In the next step, 8 criteria were extracted and approved by Selected experts in this industry through a questionnaire. Finally, the relationship between the criteria and the impact and effectiveness of each was investigated using the fuzzy Dimetal method. The results obtained from the research shows that among the examined criteria, the attitude towards safety has the most relationship with other factors.Also, attitude to safety, management policy, knowledge and skills and equipment, respectively, have the most influence and communication, Personality, safety training and continuous supervision have the most impressione.
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  • Receive Date 02 September 2023
  • Revise Date 11 February 2024
  • Accept Date 20 February 2024